Uttar Pradesh
- India
UP Congress leader booked for ‘rumour mongering’
Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Congress regional president Ajay Rai has been booked for “rumour-mongering” and defamation. The Airports Authority of India (AAI), Varanasi, has lodged an FIR against Ajay Rai after he allegedly…
- India
Two killed after car hits tractor in UP
Lakhimpur Kheri: Two pedestrians were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district after a car, at high speed, rammed into a tractor. The incident occurred on Saturday on National Highway 730, joining…
- Delhi
SC stays trial proceedings in UP against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday in an interim order stayed the trial proceedings against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case registered against him in 2014 in Uttar Pradesh…
- India
UP: Pigeon brings blood-stained message in Urdu; people left guessing
Kanpur: In an interesting incident, a pigeon carrying a letter was found in Kathara village of Bidhnu in Kanpur. The pigeon with a piece of paper around its neck, with some Urdu…
- India
Dancer gang-raped after birthday party performance in UP
Unnao: A dancer called in to perform at a property dealer’s birthday party was gang-raped by six men in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. All the accused are absconding and a search operation…
- India
UP: Court sentences 4 to life imprisonment for assault with intent to kill case
Gonda: A court here on Thursday sentenced four people to life imprisonment in a 20-year-old case of assault with intent to kill. Special Judge (SC-ST Act) Nasir Ahmed-III awarded the sentence to…
- India
Hyderabad: Fraudsters held for cheating elderly of Rs 1.60 Cr
Hyderabad: A gang of fake insurance policy agents were busted by the Rachakonda cyber crime officials on Thursday. The fraudsters duped a 72-year-old man of Rs 1.60 crores under the pretext of…
- Hate Crime
UP: VHP, Bajrang Dal vandalise mosque claiming illegal construction
An under-construction mosque, located near the Balkhandi Naka area in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh was vandalised by members of right-wing organisations – Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) –…
- India
Mother-daughter self-immolate: UP CM orders magisterial probe
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of a mother-daughter duo in Kanpur Dehat during an anti-encroachment drive. It will be in addition…
- India
Azam Khan’s son disqualified from UP Assembly after conviction in 2008 case
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party MLA Abdullah Azam Khan was disqualified from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday, an official said, days after a court sentenced him to two-year imprisonment in a 15-year-old case.…
- India
UP: Mother-daughter self-immolate in anti-encroachment drive; Oppn attacks BJP govt
Kanpur: A day after a mother-daughter duo died allegedly due to self-immolation during an anti-encroachment drive in Kanpur Dehat, police on Tuesday booked 39 people including a sub-divisional magistrate, four revenue officials…
- India
UP: 2 women die amid anti-encroachment drive, FIR against 24 persons
Kanpur Dehat: In a shocking incident, a 45-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter died in a fire during an anti-encroachment drive at a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district. While the…
- Politics
Azam Khan, son get 2 years in jail
Moradabad: A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad has sentenced senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan to two years in jail in a 2008…
- India
UP: School manager held for thrashing 8-yr-old for failing to pay fees
A 28-year-old school manager was arrested on Monday for beating an eight-year-old boy for allegedly failing to pay fees in Meja town, Uttar Pradesh. A video has gone viral where the child…
- 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…
