Uttar Pradesh
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UP government’s Muslim outreach plan gives a push for infrastructure projects
Uttar Pradesh government has allotted Rs 53.73 crore for the welfare of the Muslim community in the state. The money will be spent on establishing health and education-related projects in several Muslim-dominated…
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Shiv Sena to build party in Uttar Pradesh for 2024 polls
Lucknow: The Shiv Sena in Uttar Pradesh has started preparing for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by strengthening its party organisation. The Sena wants to settle scores with the BJP for toppling…
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Uttar Pradesh: Man cuts off friend’s genital after spat
Bareilly: A 32-year-old man chopped off the genitals of his 30-year-old ‘friend’ at a hotel in Civil Lines area here over blackmail related to videos of their ‘intimate’ acts. According to police,…
- India
Journalist Siddique Kappan to be released next week: UP official
Lucknow: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan will be released from the Lucknow jail next week, an official said on Friday, hours after he was granted bail by the Supreme Court. “Siddique Kappan is…
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UP: Principal suspended after video clip shows students cleaning school toilet
Ballia: The principal of a government primary school here was suspended after a video clip purportedly showing students being forced to clean toilets in the school surfaced on social media, an official…
- India
UP: 17 children, 2 teachers fall ill as foul smell comes from gaushala
Noida: As many as 17 students and two teachers from a school in Dankaur area of Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar suddenly fell ill on Thursday. All of them were admitted to…
- India
‘Court found him innocent’, Siddique Kappan’s wife lauds SC verdict
Thiruvananthapuram: Soon after the Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kerala journalist Sidhique Kappan, who along with others were arrested on October 5, 2020 by the Uttar Pradesh Police under the…
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UP: Court orders tailor to compensate for ‘ill-fitting clothes’
Bulandshahr: A tailor in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr has been asked by a consumer court to pay more than Rs 12,000 in damages to a consumer for stitching ‘ill-fitting kurta pyjama’ besides additional…
- India
Uttar Pradesh hospitals to have signboards in Urdu too
Lucknow: In a significant move, the Uttar Pradesh government has directed that all the government hospitals in the state will have signboards and nameplates written in Urdu also. The government directive in…
- India
Homeless woman gang raped near Gorakhpur railway station
Gorakhpur: A 25-year-old homeless woman was allegedly abducted and raped by three men near Gorakhpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday. The woman reached the Government Railway Police (GRP) station…
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UP: Man threatens to explode mosque, shoot its cleric; held
Bareilly: A 25-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly threatening to blow off a mosque here and shoot its cleric if he was not removed, police said. A letter, threatening to…
- India
UP: Probe ordered after video clip shows primary students cleaning school toilet
Ballia (UP): The basic education officer here on Thursday said he has ordered a probe after a clip purportedly showing students being forced to clean toilets at a district primary school surfaced…
- India
UP govt move to survey madrassas ‘malicious attempt’ to disparage education system: Jamiat
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government’s move to conduct a survey of madrassas in the state is a malicious attempt to disparage this education system, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Tuesday said, asserting…
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Man arrested for posting objectionable remarks against UP chief minister
Gorakhpur: A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the changing of names of municipal wards. Accused Bhola Yadav, a resident of Matsyendra…
- India
Gyanvapi issue: Court grants time to Muslim side to present reply on Sep 13
Varanasi: A fast track court here on Monday granted time to the Muslim side to present its reply to a petition seeking permission to hold the ‘darshan’ of an idol in the…