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Cricketer Rinku Singh’s father dies after prolonged illness
Aligarh: Indian cricketer Rinku Singh’s father, Khanchand Singh, passed away at a hospital in Greater Noida early Friday after a prolonged illness, family sources and hospital officials said. Dr. Sunil Kumar, spokesperson…
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UP: Thakurs pelt stones at Dalit wedding procession in Aligarh
Aligarh: A Dalit wedding procession was attacked with stones in Sunana village of Uttar Pradesh‘s Aligarh district on Tuesday night, February 24. A viral video of the clash emerged on Wednesday, February…
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Cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi duped of Rs 30k in marriage scam
Faridabad: Cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi was allegedly duped of Rs 30,000 by a man on the pretext of arranging his marriage, police said on Friday, February 20. They said a first information…
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Mullah se azaadi doonga: UP gau rakshak gets bail in hate speech case
Self-proclaimed cow vigilante (gau rakshak) and Karni Sena leader Sachin Raghav was garlanded by his supporters after a local court granted him bail in an alleged hate speech against Indian Muslims, in…
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‘Beef’ in buffet triggers row at UP wedding; samples sent for forensic test
Aligarh: A fight broke out at a wedding reception in Aligarh’s Civil Lines area, Uttar Pradesh, over a sticker at a dining counter that read “beef curry”, police said on Monday. Two…
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Aligarh teacher suspended for objecting to Vande Mataram in school assembly
Aligarh (UP): A government school teacher has been suspended after he allegedly objected to the singing of “Vande Mataram” during the morning assembly here, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place…
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UP Dalit woman accuses 5, including ex-Army solider of harassment
A Dalit woman hailing from the Valmiki community in Aligarh’s Kotwali area of Uttar Pradesh has accused five individuals, including a retired Army soldier, of assault, molestation and death threats. In her…
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ABVP attack Aligarh professor, shout slogans against ‘love jihad’
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members attacked an assistant professor in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh, accusing him of ‘love jihad’ and sending ‘objectionable content’ to a student’s phone. The assistant professor teaches English…
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Hindutva gang attacks 4 men with iron rods over beef allegations in UP
Four Muslim men were brutally beaten with iron rods by a Hindutva gang in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district on Saturday, May 24, who accused them of transporting beef. The incident reportedly took…
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UP: Mob attacks 4 on suspicion of transporting cattle meat, vehicle set ablaze
Aligarh: Four people were attacked and their vehicle set ablaze by a mob here on Saturday over suspicion that they were transporting cattle meat, police said. Local leaders of the Bajrang Dal…
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Right-wing supporters force teenager to urinate on Pakistani flag in Aligarh
In Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh city, a teenager was forced to urinate on a Pakistani flag by right-wing supporters after one of his friends allegedly tore down an anti-Pakistani poster. Although the friend…
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25-yr-old shot dead by 4 men in UP’s Aligarh; assault caught on CCTV
Aligarh: A 25-year-old man was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh just before he was about to have ‘sehri (breakfast)’ during Ramzan, as four bike-borne assailants opened fire on him in a…
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AMU student ends life in hostel room; probe underway
Aligarh: A 25-year-old master’s student at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) allegedly committed suicide by hanging outside his hostel room on Friday, police said. Mohammad Shakir, a first-year student of MA Theology student,…
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Abanadoned temple reopened in Aligarh, purification ceremony held
Aligarh: Right-wing organisations and some local BJP leaders held a ‘shuddhikaran‘ (purification) ceremony and chanted Hanuman chalisa at a long-abandoned Shiva temple in a Muslim-majority locality here after it was “reopened” by…
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Rashid Alvi faults SC’s approach on AMU minority status
New Delhi: Congress leader Rashid Alvi criticised the Supreme Court’s handling of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) minority status issue saying its approach “is not the way justice should work”. He expressed…
