Uttar Pradesh
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4 detained over fire at Umesh Pal’s house in UP’s Prayagraj
Prayagraj: Police on Tuesday detained four people including a neighbour of slain advocate Umesh Pal over a complaint of fire at the rear portion of Pal’s house here, officials said on Tuesday.…
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UP: Holi turns violent as Dalit, Upper caste men attack each other; 1 arrested
Fifteen people have been reportedly injured and one person arrested in a clash between Dalits and upper-caste Hindus that occurred during Holi celebrations in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district. According to Bijnor superintendent…
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Yogi urges Holi revellers to not apply colours to people ‘who refuse & are ill’
Gorakhpur: Holi carries the message that Sanatan Dharma believes in coexistence and the world is one family, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday in Gorakhpur where the festival is…
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Mukhtar Ansari admitted to hospital in UP’s Banda
Banda: Mafia don and former MLA Mukhtar Ansari has been admitted to the ICU in Banda Medical College after his health deteriorated in the jail on Tuesday morning. According to sources, Ansari…
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UP: One more arrested for throwing Holi colours on Muslim family
The Bijnor police in Uttar Pradesh arrested one more person following an outcry in connection with a viral video showing a Muslim family harassed by a Holi-playing group in the Dhampur area.…
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LS polls: BSP declares 25 candidates for Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party declared the candidates for 25 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in two separate lists on Sunday. Party in-charges in…
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UP: Teen hires shooters to kill father over pocket money, held
Pratapgarh: A 16-year-old boy who hired three shooters to kill his father has been apprehended, police here said on Saturday. Businessman Mohammed Naeem (50) was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in the…
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UP: Muslim family harassed by group playing Holi, 1 arrested
A Muslim family was allegedly harassed by a group playing Holi in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district and a video of the incident surfaced online leading to widespread condemnation of the incident. A…
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UP: Bhim Army’s Chandrashekhar to contest against Samajwadi Party in LS polls
Lucknow: Azad Samaj Party leader Chandrashekhar Azad and Samajwadi Party’s Manoj Kumar on Friday filed their nomination papers from the Nagina (SC) Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Two other candidates filed…
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Allahabad HC declares UP Madarsa Education Act, 2004, ‘unconstitutional’
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court Friday declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, “unconstitutional” and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to accommodate current students…
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‘We cry for all children just as for our own’: Israel on Badaun killings
New Delhi: Israel said on Thursday that it is completely devastated by the information unraveling about the brutal killing of two young brothers in Uttar Pradesh and called the incident “heartbreaking”. The…
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UP: Two minors hacked to death by barber in Budaun; cops gun down accused
In a cold-blooded murder, a 22-year-old barber allegedly slit the throat of two minor boys who were playing in their house in Sakhanu village in Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred on…
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Man collecting donations for mosque assaulted in Noida
Noida: A man collecting donations for a mosque was allegedly beaten up by a drunk man in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida on Tuesday, police said. While a crowd gathered at the incident spot…
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Police seize ‘car copter’ made with ‘jugaad’ in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar
Ambedkar Nagar: The dreams of two brothers to make big money with their invention — a car copter were dashed on Monday when the Ambedkar Nagar police seized the vehicle here. The…
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BJP’s presence among OBC in UP has increased manifold
Lucknow: With 200-odd groups, the OBC are emerging as an important factor in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Despite the BJP making inroads among OBC voters and its non-dominant…
