Claims that a mosque was built over a temple stoked tensions, but India’s top court shares blame, say lawyers.

The controversy surrounding the Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid is the latest in a series of disputes involving mosques in the country.

The town of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh saw violent rioting over a court-mandated survey at the Shahi Jama Masjid. The violence ...

Violence broke out in the district on Sunday as protesters opposing the survey of the Jama Masjid clashed with security ...

Authorities have closed schools and suspended internet services in a northern Indian city a day after four people were killed ...

Last Tuesday, a court ordered a survey of a mosque in Sambhal using "video and photography" after a petition claimed it was ...

Following violent clashes in Sambhal, 25 arrests were made, including a local MP's son, amid rising political tensions ...

Police have booked Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood's son Sohail Iqbal and arrested 25 people following clashes between locals opposing a court-ordered survey of a ...

Facing FIRs over the deadly violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal city, Samajwadi Party MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq and his party le ...

A court-ordered survey of Sambhal’s Jama Masjid in UP was conducted amid claims it was once the Hari Har Mandir, an ancient ...