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Sultanpur: The Sultanpur police have arrested the owner of a tent house along with his two brothers for the alleged murder of a woman and her 21-year-old daughter. The three brothers have been identified as Irfan (tent house owner), Sadan and Shehzad. The deceased have been identified as Shakuntala, 40, along with her daughter Vijay Laxmi. […]
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Ayodhya: A student of class 12 was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police in Ayodhya on Sunday for allegedly murdering his teacher. According to Police, the arrested boy was in a love relationship with the deceased. “A class 12 boy was arrested for murdering his teacher. He was identified in CCTV footage and his t-shirt was […]
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Sitapur: Four persons were killed and seven others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district, a governmental official said. According to reports, Sampat, 32, and his wife Bhula Devi, 30, died on Sunday evening after they were struck by lightning while sowing paddy in a field in Semra Nagrauli village. […]
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Meerut: A married woman has been arrested for allegedly dumping her lover’s body near a canal in Parikshatgarh area of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district with help of her brothers and concealing evidence, police said. The man Sajid had reportedly consumed poison in the presence of the woman, the police added on Sunday. Superintendent of Police […]
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Prayagraj: A 55-year-old government doctor from Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj posted in Chitrakoot received his transfer letter on his WhatsApp number on the day of his ‘terahvi’ (13th day) after his death. He had been seeking transfer to his hometown Prayagraj for the past two years, citing a chronic ailment but his request was only addressed after […]
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Kanpur Dehat: In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district, a minor girl’s nose was chopped off by miscreants who had barged into her house and were trying to pull her away with them. The incident took place on Thursday evening and the girl was attacked her with a sharp weapon when she […]
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Amroha (UP): In what can be termed as one of the fastest trials in a rape case, a court in Amroha sentenced a 40-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of his minor daughter after proceedings that ended in just six days. The man had sexually abused his teenage daughter for seven months and […]
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Lakhimpur Kheri: In a shocking revelation, it has been found that a 19-year-old sister was responsible for the gang rape and murder of her 12-year-old sibling in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. The elder sister was in a relationship with a youth and the victim came to know about the affair. The elder sister asked […]
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will be launching a special drive to provide insurance coverage to farmers against potential crop damage. The drive, slated to begin from the first week of July by the agriculture department, will be flagged off by Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi. It will cover those development blocks which have lower […]
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Pilibhit: Ten persons were killed when a pick-up van rammed into a tree on Puranpur highway under the Gajraula police circle here on Thursday morning. Seven others were seriously injured in the accident and have been admitted to a hospital. According to reports, the van was moving at a high speed when the driver apparently dozed […]
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New Delhi: Security has been beefed up in several states on Monday amid protests against the Centre’s new Agnipath recruitment scheme. After the policy, which allows Indian youths to serve in the regular cadre of the Armed Forces for a period of four years, was announced on June 14, protests erupted in various states including […]
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Kanpur: In a bizarre incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district locked up his son and daughter-in-law after an altercation and then fired indiscriminately when the police came to rescue them. Three police officers, including a sub-Inspector and a home guard, were injured in the incident, police officials said on Monday. The accused Ram Kumar […]
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New Delhi: Urging the youth to recognise “fake nationalists”, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Agnipath scheme would be destructive for the youth and the Army, as she assured her party’s full support to those protesting peacefully against the new recruitment model. She made the remarks as Congress MPs and leaders sat […]
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Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh): When the ‘Baraat’ arrived in Laxmanpur- Shankarpur village, almost the entire village ran to the venue to take a selfie — not with the groom, but with the decorated bulldozer on which he came. On Saturday, the whole village had a festive look after the groom arrived on a bulldozer and cries […]
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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested 415 people and registered 20 FIRs so far in connection with the violent protests that erupted in the state over now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Violence broke out in Kanpur on June 3 and in nine other districts of the state on June 10 […]
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Bengaluru: A dominant Mumbai rode on impressive hundreds from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Armaan Jaffer to put Uttar Pradesh on the back-foot by taking their overall lead past the 600-mark on the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final here on Friday. It was a run-feast on day four as the two batted with authority and […]
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Lucknow: Roadways buses were vandalised in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad on Friday as mobs protesting against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme went on rampage. Youths protesting against the short-term contract scheme in armed forces, pelted stones and damaged government properties. In Mathura, the protesters also pelted stones and damaged shops and vehicles. In Ballia, violence continued as protesters, after […]
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Deploying bulldozers to target the houses of the accused in criminal cases and political opponents has been a disturbing trend, fraught with communal overtones. The ‘bulldozer justice’, being mastered by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, is a direct assault on the fundamental constitutional rights of citizens. What is appalling is the way the […]
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New Delhi: The Opposition on Thursday stepped up its attack on the government over the Agnipath scheme amid protests against it in several parts of the country and demanded that it be scrapped, even as official sources asserted that no change is being done to the Army’s regimental system under the new initiative. While Congress […]
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New Delhi: Directing the Uttar Pradesh government to file a detailed affidavit within three days on the plea by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against the recent demolitions in the state, the Supreme Court on Thursday observed that demolitions have to be in accordance with the due process of law. Issuing notice to the state, the apex court […]
