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Guard your lemons, thieves steal 60kg in UP’s Shahjahanpur

Shahjahanpur: Anything that is valuable is a thief’s delight. And with the prices of lemon skyrocketing in the market, thieves in Shahjahanpur stole 60 kilograms of lemon stored in a vegetable trader’s…
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UP: Gorakhnath temple attack accused presented before Court

Lucknow: Gorakhnath temple attack accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi appeared before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) court in Gorakhpur on Monday. Earlier on April 6, accused in the Gorakhnath Temple attack case,…

Politics

Every assembly segment to have 100-bed hospital: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday inaugurated a state-wide health campaign, and said each of the 403 assembly segments in the state will have a 100-bed hospital. Launching the…
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BJP govt has broken all records of misuse of power in UP Legislative Council polls: Akhilesh

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Saturday that the “double-engine” government of the BJP has broken all records of misuse of power in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council polls.…
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Had offered CM’s post to Mayawati but she ‘did not even talk to us’: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Congress had offered to form an alliance with BSP chief Mayawati in the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly election and make her the chief ministerial…
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Day after girl’s body found in car, local police outpost in-charge shunted

Gonda: The Gonda district police shunted an outpost in-charge for dereliction of duty on Saturday, a day after the body of a minor girl was found in a car outside an ashram.…
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UP Police file case over ‘rape threat’ speech in Sitapur

Sitapur: Uttar Pradesh Police has filed an FIR against a priest for giving “rape threats” to women of a particular community in a speech in UP’s Sitapur district. Sitapur’s Additional Superintendent of…

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Missing girl’s body found in car in Asaram’s UP ashram

Gonda: The body of a minor girl, who went missing from her house four days ago, was recovered from a car parked in self-styled godman and rape convict Asaram’s ashram in Uttar…
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UP: Amidst cheers, Hindutva seer threatens to rape Muslim women

Sitapur: A video of a saffron-clad seer delivering a hate speech against Muslims and inciting sexual violence against Muslim women, issuing rape threats, surfaced on social media on Thursday. The two-minute video…
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UP: Goons suspect Muslim vendor of selling meat, vandalise his cart

The food cart of a Muslim vendor was vandalized and his money box looted by Hindutva goons in Uttar Pradesh’s Sardhana on Sunday. The vandalism was born out of allegations of selling…
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UP: Man carries wife to hospital on cart, probe ordered

Ballia (UP): After a video of a man carrying his wife on a cart to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia went viral on social media, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak ordered…
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UP: IIT Graduate attacks two policemen outside Gorakhnath Temple

An IIT graduate attacked two policemen on Sunday outside the Gorakhnath temple, in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Gorakhpur. The incident was caught on video and he was seen waving what appears to be…
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Uttar Pradesh farmer’s suicide note kicks up major row

Kanpur Dehat: A suicide note, purportedly written by a farmer in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district who committed suicide, has created a major controversy. The body of the farmer, identified as Inderpal,…
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How UP’s political landscape is making Muslims turn on each other

Lucknow: After the lynching of Babar, a Muslim youth in Kushinagar for allegedly celebrating BJP victory, there has been a disturbing increase in similar cases that point to a dangerous social trend.…
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BJP first party since 1990 to touch 100-seat mark in Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: For the first time in its history, the BJP has achieved the feat of having 100 members in Rajya Sabha after the party won one seat each in Assam, Tripura…