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Rampur bypoll: Akhilesh attends rally with Azam
Rampur: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the Uttar Pradesh’s BJP government of “harassing” senior leader Azam Khan through “fake cases” and claimed that when he headed the state, he…
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Rampur bypolls: BJP woos Pasmanda Muslims to defeat Azam Khan
Rampur: Five months after it wrested Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s stronghold of Rampur Lok Sabha seat, the BJP is now trying to further shore its position by wooing Pasmanda Muslim voters…
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Uttar Pradesh: Child dies after being run over by BJP MP’s car
Basti: A nine-year-old boy died allegedly after being run over by BJP MP Harish Dwivedi’s car here, police said on Tuesday. According to a complaint filed by Shatrughan Rajbhar, the father of…
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RTI activist beaten to death for making queries
Aligarh: An RTI activist was beaten to death allegedly by eight men, including the village head and his son, in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district for questioning the quality of public projects underway…
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UP: Thief dies after getting stuck in doorway
Varanasi: In a shockingly bizarre incident, a burglar died after he got stuck in a door while trying to break into a power loom centre with the intention of stealing. The incident…
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Uttar Pradesh: Woman kills baby to spite husband
Bijnor: A one-and-a-half-year-old baby girl was strangled to death allegedly by her mother in a fit of rage only to spite her husband. The incident took place in the Aurangpur Bhikku village…
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Dalit groom rides horse under police protection in UP’s Sambhal
Sambhal: The Sambhal police escorted a wedding procession of Ram Kishan, a Dalit, who was riding a horse. The bride, Ravina, 21, had expressed a desire to see her groom ride a…
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Uttar Pradesh: Man kills friend for calling him ‘bald’
Hardoi: A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district killed his friend after the latter allegedly called him ‘bald’ at a function, police said. According to the police sources, the victim, identified as…
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UP: 7-yr-old abducted, raped near wedding venue
Lucknow: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from a wedding ceremony by two workers, who had come for lighting and DJ work, and gangraped in the Banthra area on the outskirts of…
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Uttar Pradesh: Teacher uses power drill to punish minor student
Kanpur: In a shocking incident, a school teacher of a government school in the Prem Nagar area in Kanpur allegedly used a power drill to “punish” a nine-year-old student and ended up…
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Man pretending to be Muslim, arrested for backing Mehrauli murder
The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday arrested a person pretending to be Muslim and supporting Aftab Poonawala for murdering Shradha Walkar. The accused was identified as Vikas Kumar, a resident of Sikandrabad…
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UP woman gets life term for killing boy, drinking his blood
Bareilly: A court in Bareilly has awarded a life sentence to a 33-year-old childless woman, who had killed her neighbour’s 10-year-old son and drank his blood as part of a tantrik ritual.…
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Ramdev should stop using Patanjali as brand name: BJP MP
Gonda: BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh alleged on Thursday that Patanjali founder Ramdev set up a business empire by using the name of Maharishi Patanjali, who is considered the father of…