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BJP true well-wisher of Muslims: UP Dy CM Brajesh Pathak
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak has termed the BJP a “true well-wisher” of Muslims, targeting secularists who he said used the minority community as a vote bank and did…
- Offbeat
Uttar Pradesh: Two-and-a-half feet tall man finds match
Shamli: Azeem Mansuri, who stands tall at two-and-a-half feet, has finally met his match in Bushra, whose height is two feet. Azeem, 27, will marry Bushra at a grand ceremony on November…
- Middle East
UP man’s body stranded in Jeddah for 7 months; mother-wife divided over last rites
Shahjahanpur: For almost two months, 85-year-old Maryam Begum has been waiting to perform the last rites of her son, whose body lies cold-stored in a mortuary in Saudi Arabia for last seven…
- India
UP: After AIMIM leader’s hate speech, Uddhav’s Sena threatens to ‘cut off tongue’
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh unit of Shiv Sena (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has threatened to “cut off the tongue” of AIMIM state president Shaukat Ali, who has been booked for making…
- India
‘Vivah Pakhwara’ in Uttar Pradesh to promote mass marriages
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is holding a ‘Vivah Pakhwara later this month a fortnight during which community wedding ceremonies will be organised. This is aimed at promoting the…
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Three-day RSS meet to start in UP’s Prayagraj
Prayagraj: The Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal Baithak, the three-day national executive committee meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will begin on Sunday at the Vasishtha Vatsalya Public School premises in Uttar…
- India
AIMIM UP chief booked for ‘disturbing communal harmony’
Sambhal (UP): A case has been registered against the Uttar Pradesh All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president here for “disturbing communal harmony”, police said on Saturday. Accused Shaukat Ali, a resident of Azamgarh,…
- India
Ground realities not visible from aerial surveys: Varun Gandhi’s swipe at Yogi govt
New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at the Uttar Pradesh government for neither postponing the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) nor making “adequate transport arrangements” for students to…
- Delhi
Delhi: Minor boy sodomised in madrassa, accused arrested, says police
New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) An 11-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a cleric in a madrassa here in northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar area, police said on Friday. The cleric is a…
- India
Muslim man beaten to death in UP’s Bhagpat district; four held
In a case dating back to September, a Muslim man was beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhagpat district after which four Hindu men were arrested. The victim identified as Dawood Ali…
- India
Clashes in UP’s Sultanpur: SP delegation meets district magistrate, accuses police of bias
Sultanpur: A Samajwadi Party delegation met the district magistrate here on Friday and demanded action against those involved in the communal clashes earlier this week. At least six people, including a policeman,…
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UP minister’s nephew arrested for murder attempt
Bareilly: The nephew of an Uttar Pradesh minister was arrested after he allegedly tried to ram his car into a group of restaurant workers for refusing to serve him, police said on Friday.…
- India
Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court rejects plea seeking carbon dating of ‘Shivling’
Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Friday rejected the plea seeking carbon dating and scientific investigation of the purported ‘Shivling’ claimed to be found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The Hindu side had…
- India
UP: Two held for objectionable remarks against Mulayam on social media
Ballia : Two men were arrested for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav on social media, police said on Friday. The Samajwadi Party founder breathed his last on…
- India
Uttar Pradesh Minister’s nephew arrested for assault
Bareilly: The nephew of state minister Arun Kumar Saxena, who had allegedly tried to mow down workers of a restaurant when they refused to serve him food after closure of the outlet,…