Uttar Pradesh
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Allahabad HC quashes case against 2 students for offering Namaz at restricted site
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against two students accused of offering namaz at a place barred by the local administration. A single judge bench of Justice Saurabh Srivastava…
- India
UP: Couple sentenced to death for sexual exploitation of 33 minor boys
Banda: In a landmark verdict, a special court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda on Friday, February 20, sentenced a former junior engineer of the Irrigation Department and his wife to death for the…
- Delhi
Delhi court convicts 21-year-old in 2016 NDPS case
New Delhi: A court here has convicted a 21-year-old man under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for possessing 200 grams of heroin, saying the prosecution has proved his guilt…
- India
Lucknow University students protest RSS chief’s visit, detained
Lucknow: Protests erupted at Lucknow University on Wednesday, February 18, during a visit by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, chanting, “Mohan Bhagwat Go Back” and “RSS Murdabad,” criticising the varsity…
- Hyderabad
3 UP locals held for burglary in Hyderabad, Rs 28 lakh recovered
Hyderabad: Three men hailing from Uttar Pradesh were arrested on Wednesday, February 18, on the allegation of burglary and bike theft worth Rs 28.61 lakh in Hyderabad’s Banjara Hills. The accused –…
- Hate Crime
UP: 15-year-old Dalit gang-raped by two youths, minor at hotel
Banda: A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a hotel in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district by two youths and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police…
- India
Galgotias University’s Prof Neha Singh says words ‘wrongly interpreted’
New Delhi: After a Chinese-manufactured robotic dog displayed at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi sparked online backlash for claiming to be made by a private university in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida,…
- India
Fake news: BSP on reports of her party contesting 2027 polls in alliance
Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday, February 18, trashed as “fake news” reports that her party would contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in alliance with other parties, asserting that it…
- India
SIR: UP CEO refutes SP’s charges, says deletion under Form 7 a statutory process
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Tuesday rejected SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s allegations regarding large-scale irregularities in the SIR exercise, asserting that the use of Form 7 for deletion…
- India
Bareilly violence: Allahabad HC to hear Tauqir Raza’s bail plea on Feb 24
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday, February 17, fixed February 24 as the next date of hearing on the bail application of Maulana Tauqir Raza in connection with the Bareilly violence…
- India
Bareilly DM, SSP issued notice for interference in namaz at private property
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has issued contempt notices to the district magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Bareilly for allegedly preventing certain individuals, including the petitioner, from offering namaz…
- Hyderabad
UP man arrested for selling ganja milkshake in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise Department special team on Monday arrested a vendor for selling ganja chocolate laced with milkshake on a pushcart to customers in Hyderabad. The accused B Vikas Sharma,…
- India
Pakistani spy serves 17 years in UP jail, deported
Saharanpur: Iqbal Bhatti alias Devraj Sehgal, a Pakistani citizen who completed his 17-year jail sentence after being accused of spying, was deported to his country on Monday night under tight security, a…
- India
CBSE boards: Students in Bihar denied entry at exam centre for arriving late
Three to four students were denied entry to the exam centre in Bihar’s Bettiah after arriving late for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination on Tuesday, February 17. In a…
- India
Biker throws acid on woman labourer in Punjab’s Ludhiana
Ludhiana: An unidentified man on a motorcycle allegedly threw acid on a 40-year-old woman labourer in Punjab’s Ludhiana, leaving her injured, police said on Tuesday, February 17. The acid attack was reported…
