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Drunk men attack family in UP; women’s burqas torn, men verbally abused
A Muslim family was allegedly attacked and the women were sexually harassed by a group of drunk men under the Hapur district limits in Uttar Pradesh. Those who tried to save them…
- India
After two years, veteran SP leader Azam Khan released from jail
Sitapur: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Azam Khan was on Tuesday released on bail from the Sitapur jail here after nearly two years of incarceration. Dressed in…
- India
Video: UP teacher pulls pistol after woman rejects sexual advances
In a shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh, a middle-aged man, who is employed as a teacher, brandished a pistol after a woman refused his sexual advances. The incident occurred on Sunday, September…
- India
Women protest outside UP Vidhan Bhavan over ‘I Love Muhammad’ FIR
Days after more than two dozen individuals were booked on charges of disturbing communal harmony for allegedly putting up boards, during Milad-un-Nabi celebrations, Muslim women staged a protest outside the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavan…
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UP imam attacked after refusing to chant Jai Shri Ram; police deny communal angle
A local imam from Bulakghari village in the Lodha block of Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh, was brutally assaulted on Saturday, September 20, with the attackers allegedly forcing him to chant “Jai Shri…
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UP man held for cow slaughter; police threaten ‘half encounter’ as family resist arrest
The family of a 33-year-old Muslim man has accused Uttar Pradesh police of forcibly arresting him on allegations of cow slaughter on Friday, September 19, threatening the family with ‘half encounter.’ Allah…
- India
‘Won’t come to UP again’: Says shooter held in Disha Patani house firing case
Bareilly: One of the five shooters involved in the firing at film actor Disha Patani’s ancestral house here was arrested along with an associate on Friday after an encounter, police said. Senior…
- Hyderabad
Protests in Hyderabad after arrests over ‘I Love Muhammad’ boards in UP
Hyderabad: Protests were held in Hyderabad after Friday prayers, September 19, in Nampally Public Garden, after an FIR was registered against over 20 people in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, for putting up “I…
- India
Allahabad HC grants bail to Azam Khan in Quality Bar encroachment case
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted bail to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in the Quality Bar land encroachment case in Rampur district. Justice Samir Jain had reserved the…
- India
UP: 200 booked for protesting against derogatory post on Prophet Muhammad
Nearly 200 Muslims of Shahjahanpur district have been booked by the Uttar Pradesh police for protesting outside the station after a derogatory post against Prophet Muhammad was shared by a Hindu man.…
- India
UP Dalit man opposes alcohol consumption in front house; hand severed in attack
A young Dalit man’s hand was severed in a sword attack after he objected to alcohol consumption outside his house by a group of upper caste men in Uttar Pradesh. Shivam Jatav…
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Two held for illegal religious conversion in UP, SIT formed to probe funding
Shahjahanpur: Two Christians have been arrested here for alleged involvement in illegal religious conversion, with police setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into their funding and other aspects as…
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Asaduddin Owaisi slams FIR in UP, shares poetic verse on Prophet Muhammad
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has condemned the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Uttar Pradesh police against over 20 Muslim men, allegedly over…
- India
UP: FIR against 2 dozen people over ‘I Love Muhammad’ boards on road
Kanpur: More than two dozen individuals have been booked on charges of disturbing communal harmony for allegedly putting up boards and erecting a tent on a public road during Barawafat celebrations here,…
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UP BJP leader expelled from party after ‘objectionable’ video surfaces
Siddharthnagar: The BJP has expelled its former district vice-president in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Siddharthnagar after an alleged objectionable video involving him and a teenage girl surfaced on social media, official sources said…