Uttar Pradesh: Teacher arrested for allegedly ordering Muslim student to slap Hindu classmate

The Hindu student’s father alleged that the teacher did so after his son failed to answer a question.

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· Yesterday · 10:57 am

Uttar Pradesh: Man found dead at BJP MLA’s home in Lucknow

The man has been identified as Shreshta Tiwari, a member of the media team of the MLA, Yogesh Shukla.

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· Sep 25, 2023 · 02:16 pm

Agra: 20 injured in clash between religious group and police during anti-encroachment drive

The police alleged that members of the Radhasoami Satsang Sabha encroached on land belonging to the state’s revenue department.

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· Sep 25, 2023 · 09:23 am

Uttar Pradesh official removed from post for forcing man to ‘crouch like a rooster’

The official denied that he punished the man, and claimed instead that he listened to his complaint.

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· Sep 16, 2023 · 03:22 pm

Allahabad High Court flags ‘rampant misuse’ of Goondas Act by UP government

The law allows the government to oust an individual from a city as a preventive measure.

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· Aug 24, 2023 · 03:17 pm

SC asks UP to show specific role of Islamic scholar arrested for alleged religious conversions

Kaleem Siddiqui, one of the prominent clerics from western Uttar Pradesh, was arrested by the state’s Anti-Terrorist Squad in September 2021.

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· Aug 22, 2023 · 08:35 pm

Muslim couple beaten to death over son’s relationship with Hindu girl

The couple’s son, who was in jail for abducting the neighbour’s daughter, returned this week, renewing the dispute. Three men have been arrested.

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· Aug 20, 2023 · 12:08 pm

Uttar Pradesh to seek clarification from media about ‘false news’ on administration

A senior official said that it was necessary to check facts in connection with such news articles as they tarnish the image of the government.

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· Aug 19, 2023 · 01:56 pm

People of Amethi want Rahul Gandhi to contest polls from there, says UP Congress chief

In 2019, Gandhi had lost the Lok Sabha election from Amethi, traditionally a bastion of his family, to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani.

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· Aug 19, 2023 · 01:19 pm

12 buildings of Gandhian organisation demolished in Varanasi

The demolition drive against the Sarva Seva Sangh was carried out on a Varanasi court ruling that the plot of land belonged to the Railways.

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· Aug 13, 2023 · 02:42 pm

‘Someone is complicit’: SC asks how Atiq Ahmed was killed despite several people guarding him

The bench sought a status report on the 183 ‘encounters’ that have taken place in Uttar Pradesh since 2017.

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· Aug 12, 2023 · 08:02 pm

Atiq Ahmed’s lawyer arrested in Umesh Pal murder case

Vijay Mishra has been accused of sharing Pal’s location from Prayagraj court before the latter along with two police officials was shot dead in February.

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· Jul 30, 2023 · 12:11 pm