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UP: WhatsApp group admin held for not removing ‘derogatory remarks’ against Yogi
Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday, August 6, arrested a man, who was operating a WhatsApp group, after one of its member posted “a derogatory comment” against chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The arrested…
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UP: Bajrang Dal members beat up cop outside police station in Sitapur
Members of the Bajrang Dal thrashed a constable outside a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur. A crowd chanting slogans of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ drags the policeman outside the station gate and…
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IPS officer helps ‘light up’ elderly woman’s life in UP’s Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr: It was literally a “tamso ma jyotirgamaya” (moving from darkness to light) moment in the life of 70-year-old Noorjahan and a “Swades” moment for IPS officer Anukriti Sharma as an LED…
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Religious conversion accused found to have 30 Pakistani numbers in his phones: Police
Ghaziabad: A man who allegedly ran a religious conversion racket has been found to have 30 Pakistani contacts saved in his mobile phones, police in this Uttar Pradesh district have said. Shahnawaz…
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Muslim man accuses UP cops of assault on request to remove shoes to enter mosque
A Muslim man from Uttar Pradesh has alleged that he was assaulted at Kokhraj Police Station after he requested an officer to remove his shoes before entering the premise of a mosque. The…
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UP: Four held for vandalising 17 idols in Hindu temples
Police arrested four people on charges of vandalising 17 Hindu deities idols in four temples in Baral village of Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. The incident soon took a communal angle. On Thursday,…
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UP police recreate Atiq Ahmed’s murder as ‘part of investigation’
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of UP police recreated the murder scene in Colvin Hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Gangster-turned-politician Atiq and his brother were shot dead amid heavy police security…
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Atiq murder: Police will seek remand of three assailants, says UP STF officer
Lucknow: A senior Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) official on Tuesday said police will seek remand of the three assailants who shot dead gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, and…
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Atiq Ahmed’s son killed in encounter day after gangster’s appeal to spare his family
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) team in Jhansi on Thursday. Ahmed’s son Asad was wanted in the killing of…
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Atiq Ahmed shifted from Gujarat to UP for court appearance
Ahmedabad: A police team from Uttar Pradesh came to the Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad on Sunday and took gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed to Prayagraj, where he will be produced before a court on…
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What if it’s poisoned? says Akhilesh Yadav refusing police station tea
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday refused to have tea offered to him at the UP Police Headquarters apparently joking it may be “poisoned.” A Samajwadi Party office bearer, Manish…
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UP: 4 booked for assaulting, trying to convert Sikh man to Christianity
Bijnor: An FIR has been lodged against four persons in Badhapur police station of Bijnor district for allegedly assaulting a Sikh youth and forcing him to convert to Christianity by cutting his…
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Police encounters killed 166 criminals in 5 years, zero tolerance to crime: Adityanath
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said 166 criminals were killed and 4,453 injured in encounters with Uttar Pradesh Police in the past five years, highlighting his government’s zero-tolerance policy on crime.…
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UP-Uttarakhand Police file cross FIRs in shootout case
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Police are now engaged in a blame game after a woman was killed in cross-firing between Uttar Pradesh Police and alleged sand mafia in a Uttarakhand village.…
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Uttar Pradesh: Sefai prepares to bid adieu to Mulayam Singh
Sefai: Multiple helipads, waterproof pandals and an unprecedented police bandobast will mark the last rites of Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav in his native village Sefai on Tuesday afternoon. The…
