Uttar Pradesh
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UP: Khatauli Assembly bypoll on Dec 5 as sitting MLA disqualified
New Delhi: Bypoll to Khatauli Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh will be held on December 5, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. The bypoll was necessitated after BJP MLA Vikram Singh was…
- India
Madrassa students to be taught science, maths to make them officers instead of ‘maulvis’: UP min
Varanasi: Madrassa students in Uttar Pradesh will be taught mathematics and science among other subjects so that they can become “officers” instead of “maulvis”, minister Dharampal Singh said on Tuesday, adding that…
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‘Ab kar lo shaadi’, writes woman before committing suicide in UP
Lucknow: A 28-year-old private bank employee ended her life by hanging. Her body was found hanging in her rented room in the Krishna Nagar area on Monday, just two weeks before her…
- Television News
Priyanka Chopra visits Lucknow on UNICEF trip
Lucknow: Actor Priyanka Chopra stepped out in Lucknow for a field trip to see the work being done by UNICEF and its partners to end violence and discrimination against girls in Uttar…
- Hate Crime
Prithviraj Chauhan killed Hindus, kidnapped women like Modi: Yati
The head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh Yati Narsinghanand compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan. “The way Prithviraj Chauhan treated Hindus, Modiji is doing the…
- India
SC upholds setting aside of 2017 election of Abdullah Azam Khan from UP Assembly
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court setting aside the election of Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Samajwadi Party leader Azam…
- India
Minor killed in UP for rejecting neighbour’s proposal
Muzaffarnagar: The body of a 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly strangled to death by her neighbour whose marriage proposal she had rejected, has been found in a sugar cane field in Uttar Pradesh’s…
- Crime and Accident
UP: 10-year-old watches porn, rapes 7-year-old girl
Kanpur: In a shocking incident, a 10-year-old boy allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl after watching pornographic materials on a mobile phone. Station house officer (SHO) Pankaj Mishra said that the boy has…
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UP: Dog licks patient’s wounds in hospital, 6 health workers terminated
Kushinagar: Six health workers have been terminated after a viral video showed a stray dog licking the blood of an injured person inside the emergency ward of Kushinagar district hospital. Kushinagar district…
- India
Two get death sentence for rape, attempt to kill minor in UP
Pratapgarh: The POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district has awarded a death sentence to two accused for gang rape and attempt to kill a minor. The judgment was pronounced within 11…
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Uttar Pradesh madrasa board objects to ‘interference’
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board has expressed its reservation about the interference of officers of the education department in the day-to-day working of madrasas in the state, which has led…
- India
Uttar Pradesh (ATS) arrests two from Deoband for ‘terror links’
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two persons from Deoband town in Saharanpur district for their alleged association with two terror groups – AQIS (Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent)…
- India
Man arrested for sacrilege attempt at UP mosque
Shahjahanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly burning a copy of the Quran inside a mosque here. The accused has been identified as Taj Mohammad, they said, adding…
- India
Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur boy strangled to death with his school tie
Kanpur: A class 12 student, who was found dead at a secluded place near a railway track in Kanpur, was strangled to death with his school tie, the police said. The post-mortem…
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Gola Gokarannath bypoll: SP alleges booth capture by BJP
Lakhimpur (UP): An average voter turnout of over 23 per cent has been recorded in the first two hours of polling in the Gola Gokarannath constituency of Uttar Pradesh where bypolls are…