Uttar Pradesh
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Akhilesh demands probe supervised by SC judge into ‘doubtful’ cases
Lucknow: Raising a question mark on the law-and-order situation in Uttar Pradesh after the death of mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtan Ansari following a cardiac arrest in Banda, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav…
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Bus driver, conductor bite off UP passenger’s ear & finger
Lucknow: A dispute over seating arrangement on a UP Roadways bus took an ugly turn when the driver and conductor bit the ear and finger of a passenger. The passenger, identified as…
- India
Oppn in UP seeks high-level probe in Mukhtar Ansari’s death
Lucknow: Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh are demanding a high-level probe into the death of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who had earlier alleged that he was being given slow poison in his…
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CPI to contest five seats in UP, names candidates
Lucknow: The CPI has declared candidates for five Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. The party will field candidates from Shahjahanpur, Faizabad, Laalganj, Ghosi and Robertsganj. Out of these, Shahjahanpur, Laalganj and…
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Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics
Lucknow: Mukhtar Ansari straddled the worlds of crime and politics in Uttar Pradesh. The gangster-politician was booked in 65 criminal cases ranging from murder to extortion and was elected an MLA five…
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Section 144 imposed in UP after Mukhtar Ansari’s death
Banda/Lucknow: Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which bars large…
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Congress discusses candidates for LS polls in Telangana, UP
New Delhi: Top Congress leaders met here on Wednesday to discuss the party’s Lok Sabha poll candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Goa and Jharkhand, but did not finalise the names for the…
- India
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…
