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UP Police saves man after Meta flags suicide post on Instagram
Kaushambi: Acting swiftly on an alert from Meta, police here rescued a 20-year-old man who had threatened to consume poison to kill himself in an Instagram post, officials said on Tuesday. On…
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UP man beaten to death over theft suspicion; Body found on road
A Muslim man died after being brutally assaulted by a group on suspicion of theft. His lifeless body was found on Sunday, August 17, lying by the roadside in Thathauli village in…
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Mob attacks UP police station after duo given protection from assault
Two Muslim men were violently attacked by an angry mob in Nayagaon of Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of theft. Fahim and his relative Firoz were returning home after attending a…
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Hours after tying rakhi, teenager raped and killed by cousin
A 33-year-old man raped and murdered his 14-year-old cousin hours after she tied him rakhi in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. Surjeet killed the teenager and hung her body from a noose to…
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Deaf and mute woman gang-raped, chased by men on deserted road in UP
Uttar Pradesh: A 22-year-old mentally challenged and deaf-mute woman was allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district after being chased by bike-borne men on a deserted road, the horror captured on CCTV…
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Rajasthan: Pickup van carrying pilgrims crashes in Dausa leaves 11 dead
Jaipur: A pickup van crashed into a parked truck in Rajasthan’s Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 11 people, including seven children, and injuring eight others, police said. The…
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Release prisoners who have completed sentence: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jail even after completing their sentence and directed all states and union territories to immediately release any such convict…
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Hindutva mob storms Fatehpur maqbara, vandalises tomb
In Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindutva group with raised saffron flags broke through the police barricades to enter a mausoleum (maqbara) in Radeiya Mohalla, claiming it to be a 200-year-old Thakur temple. …
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Fact check: Did Rahul correctly identify voters registered in multiple States?
A major controversy has erupted in the country after Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at a press conference on Thursday, August 7, accused…
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Lucknow is where tahzeeb sits cheek by jowl with modernity; feel it, remember it, cherish it
Lucknow, despite being the capital of the most populous and politically influential state, Uttar Pradesh, denotes poetry, kathak, biryani, kebab, and all that awakens one’s sensitivities. Food for thought: refining sensitivities –…
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2 madrassa teachers booked in UP for assaulting 12-year-old hostel student
Bhadohi: Two teachers at a madrassa in this Uttar Pradesh district have been booked for allegedly brutally assaulting and threatening a 12-year-old student for two consecutive days, police said on Friday. According…
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Man & family booked for hiding religion, coercing conversion & abortion
Gonda: A man and his three family members have been booked here on the charge of him marrying a woman by concealing his religious identity, forcing her to convert and undergo abortion,…
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‘I married him’: UP woman denies family’s claim after husband second arrest
By Khadija Irfan Rahim A Muslim man in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh was arrested for the second time in two months on allegations of kidnapping a Hindu woman by her family.…
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Sambhal temple-mosque row: Court sets Aug 21 to hear case
Sambhal: A civil court in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, August 5, deferred to August 21, the ongoing Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute owing to the strike of the local bar association…
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Two arrested in Maharashtra for discussing ‘jihad’ in WhatsApp group
Mumbai: Two members of a WhatsApp group were arrested following a joint operation by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh police in Thane district on Monday, August 4, on charges of alleged radicalising people…