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UP: 28 booked for ‘rioting’, ‘trespass’ to offer namaz on govt property in UP
Lakhimpur Kheri: Twenty-eight persons, three named and other unnamed, have been booked for ‘rioting’ and ‘criminal trespass’ by police for allegedly installing loudspeakers and offering mass prayers on a state government property…
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Bride absconds after celebratory firing in UP’s Hathras
Hathras: A bride who was booked here for celebratory firing, has gone absconding after the police began searching for her. SHO of Kotwali Hathras Junction, Girish Chand Gautam, said, “A case has…
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BJP MLA demands action against Azam Khan for allegedly misusing govt land
Difficulties for Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Azam Khan do not seem to be abating. The demand for action has intensified on Darul Awam, the Samajwadi Party office of Azam Khan…
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Giriraj Singh wants name change for UP’s Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: Union Minister Giriraj Singh has stirred a new controversy by demanding that Muzaffarnagar be renamed. He said that Muzaffarnagar has been the capital of farmers and the name was hurting its…
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Court acquits ex-UP minister Prajapati in model code of conduct violation case due to lack of evidence
Sultanpur: An MP-MLA court here on Friday acquitted former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati in a case related to the violation of the election model code of conduct due to lack…
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Rich get richer, poor get poorer: Sibal’s swipe at PM’s social justice remarks
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on the BJP’s commitment to social justice, claiming that under this government…
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10 Uttar Pradesh districts to get Sanskrit medium schools
Lucknow: Ten districts in Uttar Pradesh will soon get Sanskrit medium secondary schools. The 10 districts are Varanasi, Rae Bareli, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Shamli, Jalaun, Etah, Amethi, and Hardoi. This is a…
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Allahabad HC asks UP govt to upload OBC panel report on website
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to upload the OBC Commission’s report on OBC reservation in urban local bodies’ polls on the state…
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Yogi to perform Ram Lalla’s ‘jalabhishek’ with water from rivers of 155 countries
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will on April 23 perform the ‘jalabhishek’ of the deity of Ram Lalla with water from rivers of 155 countries, the general secretary of the…
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‘Apologise’: SC to BJP leader for fake news on killings of Bihar migrant workers in TN
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson, Prashant Umrao, to tender an apology for spreading rumours and fake news on the killings of Bihar migrant workers in…
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Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui jailed over ‘conversion’ for 562 days gets bail
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted bail to cleric Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui who was arrested in September 2021 on charges of running a ‘mass religious conversion’ racket…
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Row over deity picture on UP DM’s son’s birthday cake
Kanpur: Kanpur Dehat district magistrate Neha Jain is in the midst of another controversy — this time for her son’s birthday cake. According to reports, Jain’s son’s birthday cake had a picture…
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UP BJP to invoke ‘guesthouse incident’ to woo Dalit voters
Lucknow: In the run-up to next year’s Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh is set to invoke the infamous “guesthouse incident” of 1995 to woo Dalits. The UP BJP’s…
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Video: UP man critically injured after touching electric wire on train rooftop
Gorakhpur: A man climbed on top of the Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)-Gorakhpur super-fast express and suffered severe burn injuries when he touched a 25,000-volt overhead high-tension electric wire with his bare…
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UP: Tariq Mansoor resigns as AMU VC after being nominated as BJP MLC
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor resigned from the post on Tuesday, a day after he was nominated as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. Pro Vice-Chancellor Mohammad…
