Uttar Pradesh
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No settlement in Gyanvapi, Mathura, Sambhal disputes
Varanasi/Mathura/Sambhal: Efforts to explore an out-of-court settlement in three major religious site disputes in Uttar Pradesh have failed to gain traction, with parties in the Gyanvapi, Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah and the…
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Agra man highlights pothole roads, held for calling CM ‘takla’
Agra: A Muslim man was arrested for allegedly complaining about bad roads and calling Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister ‘takla.’ Rafiq Khan had made a video showing huge potholes in his locality. He…
- India
Ram temple donation row: SC seeks status report from UP SIT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, July 13, directed the Special Investigation Team formed by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the alleged embezzlement of donation money at the Ram temple…
- India
Dalits block road with man’s body, accuse UP police of torture
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): Dalits of Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district refused to take the body of one of their community member who was allegedly subjected to third-degree torture inside a police station. Kamji…
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UP: 14-year-old kidnapped, drugged and gang-raped; two arrested
Aligarh: A 14-year-old Muslim girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by two Hindu men in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district on Saturday, July 11. The incident occurred in Charra village. According to the…
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Ram Temple Trust will define CEO’s powers: Chairman Mishra
Ayodhya (UP): Ram Temple Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Mishra on Sunday, July 12, stated that the responsibilities and powers of the first-ever Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ayodhya temple will be…
- India
UP man booked for getting 3 passports with different birth dates
Pilibhit: A man has been booked here for allegedly obtaining three passports using different dates of birth and personal details, officials said. The alleged irregularity came to light during the police verification…
- India
Man arrested for religious conversion in UP’s Bareilly
Bareilly: A man was arrested on charges of alleged religious conversion in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district on July 9. Prempal, from Meerganj, was arrested following a complaint by Ankit, who stated the…
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Ram Temple construction panel chief calls theft ‘disgraceful blot’
Ayodhya: Ram Temple Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Mishra, on Saturday, July 11, said the alleged donation theft at the Ayodhya temple was a disgraceful blot (kalank), and everyone felt utterly humiliated because…
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Meerut SSP defends action after video shows him slapping detainee
Meerut: Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Avinash Pandey on Friday, July 10, defended the police action in connection with the death of a Scheduled Caste college student, saying every step taken…
- India
SC to hear Ram temple donation case pleas on July 13
New Delhi: The Supreme Court would hear a batch of pleas seeking a fair and time-bound probe into the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on July 13.…
- India
Ayodhya’s Bhadarsa renamed Bharat Nagar after Lord Ram’s brother
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday, July 10, announced that the newly constituted Khiloni-Suchitaganj nagar panchayat in Ayodhya district would be renamed after Maa Jwala Ji, while the municipal…
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Akhilesh Yadav dares UP CM to reveal recovered land data
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav challenged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday to release the district-wise details of the “64,000 acres” of land that he has claimed has…
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Meerut SSP caught slapping detainee during Dalit protest
Meerut: Several protesters from the Dalit community reportedly clashed with the police on Wednesday, July 8, in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, with a video allegedly showing an IPS officer assaulting one of the…
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One killed in fire at steel factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur
Hapur: One worker was killed and another injured after a massive fire broke out at a steel manufacturing unit in the UPSIDC Phase-III industrial area in Hapur early Thursday, July 9, officials…
