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Maha Kumbh stampede claims 30 lives, over 60 injured
At least 30 people were killed and 60 others injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the early hours of Wednesday, January 29. The pre-dawn stampede at the Sangam…
- India
Republic Day parade: Uttar Pradesh tableau wins first prize
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh’s tableau, showcasing the ongoing Mahakumbh at the 76th Republic Day celebrations, won the first prize, while the marching contingent of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles was adjudged the best…
- India
UP: Villagers demolish ‘illegal’ mazar after district admin warns of action
Bareilly: Following intervention of the district administration, people allegedly constructing a mazar illegally at a graveyard themselves demolished it, officials said on Monday. Police said there was no trace of the illegal…
- India
India’s first anti-conversion law conviction gets Kerala couple 5 years jail
New Delhi: A court in Uttar Pradesh sentenced a Christian couple to five years in jail under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, marking the first conviction under…
- India
Tired of alcoholic spouses, 2 women tie knot with each other in UP’s Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur: Fed up with their alcoholic husbands, two women here left their homes and married each other. Kavita and Gunja alias Bablu tied the knot at the Shiva Temple, also called Choti…
- Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal takes dig at Yogi Adityanath
New Delhi: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday mentioned power cuts in the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh to take a dig at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said he ensured electricity round-the-clock in…
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Complaint filed against Kejriwal over derogatory remarks on Bihar, UP people
Patna: A complaint was lodged against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Patna Civil Court on Monday for his alleged derogatory remarks about the people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The…
- India
UP: Two men tied upside down, beaten for attempted robbery; 1 dead
A 27-year-old man died after he and one more from the minority community were brutally beaten up by villagers of Gagalhedi in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on accusation of attempted robbery. The…
- India
After FIR for rape, UP man converts to marry girlfriend of 10 years
Basti (UP): A 34-year-old Muslim man here converted to Hinduism to marry his girlfriend with whom he had an affair for the past 10 years, changing his name from Saddam to Shivshankar,…
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UP Dalit teenaged girl abducted, raped in Moradabad
Moradabad (UP): A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped in a car by a man here, police said on Sunday. The accused, nabbed through an identity card placed on the…
- India
UP: 4 arrested in Bareilly for offering Friday prayers
Four people were arrested in Jam Samant village of Baheri, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, January 18, for offering Friday prayers in a makeshift mosque. The police action was taken after drone footage…
- India
Bank employees thrash man who attempted to rob SBI branch in UP
A heroic incident from the town of Patara located in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh has come to light where three bank employees sustained knife injuries while fighting off an armed robber on…
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Sambhal violence: Police arrest 10 more people; 70 held so far
Sambhal: 10 people were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday, January 19, in connection with the November 24 violence near the Shahi Jama Masjid in this Uttar Pradesh district. With…
- India
Yati Narsinghanand makes hate speech yet again, this time at Maha Kumbh
Right-wing Hindutva priest Yati Narsinghanand, famously known for his hate speeches against minority communities, has caused a furore yet again, this time in the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj.…
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I ran away from home: Grandmother’s stealthy journey to Maha Kumbh
In yet another remarkable event from the Maha Kumbh Mela, an episode has come to light where an elderly woman stealthily ran away from her home to attend the ongoing religious festival…