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UP electricity employees threaten strike, govt threatens ESMA
Lucknow: Electricity department employees of Uttar Pradesh have announced a three-day strike starting Thursday night over the selection process for chairman and the managing director in power companies and other issues, including…
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UP: 9 booked for spreading rumours about Kashi Vishwanath temple
Varanasi: A case has been registered against nine persons for allegedly spreading rumours that the Kashi Vishwanath (KV) temple administration was charging a fee for ‘sparsh darshan’ of the presiding deity. The…
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UP Muslim body urges not to pull down loudspeakers that follow decibel limit
Lucknow: Ashfaq Saifi, the chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh State Minorities Commission, has written a letter to the state government, urging the latter to not bring down loudspeakers from mosques that follow…
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Man sentenced to death for raping, killing 9-year-old girl in UP
Ghaziabad: A court here on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl last year. Special POCSO Judge Amit Kumar Prajpati said the culprit should be…
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BJP’s minority morcha launches Muslim outreach campaign in run-up to 2024 LS polls
New Delhi: In the run-up to the 2024 parliamentary elections, the BJP’s minority morcha on Wednesday launched a year-long Muslim outreach programme — “Sufi Samvad” — with a special focus on the…
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Uttar Pradesh: Two arrested for murder and rape of 4-year-old girl
Ghaziabad: Two people have been arrested for the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl at Trans Hindon Area, Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The arrest was made on March 13. The gruesome murder…
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UP: Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief put under house arrest
Bareilly: A Muslim cleric, who had been booked by Uttar Pradesh police for allegedly making inflammatory remarks, was placed under house arrest after he made a call to his supporters to march…
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Yogi to become longest serving UP CM on March 25
Lucknow: When Yogi Adityanath completes six years in office on March 25 and becomes the longest serving Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh with an unbroken tenure, the state government will get into…
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Two separate incidents of assault in moving trains in UP
Lucknow: In two separate incidents that took place, passengers witnessed high drama in moving trains. In the first incident on Tuesday, a train ticket examiner (TTE) was seen acting inappropriately, shoving and…
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UP: Journalist arrested for questioning BJP MLC granted bail
Local journalist Sanjay Rana who was arrested on Sunday on charges of alleged assault and abuse on a complaint filed by a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Shubham Raghav, was granted…
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Another pee-gate incident, this time on train by TTE in UP
Lucknow: Yet another pee-gate scandal took place — this time aboard the Akal Takht Express between Amritsar and Kolkata. A drunk TTE, Munna Kumar of Bihar, deployed on the train allegedly urinated…
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UP: Four men get life imprisonment for gang-raping Dalit girl
Ghaziabad: A local court Monday sentenced four men to life imprisonment for gang-raping a Dalit girl around 16 years ago. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on each of…
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Gadkari praises CM Adityanath for controlling crime in UP, compares him with Lord Krishna
Gorakhpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday heaped praise on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for controlling the law and order situation in the state and compared him with Lord Krishna…
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Ram Mandir gets Rs 1 crore in donations in a fortnight
Ayodhya: In the past 15 days, the Ram Mandir has received more than Rs 1 crore in the donation box kept inside the temple, a Ram temple trust official said here on…
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UP scribe questions BJP MLC on development issues; later held for alleged assault
A local journalist was arrested on Sunday on charges of alleged assault and abuse after he questioned a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Gulab Devi over promised development works in her constituency.…
