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UP Congress authorises Sonia Gandhi to select party’s next national president
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to select all office bearers, including the state unit president and the organisation’s next national president. This comes amid growing…
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UP: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped, set on fire succumbs to burns
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was gang raped and then set on fire by two persons in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened on September 7 when the victim was…
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UP: ‘Garima Griha’ to be set up for transgender citizens
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will set up ‘Garima Griha’ (dignity homes) for the transgender community. It has also been decided to provide identity cards to all transgender citizens…
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UP: Doctor lies about getting threats from anti-BJP supporters
A few days ago, a doctor named Arvind Vatsa Akela from Ghaziabad made headlines in mainstream media claiming he received death threats from an unknown number for supporting Hindutva groups. The doctor,…
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Govt can conduct survey of madrasas: Maulana Arshad Madani
Saharanpur: Maulana Arshad Madani, veteran Muslim scholar and principal of Darul Uloom in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband, has said that it was well within the rights of the government to undertake a survey…
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Uttar Pradesh: 28 yrs later woman reports rape by family members
Aligarh: Nearly 28 years after the incident, a woman has come forward to report her sexual assault as a seven-year-old child by male members of her step-father’s family. The 35-year-old woman, wife…
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In a first, man gets 5 yrs in jail under UP’s anti-conversion law
Amroha: In the first case of conviction under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, a court in Amroha has served a five-year jail term to a 26-year-old…
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Communal tension grips Lakhimpur Kheri after molestation victim succumbs to injuries
Lakhimpur Kheri: Communal tension gripped a village here after a 20-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries sustained in an attack on Monday allegedly by two men during a molestation attempt. She died…
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Badaun mosque the newest in the eye of a simmering storm
Badaun(UP): After Varanasi and Mathura, it is now a mosque in Badaun that has attracted controversy with right-wing activists claiming it to be a Neel Kanth Mahadeva temple. A local court in…
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Should not doubt all madrassas, but row over UP survey raises questions: Naqvi
Lucknow: As the Uttar Pradesh government began a survey of private madrassas, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said all such institutions should not be treated with suspicion but also…
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UP: Teacher gets 20 yrs jail for sexually abusing minor boy
Firozabad: A government primary school teacher has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the court of additional district and sessions judge for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy, seven years ago.…
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Lakhimpur Kheri: Dalit teens cremated after kin promised aid from state
The two Dalit girls, ages 15 and 17, who were allegedly raped and hung from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri area, were cremated on Thursday. Family members of the two…
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UP tops chart among states in trials pending in fast-track courts
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 13.81 lakh pending trials in fast-track courts in cases of heinous crimes against women, children and senior citizens, according…
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Video: As man talks about pothole issues, auto overturns behind him
In a shocking incident, an e-rickshaw with passengers overturned due to a pothole on the way in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, the whole incident was captured live on camera when a…
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UP: Remove mosques located near temples, says Fisheries minister
Baghpat: UP’s Fisheries minister Sanjay Nishad has called for the removal of all mosques located near temples. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Nishad said a religious frenzy has spread in India,…
