Uttar Pradesh
- India
The temple, the trust and the theft: Ram Mandir ‘scam’ explained
Ram Mandir, the Sangh Parivar’s most totemic project in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, one that received the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) direct and sustained public endorsement, is now under major scrutiny over allegations…
- Hate Crime
UP hate crime: Hindutva workers force man to kneel before calf
Barabanki: A Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district was allegedly forced by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes to kneel before a calf as an act of religious devotion, after they accused him of…
- India
Agra: Wife kills husband, buries body under bathroom tiles, held
Agra: Uttar Pradesh police on Friday, July 3, arrested a 40-year-old woman for the murder of her husband after an investigation led to his body being found buried under the bathroom tiles…
- Bangalore
Hoax bomb threat to ISRO HQ in Bengaluru traced to UP man
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru City Police have traced the sender of a hoax bomb threat email sent to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters in the city and identified the accused in…
- India
Places of Worship Act doesn’t bar land acquisition of mosques: HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday, July 2, held that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, protects the religious character of places of worship but does not bar the state…
- India
’22 tiger cubs in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve signals healthy breeding’
Bareilly: As many as 22 tiger cubs have been sighted in different parts of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve over the past seven months, indicating healthy breeding in the protected forest, forest officials…
- Hate Crime
Ghaziabad youth Zaid beaten to death after bike grazes past car
Ghaziabad: A Muslim youth in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad was allegedly beaten to death after his vehicle grazed a car of a property dealer on Monday, June 29. Police arrested Rahul Maavi, alias…
- India
Organs missing in Indian seafarer’s body who died in Venezuela
New Delhi: The family of an Indian seafarer, who allegedly died of a cardiac arrest in Venezuela in May, has claimed that several of his internal organs, including the brain, heart and…
- India
SIT probing Ram temple donation matter granted 15-day extension
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has given a 15-day extension to the Special Investigation Team probing allegations of embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, officials said on Wednesday, July…
- Telangana
EAGLE Force busts inter-state drugs racket, seizes 525 kg ganja
Hyderabad: Telangana’s anti-narcotics unit, in a joint operation with Bhadradri Kothagudem Police, seized 525 kg of ganja worth Rs 2.62 crore and apprehended four persons, including a minor, while they were allegedly transporting…
- Hate Crime
Hindutva leader harasses interfaith couple in UP’s Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A Hindutva leader harassed a Muslim man over his marriage to a Hindu woman, while hurling derogatory Islamophobic remarks at him. Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain, on Tuesday, June 30, shared…
- Politics
Mayawati calls Ram Temple embezzlement case serious, concerning
New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief, Mayawati, on Tuesday, June 30, reacted to reports of alleged irregularities involving offerings at the Shri Ram Temple in…
- India
Ayush Malik reconverts after FIR against wife, father-in-law
Ayush Malik, a Shamli district resident who had converted to Islam for the woman he was in a relationship with, has returned to Hinduism amid an ongoing criminal case linked to the…
- India
Congress slams PM Modi’s silence on Ram Temple ‘loot’
New Delhi: Amid the raging row over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple, the Congress on Tuesday, June 30, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” on the “loot” is…
- India
UP: Congress delegation to visit Ayodhya on Tuesday
Ayodhya: Amid an ongoing controversy over alleged embezzlement of funds at the Ram temple, a high-level Congress delegation will visit Ayodhya on Tuesday, June 30, and pay obeisance at the shrine. The…