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Samajwadi Party draws ire for ignoring Muslim leaders in RS polls
Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh is under fire from Muslim religous leaders for not nominating any Muslim among the three candidates named by the party for Rajya Sabha polls. President of…
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Man arrested for decapitating his wife, walking with her skull in UP
Barabanki: Police on Friday arrested a man here for allegedly decapitating his wife and walking with her skull. Anil Kanojia, a resident of the Basara village in Fatehpur police station area of the…
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Lovers enter suicide pact on Valentine’s Day in UP
Mahoba: On Valentine’s Day a 20-year-old youth and his 19-year-old girlfriend entered a suicide pact and ended their lives by consuming poison. The young couple took the extreme step on Wednesday as…
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Ex-PM Lal Bahadur Shastri’s grandson joins BJP
New Delhi: Vibhakar Shastri, grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, joined BJP on Wednesday. Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak was present during his joining in Lucknow. Earlier, Shastri…
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Leopard found hanging upside down from tree in UP district
Shamli: A leopard was found hanging upside down from a tree in Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh. The video of the leopard being found dead in the village is now going viral…
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SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya quits party post, slams leadership
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday resigned as the party’s national general secretary accusing the leadership of discriminating against him and not defending him over his remarks. Maurya had…
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SP declares names of candidates for Rajya Sabha seats in UP
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party on Tuesday nominated Ramjilal Suman, Jaya Bachchan and former IAS officer Alok Ranjan as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. While actor-turned politician Jaya Bachchan…
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BJP to hold ‘OBC Yuva Samvad’ in all UP districts
Lucknow: The BJP will hold OBC mega meets in all 17 municipal corporations and conduct ‘yuva samvad’ meetings in each of the 75 districts of the state. The ‘OBC yuva samvad’ is…
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UP STF arrest Halal Council of India officials on extortion charges
Mumbai: The UP Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested four office-bearers of Halal Council of India, Mumbai, for allegedly extorting money in the name of halal certification. According to the UP…
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UP legislators offer prayers at Ram temple in Ayodhya, SP MLAs stay away
Ayodhya: Legislators from Uttar Pradesh reached Ayodhya around noon on Sunday and offered prayers at the Ram temple. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flew in from Pune to join the legislators on their…
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After RLD breaks away, Rahul’s yatra in UP rescheduled & shortened
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh leg of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has been rescheduled and shortened due to the ongoing UP Board exams. UPCC chief Ajay Rai said that…
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Gyanvapi row: Cleric who gave call for protest detained in UP
Thousands of supporters of Tauqeer Raza Khan, the head of the Ittehad-e-Millat Council, flocked to the streets on Friday, February 9,in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, raising tensions after he was detained by the…
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Muslim boy slapping row: SC slams UP govt for not counselling victim’s classmates
New Delhi: The Supreme Court slammed the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday for not counselling students who were allegedly instructed by their school teacher to slap a Muslim boy for not doing…
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‘Gau Sansad’ wants the cow to be declared ‘Mother of the Nation’
Prayagraj: The cow may be granted the status of ‘Mother of the Nation’ before the Maha Kumbh 2025, if the Uttar Pradesh chief minister accepts the demand of the sants in Prayagraj.…
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Ayodhya mosque foundation distances itself from ‘sacred’ brick
Lucknow: The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, set up for construction of a mosque at Dhannipur village in Ayodhya, has distanced itself from claims by a member of the same foundation that a “sacred”…