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Mamata Banerjee wishes Valentine’s Day amid widespread Hindutva attacks
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, February 14, offered Valentine’s Day wishes at a time when Hindutva groups have been attempting to disrupt celebrations associated with the occasion. In her…
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Pothole related road deaths surge 53 pc in 5 yrs, 9,438 killed nationwide
New Delhi: Deaths caused by pothole-related road accidents have risen by 53 per cent over the past five years, with 9,438 people killed across the country between 2020 and 2024, the government…
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UP: 6-yr-old killed as Class 12 student rams car into auto, pedestrians
Lucknow: A six-year-old boy was killed, and four people were injured after a 21-year-old student returning from a farewell party rammed his car into an autorickshaw and pedestrians in the Banthra area…
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2 cow slaughter accused injured in police encounter in UP’s Sahranpur
Saharanpur: Two men accused of cow slaughter were injured in a police encounter in the Gangoh area here, and a calf, firearms and slaughtering tools were recovered from their possession, police said…
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I am Thakur, I am Mishra: HDFC Bank employees’ verbal spat continues
Kanpur: The verbal spat between two HDFC Bank employees in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur continues, with both parties now issuing statements explaining their sides of the story and why caste was mentioned during…
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UP Budget 2026-27 earmarks Rs 27,103 crore for infra, 5-fold hike for textiles
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed Rs 27,103 crore for infrastructure and industrial development, 13 per cent higher than last year, and over Rs 5,041 crore for handloom and textiles, marking…
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UP: Youth attack man for objecting to rash driving in Meerut
Meerut: A case has been booked against a group of youth for allegedly assaulting a Muslim man who opposed their rash driving in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. The incident took place on…
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Row erupts after HDFC Bank employee tells customer, ‘I am a Thakur’
Kanpur: A tense incident was reported from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where an HDFC Bank employee was allegedly seen invoking her caste during an argument with a customer. A video of the heated…
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Brutal attack blinds Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi
Bhadohi: A Dalit youth was brutally assaulted here and lost eyesight in one eye after an attacker allegedly pierced a motorcycle key when an argument over the former defecating near a canal…
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UP SIR: Asked to remove 86 Muslim names from electoral roll, claims BLO
Amid the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of the electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) claimed that a person named Dharmendra Maurya objected…
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UP: Bajrang Dal storms govt school over namaz claims, principal suspended
Sambhal: Several Bajrang Dal members forcibly entered a government school in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sambhal to question the Quranic verses framed on the walls, alleging that the students were being taught to wear…
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UP SIR: ECI extends period of filing claims, objections
New Delhi: The ECI has extended by one month or till March 6 the period of filing claims and objections to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar…
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Ghaziabad sisters’ death: They hardly played outside, say neighbours
Ghaziabad: A day after three sisters jumped to their death from their ninth-floor home in the Sahibabad area here, residents of the residential complex were in shock, pondering how the girls’ prolonged…
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Suspended UP headmaster reinstated after students reject namaz claims
Mathura: Jan Mohammed, a headmaster in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, who was suspended following allegations by right-wing organisations that he forced students to offer namaz (prayer), was reinstated after students and teachers…
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Dalit student beaten for ‘damaging pipe’, FIR registered against accused
Agra: A Dalit student on Friday, January 30, was allegedly assaulted and abused with casteist slurs by a teacher and a school official in Uttar Pradesh‘s Manipuri district for a broken pipe.…