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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…
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UP govt to assess mental health of students
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will now make an assessment of the mental health and intelligence quotient of students of the state-run schools. The assessment, as per officials, will help the government…
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UP: Probe ordered as stray dog carries foetus in mouth
Gorakhpur: In a shocking incident, a dog was seen carrying a dead human foetus in its mouth at the Maharajganj district hospital here. The chief medical superintendent (CMS) Dr A.K. Dwivedi has…
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UP police claim rats ate up 581 kg marijuana
Mathura: Bizarre as it may sound, the Mathura police have claimed that rats ate up over 500 kilograms of marijuana. According to a report submitted by Mathura police to a special Narcotic…
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Hate speech case: Azam Khan granted regular bail
Bareilly: A special MP/MLA court on Tuesday granted regular bail to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who has challenged his conviction in the 2019 hate speech case in a sessions court.…
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Priyanka Gandhi to join ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ as it enters MP Wednesday
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday when it enters Madhya Pradesh, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said. This is the first time that…
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UP government to investigate income source of unrecognized Madrassas
Lucknow: After conducting a survey, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government decided to investigate the income sources of the unrecognized madrassas, situated in the border districts of Uttar Pradesh. In the survey conducted…
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Allahabad HC imposes Rs 5 lakh fine on Gorakhpur ex-DM for ‘malicious’ action
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on former Gorakhpur District Magistrate K Vijyendra Pandian for invoking Goonda Act against a petitioner with “malicious” intention and “harassing” him…
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Uttar Pradesh: Six booked for religious conversion in Bareilly
Bareilly: Six persons have been booked for alleged forced religious conversions in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rahul Bhati said the action was taken after the police got…
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UP: School students attend online ‘Satsang’ of Ram Rahim, probe ordered
Uttar Pradesh: A probe has been ordered after a video showed school students attending an online “Satsang” of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, a rape and murder convict who is…
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Previous govts in UP ‘criminalised politics’ and ‘politicised crime’: Adityanath
Lucknow: Security is the top priority for the BJP government, unlike previous dispensations in the state that “criminalised politics” and “politicised crime”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday. He also said…
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Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh touches Shivpal’s feet in Mainpuri
Mainpuri: After almost six years of strained relations, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday touched the feet of his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav on stage at an election meeting in Mainpuri.…
