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Uttar Pradesh: 28 yrs later woman reports rape by family members
Aligarh: Nearly 28 years after the incident, a woman has come forward to report her sexual assault as a seven-year-old child by male members of her step-father’s family. The 35-year-old woman, wife…
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In a first, man gets 5 yrs in jail under UP’s anti-conversion law
Amroha: In the first case of conviction under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, a court in Amroha has served a five-year jail term to a 26-year-old…
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Communal tension grips Lakhimpur Kheri after molestation victim succumbs to injuries
Lakhimpur Kheri: Communal tension gripped a village here after a 20-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries sustained in an attack on Monday allegedly by two men during a molestation attempt. She died…
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Badaun mosque the newest in the eye of a simmering storm
Badaun(UP): After Varanasi and Mathura, it is now a mosque in Badaun that has attracted controversy with right-wing activists claiming it to be a Neel Kanth Mahadeva temple. A local court in…
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Should not doubt all madrassas, but row over UP survey raises questions: Naqvi
Lucknow: As the Uttar Pradesh government began a survey of private madrassas, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said all such institutions should not be treated with suspicion but also…
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UP: Teacher gets 20 yrs jail for sexually abusing minor boy
Firozabad: A government primary school teacher has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the court of additional district and sessions judge for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy, seven years ago.…
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Lakhimpur Kheri: Dalit teens cremated after kin promised aid from state
The two Dalit girls, ages 15 and 17, who were allegedly raped and hung from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri area, were cremated on Thursday. Family members of the two…
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UP tops chart among states in trials pending in fast-track courts
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 13.81 lakh pending trials in fast-track courts in cases of heinous crimes against women, children and senior citizens, according…
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Video: As man talks about pothole issues, auto overturns behind him
In a shocking incident, an e-rickshaw with passengers overturned due to a pothole on the way in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, the whole incident was captured live on camera when a…
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UP: Remove mosques located near temples, says Fisheries minister
Baghpat: UP’s Fisheries minister Sanjay Nishad has called for the removal of all mosques located near temples. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Nishad said a religious frenzy has spread in India,…
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Women’s security cannot be expected from those facilitating release of rapists: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the BJP over the alleged kidnapping and murder of two Dalit girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, saying women’s security cannot be expected…
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UP Dalit sisters death: 6 accused arrested
Lakhimpur Kheri: Six people were arrested on Thursday in connection with the rape and murder of two Dalit teenage sisters in Nighasan here, police said. The girls were found hanging from a…
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What if WB followed UP’s bulldozer model: TMC’s Mohua Moitra on violence in BJP rally
Kolkata: A day after public properties were damaged in Kolkata and Howrah during the BJP’s mega protest march, TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday asked whether the West Bengal government should follow…
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Muslim-centric parties to muster support against madrasa survey
Lucknow: Muslim-centric parties in Uttar Pradesh will now launch a campaign and mobilise people to oppose a survey of madrasas. The parties that are a part of this initiative include the All…
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‘Madrasas targeted by sectarian forces’, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind objects to UP govt’s survey
New Delhi: A Muslim organisation has objected to Uttar Pradesh government’s move to surveying madarsas. Maulana Arshad Madani, president Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, clarified that his objection is to the sectarian mentality in the…