Meerut
- India
Video: AIMIM, BJP councillors clash over ‘Vande Mataram’ in UP
Meerut: A clash erupted between AIMIM and BJP councillors of the Meerut Municipal Corporation at an oath-taking ceremony organised for them here on Friday. The scuffle began following a disagreement over the…
- India
Atiq Ahmad’s brother-in-law suspended as govt doctor: Officials
Meerut: Slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad’s brother-in-law Akhlaq Ahmad, a government doctor posted in Meerut, was suspended on Tuesday by the Health Department, a senior official said. Akhlaq Ahmad was arrested earlier this…
- India
UP: 2 houses set on fire after 24-year-old shot dead in Meerut
Meerut: Two houses were set on fire a day after a 24-year-old man was shot dead in Palda village in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. The incident has led to communal tension in the…
- India
36 years post Maliana violence which claimed 63 lives, 39 acquitted
Lucknow: Decades after the incidents rocked the nation, in two separate incidents, the courts have acquitted the accused for lack of evidence. In the first incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, nearly 36…
- India
UP: 3 held after firing takes place in jail over standing in queue
Meerut: Three persons were arrested following a firing that took place over standing in a queue at the meeting centre of the Chaudhary Charan Singh jail here on Saturday, officials said. According…
- India
UP: Drunk container driver drags car for 3 km, passengers escape
Meerut: In yet another hit-and-drag case, a 22-wheel container truck hit a car in Meerut and then dragged it for about 3 kilometres as bystanders looked on in shock. Visuals of the…
- India
Two held for insulting national anthem in Uttar Pradesh
Meerut: Two youths have been arrested for allegedly insulting the national anthem in the Eidgah locality of Meerut district. A purported video of the event showing them dancing while the national anthem…
- India
Three youths booked for insulting national anthem
Meerut: Three youths were booked for allegedly insulting the national anthem in the Eidgah locality area here, police said on Saturday. “A video had gone viral in which three youths could be seen…
- Hate Crime
UP: Korean women harassed, accused of being missionaries by Hindutva workers
Two young Korean women from Delhi who were visiting Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to meet a friend were harassed by right-wing workers over their religious identities. They were visiting Chaudhary Charan Singh University…
- India
UP: Muslim scribe booked for cow slaughter; barred from Meerut for 3 months
By: Sana Ejaz A Meerut court in Uttar Pradesh court has issued an order against independent journalist Zakir Ali Tyagi, barring him from entering the district for three months in a cow…
- India
UP: 4 minors pass lewd comments on teacher, record videos; booked
A teacher registered a complaint against four minor students – three boys and a girl – on charges of sexual misbehaviour and making videos without her consent, causing her mental trauma. The…
- India
Will rename Meerut as Nathuram Godse Nagar if elected to power in civic polls: Hindu Mahasabha
Meerut (UP): Hindu Mahasabha on Tuesday said it will rename Meerut as Nathuram Godse Nagar if its candidate is elected the mayor in the upcoming municipal polls. Islamic names of various places…
- India
Meerut: Harassed by classmate, BDS student Vania Asad dies by suicide
A BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) student of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University died by suicide after falling from the fourth floor of her college in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The 22-year-old student –…
- India
UP woman given triple talaq because of obesity
Meerut: A 28-year-old woman was given triple talaq simply because she had become obese after marriage. In her complaint to the police, Nazma Begum, 28, a resident of Meerut, said she had…
- Offbeat
Bahubali samosa challenge: Eat in half an hour, earn Rs 51,000
Meerut: Samosa is a perennial favourite, but now food bloggers are getting increasingly excited over the new challenge that this snack is offering them in Meerut. A sweet shop in Kurti Bazaar Meerut…
