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Faridabad woman throws 18-month-old daughter in drain, held
Faridabad: A woman allegedly killed her 18-month-old child – her sixth daughter – by throwing her into a drain in Faridabad, Uttar Pradesh, claiming she committed the crime as she was unable…
- India
‘Illegal’ madrassa linked to UK-based Islamic preacher demolished in UP
Sant Kabir Nagar (UP): Amid tight security, authorities on Sunday, April 26, started the demolition of an alleged illegal madrassa built in Khalilabad town here by a UK-based Islamic preacher who is…
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Stop chasing couples who married of their own free will: HC raps UP Police
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against a married couple, observing that the police are doing a great disservice by registering FIRs and chasing young couples who have…
- India
Woman accuses husband of threatening to sell their infant after marriage
Bareilly: A woman identified as Fatima has alleged that her husband, who married her under the pretext of being a Muslim, later took their four-month-old child and threatened to sell the baby.…
- Hate Crime
UP: Minors stripped, beaten, thrown into canal to die over ‘restaurant debt’
Shamli: Two Muslim minors were kidnapped, abused, thrown into a canal, and later stripped naked for allegedly failing to pay an incurred debt of Rs 6,400 after eating food at the accused’s…
- Hate Crime
Jihadi pigs: BJP leader urges women to have 4 kids to combat Muslim ‘breeding’
Meerut: Udita Tyagi, the regional secretary of the BJP Mahila Morcha in Western Uttar Pradesh, made crude Islamophobic remarks, addressing Muslims as “jihadi pigs, who engage in mass breeding.” Speaking to reporters at the PVS…
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Ghaziabad Hindus shower love as elderly Muslim couple leave for Haj 2026
Uttar Pradesh: For every Muslim, embarking on a Haj pilgrimage is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This annual pilgrimage to Makkah serves as the fifth pillar of Islam. It is considered a transformative journey…
- India
SC raps UP police for omitting hate crime sections in 2021 case
New Delhi: Why is your investigating officer playing “hide and seek” with this court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 22, asked the Uttar Pradesh government and police while expressing displeasure over…
- Hate Crime
UP couple garlanded with shoes on suspicion of religious conversion
Hathras: A purported video showing a couple being garlanded with shoes in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district has surfaced on social media, with police on Tuesday, April 21, saying the…
- India
For humanity: Madrasa students provide food for people affected by Lucknow fire
At a time when most of North India is heavily polarised, a group of madrasa students has set an example of harmony by offering food to people affected by a fire accident…
- Telangana
HRF writes to UP DGP over action against workers
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has urged the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to act against arbitrary police action against protesting workers. In a letter addressed to the DGP,…
- India
Supreme Court to hear Sambhal mosque–temple dispute today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India is set to hear on Monday, April 20, a plea filed by the Muslim side challenging a survey order issued by a court in Chandousi…
- India
Vendor harassed by UP authorities after Akhilesh Yadav sips tea
Fatehpur: Sheshman Yadav and his son Aryan Yadav never expected that serving tea to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in February would lead to being harassed, targeted, and even having their roadside…
- Hate Crime
UP: Dalit youth set himself ablaze over casteist abuse, accused held
Agra: A Dalit youth set himself on fire in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh after he was allegedly assaulted by a local farmer who used casteist slurs against him in public…
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Kanpur man slits 11-year-old twin daughters’ throats, arrested
Kanpur: A 48-year-old man allegedly killed his 11-year-old twin daughters by slitting their throats with a sharp-edged weapon at his flat in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur in early Sunday, April 19, police said.…