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Right-wing group badgers vendors in UP over govt’s directive amid Kanwar Yatra
A group led by Akhand Hindu Rashtra Sena Chief, Shiv Pratap Singh harassed Muslim fruit vendors to enforce the Uttar Pradesh government’s recent directives to display shop owners’ names along Kanwar Yatra…
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AAP thanks SC for imposing interim stay on UP orders for eateries
New Delhi: The AAP on Monday thanked the Supreme Court for imposing an interim stay on the “anti-Dalit” directives passed by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments that eateries along the Kanwar…
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SC stays nameplate orders for eateries issued by UP, Uttarakhand govts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of controversial directives issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments requiring all eateries and dhabas along the Kanwar Yatra route to…
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JIH slams UP govt for forcing students out of madrassas
The national vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Maulana Waliullah Sayeedi Falahi, has condemned recent actions of the UP government aimed at disrupting the education sector and undermining the status and identity of…
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Nameplate row: NDA ally RLD opposes Muzaffarnagar Kanwar order
The Uttar Pradesh government order that instructs restaurant owners, shopkeepers and fruit vendors in Muzaffarnagar to display their names on the Kanwar marg has not gone down well with some allies of…
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Current Union govt won’t last long: Akhilesh Yadav
Kolkata: The current NDA government at the Centre will not last long and it will get toppled very soon, claimed Samajwadi Party President and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday. “The…
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Kanwar Yatra order: Both Muslim & Hindu owners ask staff to quit
Muzaffarnagar: For the past seven years, Brijesh Pal, a daily wager, worked at a roadside dhaba in the Khatauli area of Muzaffarnagar during the two months of Shravan to help his Muslim…
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Baba Ramdev extends support to Kanwar Yatra nameplate order
Yoga guru and entrepreneur Baba Ramdev expressed his support on Sunday, July 12, for the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments’ directive requiring shopkeepers along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their names.…
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UP: 15 arrested for ‘disturbing’ peace during Muharram processions
Bahraich: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested 15 people here in connection with three cases related to taking out religious processions through prohibited areas on the day of Muharram, brandishing sharp-edged…
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Kanwar Yatra: Muzaffarnagar order now extended to UP, Uttarakhand
Lucknow/Dehradun: Days after Muzaffarnagar Police asked all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners’ names, the Uttar Pradesh government is extending the controversial order across the state and Uttarakhand…
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NHRC notice to UP govt over ‘custodial’ death in Jalaun district
New Delhi: The NHRC on Thursday said it has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and the state’s police chief over reports that a person died allegedly in police custody…
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UP: Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derails; three dead, 33 injured
Gonda: Three passengers were killed and 33 injured when eight coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, an official said. Ambulances and medical teams were rushed…
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Zubair responsible if violence occurs during Kanwar Yatra: Swami Yashveer
Following the Uttar Pradesh police’s directive for restaurant and hotel owners and vendors to display their names in front of their establishments, Swami Yashveer Maharaj has openly threatened Alt News co-founder Mohammed…
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UP cop killed in ‘misfire’ by colleague; family rejects official version
Aligarh: UP police constable Mohammad Yakoob was accidentally shot dead by a fellow policeman, SI Rajiv Kumar, during an operation by the Special Operations Group (SOG) to arrest suspected cattle smugglers in…
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Consensus among all sections prerequisite for UCC, can’t be forced: SP MP Nadvi
New Delhi: Consensus is a prerequisite for bringing in a Uniform Civil Code and any move that does not consider the views of all sections is a forced one and hence against…