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UP Dalit student humiliated last year found dead under mysterious circumstances
A 21-year-old Dalit student from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut was found dead on a medical college campus under mysterious circumstances, raising concerns of possible revenge killing linked to a caste-based humiliation he suffered…
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Sambhal violence: Police release photos of rioters including 3 women
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh administration on Wednesday, November 27, made public photos of several rioters who went on a rampage in Sambhal on Sunday attacking the police as well as the…
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Sambhal violence: Life returns to normal as schools reopen after clashes
Sambhal: Two days after violence broke out during a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque, life in Sambhal was gradually returning to normal on Tuesday with schools reopening and several shops selling…
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Sambhal violence: Lawyer held after claims SP, DIG ordered open fire on protesters
Uttar Pradesh police arrested the lawyer of the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid, Zafar Ali, soon after he made serious accusations of how the authorities discriminately dealt with the violence during a court-authorized…
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Population choke on smog, as Delhi, UP, Punjab, Haryana fight over whose problems it is
Why do the residents of Delhi experience pollution every year while the ruling class blames it on stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh? Can’t they find…
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UP: Protest against construction near dargah claiming to be Waqf land
Etah: A violent clash broke out after a group of people opposed construction work on a plot of private land near a dargah in Jalesar town claiming it to be Waqf property,…
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UP Congress demands judicial probe over Sambhal violence, holds ‘silent protest’
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress workers on Monday observed a “silent protest” in Lucknow over the Sambhal violence, demanding a judicial probe into the incident. Four people died and scores, including police…
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Sambhal police firing constitutes murder; mosque survey order was wrong: Owaisi
AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has condemned the police firing that claimed the lives of four Muslim youngsters in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Sunday, November 24. Asaduddin Owaisi raised significant…
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UP: Prohibitory orders issued in Sambhal, outsiders barred till Nov 30
Sambhal: The district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal has imposed prohibitory orders and barred the entry of outsiders till November 30 after three men were killed and scores of others, including security…
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Photos: Violence in Sambhal over Mosque survey
Sambhal: Three people were killed and scores of others, including around 20 security personnel and four personnel of the administration, were injured as protesters opposing a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque…
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How many people’s blood do you need: Asaduddin Owaisi reacts to Sambhal violence
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has reacted to the ongoing violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district where three people have reportedly died in police firing following clashes with police…
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Survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal completed
New Delhi: Survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district was completed on Sunday and its report will be submitted to the court on November 29. The court ordered a…
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Sambhal mosque survey: UP Police use tear gas to disperse crowd throwing stones
Sambhal: Police used tear gas and “minor force” in the face of stone pelting by locals here on Sunday as tension escalated during a second survey of the Mughal-era mosque, claimed to…
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UP bypolls: BJP wins 6 seats; Samajwati Party bags 2, RLD 1
Lucknow: Months after the ruling BJP’s poor Lok Sabha poll performance in Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party hit the opposition parties out of the park by winning six of the nine Assembly…
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UP: Former BJP leader booked for assaulting man
Shahjahanpur: A case has been registered against BJP leader Sanjay Mishra and his aides for allegedly holding a man hostage and assaulting him with sticks and pipes at a school here, police…