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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…
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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…

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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…
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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.…

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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…
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SP, Congress shut about Waqf issues but attack Sanatan: UP CM

Pratapgarh: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, July 7, slammed the Congress and Samajwadi Party for “attacking” Sanatan and asked why their mouths were “glued shut” when it came to…
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Ram Temple donation fraud: Bajrang Bangara replaces Champat Rai

Ayodhya: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Monday, July 6, accepted the resignation of general secretary Champat Rai. Bajrang Bangara replaces him. The Ram temple trust met to decide on…
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Eight-year-old girl raped by two minors in UP’s Shamli

Shamli: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two minor boys here, police said on Monday, July 6. According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s family, she was playing near her…
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Driver says he faced Islamophobia from Kanpur Traffic Police

Kanpur: An e-auto rickshaw driver faced Islamophobia allegedly at the hands of Kanpur Traffic police personnel, claiming he was called ‘katua’ and a pig. Auto driver Mohammed Danish said in a video,…