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UP woman accuses cops of illegally detaining her husband, extorting Rs 80k
Saharanpur: A Muslim woman in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh has accused the police personnel of illegally detaining her husband, subjecting him to harassment, and extorting Rs 80,000 in exchange for…
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Muslim couple harassed inside Noida’s gated community, residents fight back
Noida: A Muslim couple was allegedly harassed by an inebriated man inside a gated community in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida district, who asked them to show their ID proof. However, tables turned when…
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Video: Minaret brought down as mosque, madrasa demolished in UP’s Sambhal
Sambhal: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district demolished a 35-foot-high minaret of a mosque at around 1:30 pm on Friday, April 17, using bulldozers and JCBs. To bring the minaret down, a…
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Allahabad HC refuses to quash FIR against students for alleged religious conversion
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash a first information report (FIR) lodged against two Class 12 students accused and booked under the Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion law for allegedly forcing their…
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UP: Toddler, 2-month-old sister killed in Lucknow slum fire
Lucknow: Two children were killed in a massive fire that gutted a slum cluster in the Vikas Nagar area here, police said on Thursday, April 16. Rescue teams and residents trawled through…
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UP: Imambara, Eidgah removed in Sambhal demolition drive
Sambhal: A demolition drive was carried out by the district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district to remove an Imambara and an Eidgah allegedly built on government land in Bichhauli village on…
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Police misusing anti-conversion law: Allahabad HC flags ‘fake FIRs’
Prayagarj: The Allahabad High Court has flagged several “false, fake, and frivolous FIRs” filed under the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, in Uttar Pradesh, and said there was a…
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17-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim dies by suicide in UP’s Chitrakoot
Banda: A 17-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim committed suicide by hanging herself in a village in the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. The victim’s family claimed that she took the extreme…
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UP: Tension in Kasganj, Agra and Lakhimpur Kheri on Ambedkar Jayanti
Tension prevailed in Kasganj, Agra, Lakhimpur Kheri and Lucknow districts of Uttar Pradesh on Ambedkar Jayanti. The situation became tense in Kasganj after a stone-pelting incident during a procession, while miscreants climbed…
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UP hikes minimum wages across categories after Noida unrest
Noida: The Uttar Pradesh government has hiked minimum wages across worker categories following unrest in Noida, with revised rates coming into effect from April 1 retrospectively, officials said on Tuesday, April 14.…
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Noida workers strike: 8 activists jailed, 4 of them released later
Noida: Eight labour activists, including three women, were reportedly taken into custody by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday, April 11. Civil society groups have claimed that the detention was illegal and…
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Uda du kya: Video shared on Facebook targets woman in burqa
A burqa-clad woman unknowingly became the latest target of online harassment after a right-wing woman shared a video of her online, asking her followers, “Uda du kya,” implying whether she should kill…
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SC agrees to hear plea challenging validity of Rajasthan’s anti-conversion law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025. A bench of Chief…
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Woman held for forcing constable’s conversion, marriage in UP
Baghpat: A woman has been arrested for allegedly coercing a police constable into religious conversion and marriage, officials said on Sunday, April 12. The case was registered at the Khekra police station…
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UP cop ‘enters’ mosque with shoes to take down loudspeaker during prayers
Lucknow: A police constable from the Cantonment Police Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow allegedly entered a mosque with his shoes during Friday prayers on April 10, to cut off the loudspeaker wire.…
