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Hindutva mob storms Fatehpur maqbara, vandalises tomb
In Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindutva group with raised saffron flags broke through the police barricades to enter a mausoleum (maqbara) in Radeiya Mohalla, claiming it to be a 200-year-old Thakur temple. …
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Fact check: Did Rahul correctly identify voters registered in multiple States?
A major controversy has erupted in the country after Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi at a press conference on Thursday, August 7, accused…
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Lucknow is where tahzeeb sits cheek by jowl with modernity; feel it, remember it, cherish it
Lucknow, despite being the capital of the most populous and politically influential state, Uttar Pradesh, denotes poetry, kathak, biryani, kebab, and all that awakens one’s sensitivities. Food for thought: refining sensitivities –…
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2 madrassa teachers booked in UP for assaulting 12-year-old hostel student
Bhadohi: Two teachers at a madrassa in this Uttar Pradesh district have been booked for allegedly brutally assaulting and threatening a 12-year-old student for two consecutive days, police said on Friday. According…
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Man & family booked for hiding religion, coercing conversion & abortion
Gonda: A man and his three family members have been booked here on the charge of him marrying a woman by concealing his religious identity, forcing her to convert and undergo abortion,…
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‘I married him’: UP woman denies family’s claim after husband second arrest
By Khadija Irfan Rahim A Muslim man in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh was arrested for the second time in two months on allegations of kidnapping a Hindu woman by her family.…
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Sambhal temple-mosque row: Court sets Aug 21 to hear case
Sambhal: A civil court in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, August 5, deferred to August 21, the ongoing Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute owing to the strike of the local bar association…
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Two arrested in Maharashtra for discussing ‘jihad’ in WhatsApp group
Mumbai: Two members of a WhatsApp group were arrested following a joint operation by Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh police in Thane district on Monday, August 4, on charges of alleged radicalising people…
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Video: UP men plant chicken bones in veg plate to defame Biryani restaurant
A group of men created a scene at an Uttar Pradesh biryani restaurant, alleging to have found chicken bones in one of their vegetarian plates. However, CCTV footage revealed one of them…
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Nine of family among 11 killed as SUV falls into canal in UP’s Gonda
Gonda: Eleven people, including nine members of a family, died and four others were injured when an SUV plunged into the Saryu canal in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district on Sunday, police said.…
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Illegal drone users creating panic will face Gangster Act, warns UP CM
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned that those spreading panic with illegal use of drones will be booked under the Gangster Act. He said that if needed, the illegal…
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SIR of Bihar electoral rolls: UP minister Om Prakash Rajbhar slams Opposition
Patna: Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Thursday charged the Opposition in Bihar with “spreading misinformation” about special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that “they had hoped to win…
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UP: Two dead, 32 injured in temple stampede in Barabanki
Barabanki: Two people were killed and 32 injured in a stampede at a temple here after a live electric wire, broken by monkeys, fell onto a tin shed early on Monday, officials…
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Fake embassy with fancy cars, luxe setup busted in UP; 1 held with arms dealer links
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force has unearthed a fake embassy operating in Ghaziabad and has arrested a man who ran the “consulate” while claiming to be a diplomat of…
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UP man divorces Hyderabad wife via video; triple talaq clip surfaces
Hyderabad: A man from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh divorced his wife, reportedly from Hyderabad, online via a video. The incident is said to have occurred in Sushila Vihar Colony. The man, Atif,…
