Uttar Pradesh
- Hate Crime
Jihadi pigs: BJP leader urges women to have 4 kids to combat Muslim ‘breeding’
Meerut: Udita Tyagi, the regional secretary of the BJP Mahila Morcha in Western Uttar Pradesh, made crude Islamophobic remarks, addressing Muslims as “jihadi pigs, who engage in mass breeding.” Speaking to reporters at the PVS…
- India
Ghaziabad Hindus shower love as elderly Muslim couple leave for Haj 2026
Uttar Pradesh: For every Muslim, embarking on a Haj pilgrimage is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This annual pilgrimage to Makkah serves as the fifth pillar of Islam. It is considered a transformative journey…
- India
SC raps UP police for omitting hate crime sections in 2021 case
New Delhi: Why is your investigating officer playing “hide and seek” with this court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 22, asked the Uttar Pradesh government and police while expressing displeasure over…
- Hate Crime
UP couple garlanded with shoes on suspicion of religious conversion
Hathras: A purported video showing a couple being garlanded with shoes in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district has surfaced on social media, with police on Tuesday, April 21, saying the…
- India
For humanity: Madrasa students provide food for people affected by Lucknow fire
At a time when most of North India is heavily polarised, a group of madrasa students has set an example of harmony by offering food to people affected by a fire accident…
- Telangana
HRF writes to UP DGP over action against workers
Hyderabad: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has urged the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to act against arbitrary police action against protesting workers. In a letter addressed to the DGP,…
- India
Supreme Court to hear Sambhal mosque–temple dispute today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India is set to hear on Monday, April 20, a plea filed by the Muslim side challenging a survey order issued by a court in Chandousi…
- India
Vendor harassed by UP authorities after Akhilesh Yadav sips tea
Fatehpur: Sheshman Yadav and his son Aryan Yadav never expected that serving tea to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in February would lead to being harassed, targeted, and even having their roadside…
- Hate Crime
UP: Dalit youth set himself ablaze over casteist abuse, accused held
Agra: A Dalit youth set himself on fire in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh after he was allegedly assaulted by a local farmer who used casteist slurs against him in public…
- India
Kanpur man slits 11-year-old twin daughters’ throats, arrested
Kanpur: A 48-year-old man allegedly killed his 11-year-old twin daughters by slitting their throats with a sharp-edged weapon at his flat in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur in early Sunday, April 19, police said.…
- India
UP woman accuses cops of illegally detaining her husband, extorting Rs 80k
Saharanpur: A Muslim woman in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh has accused the police personnel of illegally detaining her husband, subjecting him to harassment, and extorting Rs 80,000 in exchange for…
- Hate Crime
Muslim couple harassed inside Noida’s gated community, residents fight back
Noida: A Muslim couple was allegedly harassed by an inebriated man inside a gated community in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida district, who asked them to show their ID proof. However, tables turned when…
- Hate Crime
Video: Minaret brought down as mosque, madrasa demolished in UP’s Sambhal
Sambhal: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district demolished a 35-foot-high minaret of a mosque at around 1:30 pm on Friday, April 17, using bulldozers and JCBs. To bring the minaret down, a…
- India
Allahabad HC refuses to quash FIR against students for alleged religious conversion
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash a first information report (FIR) lodged against two Class 12 students accused and booked under the Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion law for allegedly forcing their…
- India
UP: Toddler, 2-month-old sister killed in Lucknow slum fire
Lucknow: Two children were killed in a massive fire that gutted a slum cluster in the Vikas Nagar area here, police said on Thursday, April 16. Rescue teams and residents trawled through…