The Neja (javelin) Mela, a traditional event in Sambhal, is celebrated a week after Holi in honour of Syed Salar Masud Ghazi.

The Neja Mela Committee had sought clearance from the administration, but the request was firmly rejected. Additional ...

The Neja Mela is held in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district every year. Syed Salar Masud Ghazi allegedly accompanied Mahmud of ...

"India cannot host events in memory of those responsible for destruction and forced conversions. The event is against the ...

The 'Neja Mela', which is held every year in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, in memory of Saiyyad Salar Masud Ghazi, will not take p ...

The event cannot be organized in the name of a ‘plunderer’ and any attempt to raise the ‘Neja Mela flag’ will be considered ...

With a roza-iftar followed by namaz and then a Shiv aarti, a small neighbourhood in this Uttar Pradesh capital has become exemplar of the famed ‘Ganga Jamuna tehzeeb’ that blends communities into ...

The annual ‘Neja Mela’ organised in the memory of invader Mahmud Ghaznavi’s nephew and military commander Syed Salar Masud Ghazi will not be allowed this year, officials said on Monday. The three-day ...

With a roza-iftar followed by namaz and then a Shiv aarti, a small neighbourhood in this Uttar Pradesh capital has become ...

The Shahi Jama Masjid has already been at the centre of a major row after a petition claimed that it was the site of an ...

In Mathura’s Banke Bihari temple, Muslim artisans uphold a centuries-old zardozi tradition amid rising Hindutva politics and ...