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UP: 8 dead, 43 injured as truck hits tractor-trolley carrying pilgrims
Bulandshahr: Eight people were killed and 43 others injured when a truck rammed into a tractor-trolley carrying pilgrims in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district in the early hours of Monday, police said. The…
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UP man climbs mobile tower in ‘Sholay’ style, demands marriage to girlfriend
Uttar Pradesh: In imagery reminiscent of a water tanker scene from the famous Bollywood film “Sholay”, a man climbed atop a mobile tower at a village in Bhadohi district on Sunday and…
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Young man critical after mob assault in UP village
A young Muslim man was viciously attacked by a mob of over 10 people in Barla village of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The attack took place on Thursday, August 21. Fardeen, whose…
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UP magistrate resists Hindutva group pressure over false land grab
A government officer stood his ground and refused to be bullied by a Hindutva organisation in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district, which alleged that a Muslim man had encroached on government land. Mau…
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Sikkim University student arrested for ‘insulting’ Nepali language
Gangtok: A Sikkim University student, who hailed from Uttar Pradesh, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly making insulting remarks against the Nepali language which is widely spoken in the Himalayan state, officials…
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UP Police saves man after Meta flags suicide post on Instagram
Kaushambi: Acting swiftly on an alert from Meta, police here rescued a 20-year-old man who had threatened to consume poison to kill himself in an Instagram post, officials said on Tuesday. On…
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UP man beaten to death over theft suspicion; Body found on road
A Muslim man died after being brutally assaulted by a group on suspicion of theft. His lifeless body was found on Sunday, August 17, lying by the roadside in Thathauli village in…
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Mob attacks UP police station after duo given protection from assault
Two Muslim men were violently attacked by an angry mob in Nayagaon of Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of theft. Fahim and his relative Firoz were returning home after attending a…
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Hours after tying rakhi, teenager raped and killed by cousin
A 33-year-old man raped and murdered his 14-year-old cousin hours after she tied him rakhi in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. Surjeet killed the teenager and hung her body from a noose to…
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Deaf and mute woman gang-raped, chased by men on deserted road in UP
Uttar Pradesh: A 22-year-old mentally challenged and deaf-mute woman was allegedly gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district after being chased by bike-borne men on a deserted road, the horror captured on CCTV…
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Rajasthan: Pickup van carrying pilgrims crashes in Dausa leaves 11 dead
Jaipur: A pickup van crashed into a parked truck in Rajasthan’s Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 11 people, including seven children, and injuring eight others, police said. The…
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Release prisoners who have completed sentence: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jail even after completing their sentence and directed all states and union territories to immediately release any such convict…
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Hindutva mob storms Fatehpur maqbara, vandalises tomb
In Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindutva group with raised saffron flags broke through the police barricades to enter a mausoleum (maqbara) in Radeiya Mohalla, claiming it to be a 200-year-old Thakur temple. …
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Fact check: Did Rahul correctly identify voters registered in multiple States?
A major controversy has erupted in the country after Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at a press conference on Thursday, August 7, accused…
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Lucknow is where tahzeeb sits cheek by jowl with modernity; feel it, remember it, cherish it
Lucknow, despite being the capital of the most populous and politically influential state, Uttar Pradesh, denotes poetry, kathak, biryani, kebab, and all that awakens one’s sensitivities. Food for thought: refining sensitivities –…