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Dalit youth forced to lick shoes, FIR filed 12 days later
A shocking incident of caste-based violence has emerged from Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, where a Dalit youth was severely assaulted and forced to lick shoes by a group of upper-caste men. The…
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SP’s surprise Diwali inspection leaves Bagpath police scrambling
It was a normal day for Bagpath police officers. Inspectors, sub-inspectors, and contables sat on their chairs, chatting and going about the day. Suddenly, a biker zoomed into the station premises, leaving…
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Lamps lit, not bullets: UP CM Yogi targets Oppositions
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday hit out at the opposition parties for their stance on the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, and said now lamps are being lit where bullets…
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UP Dalit lynching case: 2 more held, total arrests 16 so far
Raebareli: Two more individuals have been arrested in the Raebareli district in connection with the lynching of a Dalit man, Hariom Valmiki, police said on Saturday. Ajay Agrahari was arrested on October…
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‘Mujhe mulli kaha gaya’, says SP MP Iqra Hasan condemns Shiva temple vandalism
Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan, while addressing an all-male panchayat in Chapaur village of Saharanpur on Sunday, October 12, revealed that she was called a “mulli” amid tensions following the vandalism of…
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Digvijaya Singh alleges SIR aimed at ‘vote theft’
Barabanki: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across India is aimed at facilitating “vote theft”, and claimed that the constituent…
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UP: Rahul Gandhi to meet family of Dalit lynching victim in Fatehpur
Lucknow: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will on Friday meet the family of Hariom Valmiki, a Dalit man who was allegedly lynched earlier this month in Raebareli district…
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Mayawati to address key BSP meeting in Lucknow on Thursday
Lucknow: BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati will address a crucial meeting of the party’s state-level office-bearers in Lucknow on Thursday, the party said in a statement. The meeting,…
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UP Dalit lynching case: Family meets meet CM Adityanath
Raebareli: The family members of Dalit, Hariom Valmiki, who was lynched to death by a mob in the Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh after being mistaken for a thief, met chief…