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UP: Three home guards accuse SDM of caste abuse, probe sought
Bahraich: Three home guards deployed on security duty of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Mahsi tehsil here have levelled serious allegations against the officer, accusing him of using casteist slurs, subjecting them…
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Two cow slaughterers arrested after encounter in Uttar Pradesh
Sant Kabir Nagar: Police arrested two alleged cow slaughterers after an encounter at Rakshakala village in Uttar Pradesh here on Thursday, January 8 morning, officials said. Sant Kabir Nagar Superintendent of Police…
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UP SIR: 128 inclusion claims submitted in a day, max by BJP
Lucknow: Political parties in Uttar Pradesh submitted 128 claims for inclusion of voters and no objections seeking deletion from the electoral rolls till Wednesday evening, January 7, with the maximum coming from…
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Sambhal orders removal of ‘illegal’ shrine, mosque from graveyard land
Sambhal (UP): The Sambhal administration has issued an ultimatum to a committee overseeing a shrine and a mosque built on land recorded as a graveyard in the Chaudhary Sarai area to remove…
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Hindu Raksha Dal chief, son held for distributing swords in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A right-wing outfit leader and his son have been arrested in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly distributing swords and disturbing communal harmony here, police said on Wednesday, January 7. Hindu Raksha…
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Yogi Cabinet orders liquidation of JS University over fake degrees
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has approved two significant decisions concerning the higher education sector in the state. The cabinet has ordered the liquidation of JS…
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Over 2 crore voter names removed from UP draft electoral rolls
The much-anticipated draft electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh were released on Tuesday, January 6, stating that 2.89 crore voters’ names have been removed and 46.23 lakh are dead. These names could not…
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SIR: Draft electoral rolls of UP to be published; parties, public to get access
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that the draft electoral rolls of Uttar Pradesh will be published on Tuesday, January 6, marking a crucial step in the state’s electoral preparations, officials…
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Days before notice expiration, two mosques removed in UP’s Sambhal
Sambhal: A mosque and a madrassa in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sambhal district that were facing action for encroaching on government land were demolished by members of the mosque committee just before the notice…
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Faridabad assault: Woman was gang-raped inside ambulance, say police
Faridabad: A new revelation has emerged in the gang rape of the 25-year-old woman, who was sexually assaulted by two men in a moving vehicle and later thrown onto the road earlier…
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Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim again granted 40-day parole
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples and is lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak,…
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UP cop reprimanded for using device to label man Bangladeshi
Ghaziabad: The station house officer of the Kaushambi police station here was reprimanded by his seniors after videos of him purportedly tying a device to a man and claiming that it had…
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SIR in UP: Congress forms committee in each district
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress has formed a committee of senior party leaders in each district for the scrutiny of the draft electoral roll scheduled to be published on January 6. Provisional…
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Bangladesh ke to nahi ho?: Ghaziabad police question family
The Ghaziabad police found itself in hot water during a citizenship verification drive in a slum area after one of its officers apathetically asked a family if they hailed from Bangladesh. A…
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Migration drives most of the 2.88 crore UP voter forms unclaimed
Lucknow: Permanent migration has emerged as the primary reason for electoral discrepancies in Uttar Pradesh, accounting for nearly 1.30 crore of the 2.88 crore uncollectable electoral forms identified during the Special Intensive…