Jamia Masjid Srinagar

The management of the historic Jamia Masjid here has issued a notification banning photography inside the mosque and asking men and women to not sit together in its lawns.

Countering All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi for his "shut" Jamia Masjid remarks, Srinagar Police on Tuesday stated that Masjid is "fully opened".

Thirteen persons have been arrested for raising "anti-national slogans" inside Jamia Masjid Srinagar, the police said. Slogans were raised by group of people after congressional prayers on Friday.

The iconic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar - the largest mosque in Kashmir - was today opened for Friday prayers after a long closure over security reasons and pandemic. Over 3,000 men and women attended the congregational prayers, officials said.

The mosque is located at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar, it used to be a site of stone-pelting and clashes between police and protesters. The protests and stone-pelting incidents have effectively stopped in the last three years.

Congregational prayers were offered on Friday in Srinagar's Jamia Masjid after a gap of 16 months since the outbreak of the pandemic. The prayers were held in strict adherence to Covid protocols.

Around 40 people have been arrested for protesting inside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid last week. Fifteenof them will be charged under the Public Safety Act or PSA, police said. A person can be jailed for six months, under the stringent law, or extended period without a trial.

Prayers were held today at Srinagar's Jamia Masjid for the first time in over four months since the government scrapped Article 370 under the Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir and divided the state into two Union Territories.

Srinagar's main mosque Jamia Masjid re-opened for prayers on Wednesday for the first time since Jammu and Kashmir's special status was scrapped by the central government in August and severe curbs imposed.

A group of masked young men stormed into the historical Jamia Masjid in Srinagar with ISIS flags and created a ruckus on Friday, provoking condemnation from the mosque's management committee as well as separatists.

At least 50 persons were today injured during clashes between protestors and security forces in Srinagar, police said. The clashes broke out after the Friday prayers near Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area of the city, a police official said.

Twenty people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of police officer Mohammad Ayub Pandith in Srianagar last month. Jammu and Kashmir police said there will be more arrests.

On late Thursday evening, thousands of faithfuls were inside Srinagar's historic Jamia Masjid offering prayers on a night which is the most auspicious in the Islamic calendar. According to the holy Quran, the prayers during this night are equal to those performed over a thousand months. On the night of Shab-e-Qadar, which falls in the last week of ...

An officer of the Jammu and Kashmir police was brutally beaten to death by a mob of more than 200 people outside the Jamia Masjid in state capital Srinagar while congregational prayers were on at the mosque in the old city late on Thursday evening. Two people have been arrested this morning.

Thousand of Muslims across Jammu and Kashmir offered prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan today.

The management of the historic Jamia Masjid here has issued a notification banning photography inside the mosque and asking men and women to not sit together in its lawns.

Countering All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi for his "shut" Jamia Masjid remarks, Srinagar Police on Tuesday stated that Masjid is "fully opened".

Thirteen persons have been arrested for raising "anti-national slogans" inside Jamia Masjid Srinagar, the police said. Slogans were raised by group of people after congressional prayers on Friday.

The iconic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar - the largest mosque in Kashmir - was today opened for Friday prayers after a long closure over security reasons and pandemic. Over 3,000 men and women attended the congregational prayers, officials said.

The mosque is located at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar, it used to be a site of stone-pelting and clashes between police and protesters. The protests and stone-pelting incidents have effectively stopped in the last three years.

Congregational prayers were offered on Friday in Srinagar's Jamia Masjid after a gap of 16 months since the outbreak of the pandemic. The prayers were held in strict adherence to Covid protocols.

Around 40 people have been arrested for protesting inside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid last week. Fifteenof them will be charged under the Public Safety Act or PSA, police said. A person can be jailed for six months, under the stringent law, or extended period without a trial.

Prayers were held today at Srinagar's Jamia Masjid for the first time in over four months since the government scrapped Article 370 under the Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir and divided the state into two Union Territories.

Srinagar's main mosque Jamia Masjid re-opened for prayers on Wednesday for the first time since Jammu and Kashmir's special status was scrapped by the central government in August and severe curbs imposed.

A group of masked young men stormed into the historical Jamia Masjid in Srinagar with ISIS flags and created a ruckus on Friday, provoking condemnation from the mosque's management committee as well as separatists.

At least 50 persons were today injured during clashes between protestors and security forces in Srinagar, police said. The clashes broke out after the Friday prayers near Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area of the city, a police official said.

Twenty people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of police officer Mohammad Ayub Pandith in Srianagar last month. Jammu and Kashmir police said there will be more arrests.

On late Thursday evening, thousands of faithfuls were inside Srinagar's historic Jamia Masjid offering prayers on a night which is the most auspicious in the Islamic calendar. According to the holy Quran, the prayers during this night are equal to those performed over a thousand months. On the night of Shab-e-Qadar, which falls in the last week of ...

An officer of the Jammu and Kashmir police was brutally beaten to death by a mob of more than 200 people outside the Jamia Masjid in state capital Srinagar while congregational prayers were on at the mosque in the old city late on Thursday evening. Two people have been arrested this morning.

Thousand of Muslims across Jammu and Kashmir offered prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan today.