Uttar Pradesh
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Meerut mosque on police land? Imam served 7-day notice
Meerut: A dispute has emerged over a mosque here, with authorities alleging the shrine was constructed on a police station land while the mosque management maintains the structure was built on a…
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Ram Temple chief welcomes SIT formation amid donation row
Ayodhya: Ram Temple Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Sunday, June 14, welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to constitute a SIT to probe alleged irregularities in the Ram temple trust donation…
- India
Third arrest made in Uttar Pradesh conversion case
Muzaffarnagar: Another arrest has been made in connection with an alleged unlawful religious conversion case in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, and the police recovered a ‘nikahnama’ (marriage certificate) from the accused’s possession,…
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Ram Mandir donation row: UP govt forms 3-member SIT
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations regarding donations and financial management of the Ram Mandir trust in Ayodhya, officials said. According…
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Akhilesh’s daughter targeted online over Ram Mandir donation row
Azamgarh: Far-right-wing extremists targeted the daughter of Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after he raised concerns regarding the allegations that crores of rupees offered to the…
- Hate Crime
No police help, Dalit woman approaches court over casteist abuse
Lucknow: A Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj approached a court alleging that a village head representative assaulted her, used casteist slurs, and threatened her life after local police reportedly failed to…
- Hate Crime
BJP leader chants Jai Shri Ram at Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh: Uttar Pradesh Minister of Horticulture Dinesh Pratap Singh raised religious slogans, including “Jai Shri Ram,” at Aligarh Muslim University during an event on Friday, June 12. It marked the first time…
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UP: Circling cow starts a cult, vet ends it with an injection
Lucknow: In an Uttar Pradesh village, when a cow started circling a field repeatedly, the villagers immediately considered it nothing short of a miracle and began worshipping it by circling the fields…
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Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife in UP’s Kushinagar
Kushinagar: A court here on Friday, June 12, sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife with a spade in 2023, a prosecution official said. Additional Sessions Judge/FTC-I Satyapal Singh…
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Universities in Uttar Pradesh to set up ‘anti-conversion’ cells
All universities and higher education institutions in Uttar Pradesh, including medical and dental colleges, have been directed to set up anti-conversion and anti-radicalisation cells following an order from state governor Anandiben Patel,…
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UP: After DM issues notice, madrasa authorities demolish structure
Uttar Pradesh: A madrasa in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sitapur district was demolished on June 10 after authorities deemed it was built on government land. On a complaint filed by Vikas Chaturvedi, the president…
- India
Two Muslim youth beaten, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in UP’s Sultanpur
Hyderabad: Two Muslim youth were beaten by a Hindu right-wing mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district after they refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, with videos of the assault going viral on…
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Mohsin Khan’s Allah Miyan ka Karkhana out in English on June 23
New Delhi: Celebrated Urdu writer Mohsin Khan’s acclaimed first novel, “Allah Miyan ka Karkhana,” has been translated into English for the first time by noted translator and poet Maaz Bin Bilal, announced…
- India
Adityanath directs faster action against economic crimes
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday, June 10, directed the Economic Offences Wing to further intensify action against financial crimes and ensure speedy investigation, prosecution and conviction in cases…
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Woman killed, 20 injured in two separate road accidents in UP
Hardoi: A 32-year-old woman was killed and 20 others injured in two separate road accidents in Hardoi and Bahraich districts, police said on Wednesday, June 10. In Hardoi, the incident took place…
