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Court says Tauqeer Raza ‘mastermind’ of 2010 communal riots, summons him on March 11
Bareilly: A court in Bareilly on Tuesday summoned Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) chairman Maulana Tauqeer Raza in connection with the communal riots in the Qutub Khana area here in March 2010, observing that…
- India
Tension prevails in Bareilly after cleric’s call for protest on Gyanvapi issue
Bareilly: Tension prevails in Bareilly after Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, Uttar Pradesh cleric and Head of Ittehad-e-Millat Council, gave a call for ‘jail bharo’ movement after Friday prayers in protest against offering…
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Bareilly cleric asks people to pray for Palestinians in Gaza
Bareilly: Bareilly-based cleric Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, who is the President of All India Muslim Jamaat, an organisation linked with Aala Hazrat Dargah, has urged “everyone to pray for the Palestinians in Gaza…
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UP: Woman, daughter detained for offering namaz at Bareilly temple
Bareilly: Police on Sunday detained a 38-year-old woman and her daughter for allegedly offering namaz at a Shiva temple here along with a cleric, officials said. They said the action was taken…
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UP: Derogatory posts by 2 teens on religion cause tensions in Bareilly
Bareilly: Tension reigned in the Sheeshgarh town of the district after two teenagers from different communities made derogatory remarks about each other’s religion on Instagram, police said on Saturday. Police have detained…
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Police intervene as kanwariyas came face to face with Muharram mourners
Pilibhit: A group of kanwariyas on Saturday came face to face with those taking out a Muharram procession on the Bareilly Highway but a timely intervention by the police ensured there was…
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Bareilly ki Bride drags run-away groom 20 kms back to mandap
In a straight-out-of-a-movie scene, a bride chased her run-away groom for 20 km and dragged him back to the mandap to get married. The incident happened on Sunday when the bride, hailing…
- India
Newly-married woman found with burn injuries on highway in UP
Bareilly: In a shocking incident, a woman who had been married three days ago, was found in a naked condition with nearly 40 per cent burn injuries on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway…
- India
Six held on cow slaughter charge in UP’s Bareilly
Bareilly: Six men accused of slaughtering a cow in this Uttar Pradesh district have been arrested, police said on Monday. The incident dates to March 31 when the police received a report about…
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Two men who illegally met Atiq Ahmed’s brother in jail arrested
Bareilly: Two men who had allegedly met former MLA Ashraf illegally in jail have been arrested, an official said on Tuesday. Ashraf, the brother of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, has been lodged in…
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Three booked for proscribing Dalits from attending feast at temple in UP’s Bareilly
Bareilly: Three people have been booked for allegedly refusing to allow Dalits to participate in a feast here in Rajpur Kalan village of the Aonla area, held after recitation of Bhagvad Gita,…
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UP: Principal arrested for making students sing ‘Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua’ poem
The principal of the government higher primary school located in Faridpur in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district has reportedly been arrested after right-wing groups complained to the police about the popular Urdu poem…
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‘Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua’ prayer by students gets UP Principal suspended
Bareilly: The principal of a government school in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district has been suspended by the state’s Education department after right-wing groups reportedly complained to the police about a prayer song…
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UP: Principal, teacher booked for reciting ‘madrassa-type prayer’
Bareilly: Police have booked the principal and a teacher after the local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) alleged that “madrassa-type prayers” were being recited in a government school here. The incident…
- India
12 people booked in clash over installing of Ambedkar statue in Bareilly
Bareilly: Twelve people were booked here in Aonla for clashing with police and pelting them with stones over the removal of a statue of BR Ambedkar installed allegedly on government land, police…