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SC quashes NSA on Sambhal accused, slaps Rs 10L fine on UP govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, September 29, quashed the preventive detention of Mulla Afroz, accused of being the mastermind of the 2024 communal violence in Sambhal. A bench of Justices Dipankar…
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Former IAS Divya Mittal announces entry into politics from UP
Former IAS officer Divya Mittal on Tuesday announced her entry into politics independently, saying she would begin her political journey from Uttar Pradesh and strive to become the voice of people whose…
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12-yr-old Abdullah hit on head for refusing to fetch cigarettes
Uttar Pradesh: A 12-year-old Muslim boy was hit on the head with a kada (iron bangle) when he refused to fetch cigarettes ordered by a few Hindu men in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow…
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Dalit man assaulted over ‘touching’ upper-caste man in UP
Uttar Pradesh: A mere touch of hands with an upper-caste man ended in assault and death threats for this Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district. The incident took place on September…
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Write prescriptions in Hindi: UP Dy CM urges state doctors
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Friday, September 25, urged the state’s doctors to write the names of medicines and diagnostic tests on patient prescriptions in Hindi (Devanagari) script…
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Five arrested for duping Agniveer aspirants in Bareilly
Bareilly: The Bareilly police have busted a gang allegedly cheating Army Agniveer recruitment aspirants by promising to help them clear physical and medical tests and arrested five of its members, officials said…
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Nine killed, 20 rescued as bus catches fire in Greater Noida
Noida: Nine passengers were killed after a bus travelling from Delhi to Mahoba in Bihar caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, officials said on Thursday, September 24. They said…
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UP: Mob attacks biryani shop owner on suspicion of carrying beef
Lucknow: Three youths in Uttar Pradesh’s capital, Lucknow, assaulted a Muslim biryani stall owner on suspicion of carrying beef and threatened to kill him. A video of the assault surfaced on Sunday,…
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Woman freed from father’s custody over interfaith marriage in UP
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday, September 22, freed a Ghaziabad woman from her father’s custody and allowed her to live with her Muslim husband. Justice Sandeep Jain ordered the release…
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Girl dies in classroom in UP; Family blames DJ music
Balrampur: A girl died after she fell unconscious in her classroom, allegedly when loud music was being played on a DJ system during a Ganesh idol immersion procession passing nearby in Balrampur,…
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SP-Congress alliance faces fresh friction in UP ahead of polls
Lucknow: On a day when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin toured western Uttar Pradesh to firm up the party’s poll strategy, two prominent opposition voices from the region sparred over…
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Rajya Sabha polls for 12 seats on October 16
New Delhi: Elections to 12 Rajya Sabha seats across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal will be held on October 16, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday, September 22. The elections will…
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Congress slams bulldozer welcome for Nabin amid demolition fears
Meerut: Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Abhimanyu Tyagi on Monday, September 21, hit out at the BJP for deploying bulldozers and JCBs to welcome party chief Nitin Nabin in Meerut, saying that traders…
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HC orders inquiry over claims of caste-based humiliation in NLU
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has ordered an independent inquiry against the head of the Department of Law and warden of the boys’ hostel at Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj…
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Ram temple donation theft: Bail pleas of 3 accused rejected
Ayodhya (UP): A special court in Ayodhya on Monday, September 21, rejected the bail applications of three accused arrested in connection with the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple here,…