Reuters, Lucknow

A court ruled on Thursday the site of a demolished mosque in Ayodhya would be divided between Hindus and Muslims, in a ruling that could appease both groups in one of the country’s most divisive cases.
The court in Uttar Pradesh also ruled that Hindu idols could stay on the disputed land, lawyers added.
The demolition of the 16th century mosque by Hindu mobs in 1992 triggered some of India’s worst riots that killed about 2,000 people. More than 200,000 police fanned out in India on Thursday to guard against any communal violence. [Read More]

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Source: The New Nation