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UP Assembly to take up Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act amendment
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly is on Tuesday scheduled to take up for consideration and pass a bill that seeks to amend the Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act to increase the maximum…
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Mosques in Haridwar covered with white sheets, removed after outcry
In Uttarakhand’s Haridwar, two mosques and a shrine along the ongoing Kanwar yatra were covered by the district administration with large white sheets. However following public outcry, the sheets were hastily removed.…
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UP tailor dies by suicide after sewing machine taken away
A Muslim tailor died by suicide in Lucknow after his house was razed and his sewing machine taken away by the Lucknow Developmental Authority (LDA) officials. The deceased, Aziz, a resident of…
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Ravi Kishan introduces bill for official status to Bhojpuri, says language not about crass songs
New Delhi: Bhojpuri superstar and BJP MP Ravi Kishan has introduced a private member bill in Lok Sabha to include Bhojpuri in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution so that it can…
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UP cobbler gets ‘sewing machine’ after visit by Rahul Gandhi
Lucknow: A day after Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi made a brief halt at his shop, cobbler Ram Chet on Saturday got a sewing machine from the Congress leader, a…
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UP: Security intensified in Muzaffarnagar ahead of Kanwariyas arrival
Muzaffarnagar (UP): Along with the teams of local police, Rapid Action Force (RAF), the district administration has also deployed commandos of Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police along the Kanwar…
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Rahul to appear before MP-MLA court in UP in defamation case
Sultanpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the MP-MLA court here on Friday for a hearing in a defamation case. Congress district president Abhishek Singh Rana said on Thursday…
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Kanwar Yatra order to ensure peace: UP govt tells Supreme Court
The Uttar Pradesh government has strongly opposed legal challenges in the Supreme Court to its directive mandating that shop owners along the Kanwar Yatra route display their names prominently. The state asserted…
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UP: SP MP raises alarm in Parliament over demolition of Muslim, Dalit homes
The Samajwadi Party MP, Rajiv Ravi has flagged concerns in a recent session of Parliament over the treatment of Muslims and Dalits. The MP from Ghosi in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh…
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Kanwariya mob assaults specially-abled man in UP; video goes viral
In a disturbing incident, a mob of Kanwariyas brutally assaulted a mentally-disturbed man for allegedly waving a stick at them. The incident reportedly took place Wednesday, July 24, in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar…
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Aligarh Muslim University employees shot at inside campus, 2 held
Aligarh: Two employees of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) here were shot at by motorcycle-borne people inside the campus on Wednesday, police said. The injured employees have been admitted to the hospital, and…
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UP: SHO shunted, 3 cops suspended in molestation case of Dalit girls
Bahraich (UP): An SHO of the Nanpara police station was shunted out, and three policemen, including a sub-inspector (SI), were suspended following a case of molestation of three Dalit girls by some…
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UP: Car driver Aqib seeks compensation after assault by Kanwariyas
After a group of Kanwariyas assaulted a car driver and damaged his car in Muzaffarnagar’s Chappar Village in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, July 21, the driver identified as Aqib has released a…
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UP: Hindutva groups organise Mahapanchayat against mosque construction
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal members organised a Hindu Mahapanchayat to protest the ongoing construction of a mosque in Uttar Pradesh. The Mahapanchyat organised by the Hindutva groups was…
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BJP’s lamp is flickering, will go off soon: Akhilesh
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at the BJP on Monday, July 22, over the Kanwar Yatra directives in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, saying the ruling party’s lamp…