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

Authorities have closed schools and suspended internet services in a northern Indian city a day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple.

Seven FIRs have been lodged following violent clashes over the survey of a Mughal-era mosque in Sambhal. Samajwadi Party figures are among those named. Internet services are suspended, and the district is under prohibitory orders.

MP and son of a local MLA in connection with the violence that occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal region during the survey of a mosque, media reports said.

Clashes broke out between protesters and the police during a court-monitored survey of a Centuries-old mosque.

Four people were killed in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh after violence erupted during a court-ordered survey of a 16th-century mosque. The clashes between locals and police over the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal,

Clashes broke out between protesters and the police during a court-monitored survey of the Mughal-era Jama Masjid (mosque). Authorities have detained 21 people in connection with