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BJP seeks to woo ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims in UP by elevating Tariq Mansoor to council
New Delhi: The BJP is working to intensify its outreach to ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims and the recent nomination of academician Tariq Mansoor to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council could help the party in…
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Varun Gandhi asks UP govt to return sarus to its friend
Lucknow: BJP MP Varun Gandhi has sought the release of the sarus crane from the Kanpur Zoo and said that it should be reunited with Mohd Arif, the man who had rescued…
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HC junks PIL challenging UP govt’s move to hold religious events during Navratri
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the state government’s decision allocating Rs 1 lakh to each district to hold religious events during Navratri and Ram Navami festivals and…
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UNICEF representative meets UP CM, discusses status of various programmes in state
Lucknow: UNICEF India representative Cynthia McCaffrey on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and discussed the status of the ongoing health, education and nutrition programmes being run in collaboration with…
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Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad again taken to UP for questioning
Ahmedabad: Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad was on Tuesday again taken from the Sabarmati Central Jail here to UP by a team of Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case.…
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Muslim man poisons children, kills self after UP officials threaten to demolish home
A 50-year-old man named Mohammed Saleem, a resident of Shadi ki Madaiyan, Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh consumed poison along with his two children aged eight and six on Friday after administration…
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UP man ties stone to rat’s tail & drowns it; 30-page chargesheet filed
Budaun: UP Police have filed a 30-page chargesheet in a Budaun court against a man who allegedly tied a stone to a rat’s tail and drowned it in a drain in November…
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OBCs form 37-41% of urban population in UP: Govt report
Lucknow: The report submitted by the UP State Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission for providing OBC quota for upcoming local body elections, shows that OBCs in the urban parts of the…
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UP: 2 houses set on fire after 24-year-old shot dead in Meerut
Meerut: Two houses were set on fire a day after a 24-year-old man was shot dead in Palda village in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. The incident has led to communal tension in the…
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House must have leader of opposition, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that a House must have a leader of opposition as it asked the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman’s office to file its response on…
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UP: 28 booked for ‘rioting’, ‘trespass’ to offer namaz on govt property in UP
Lakhimpur Kheri: Twenty-eight persons, three named and other unnamed, have been booked for ‘rioting’ and ‘criminal trespass’ by police for allegedly installing loudspeakers and offering mass prayers on a state government property…
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Bride absconds after celebratory firing in UP’s Hathras
Hathras: A bride who was booked here for celebratory firing, has gone absconding after the police began searching for her. SHO of Kotwali Hathras Junction, Girish Chand Gautam, said, “A case has…
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BJP MLA demands action against Azam Khan for allegedly misusing govt land
Difficulties for Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Azam Khan do not seem to be abating. The demand for action has intensified on Darul Awam, the Samajwadi Party office of Azam Khan…
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Giriraj Singh wants name change for UP’s Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: Union Minister Giriraj Singh has stirred a new controversy by demanding that Muzaffarnagar be renamed. He said that Muzaffarnagar has been the capital of farmers and the name was hurting its…
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Court acquits ex-UP minister Prajapati in model code of conduct violation case due to lack of evidence
Sultanpur: An MP-MLA court here on Friday acquitted former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati in a case related to the violation of the election model code of conduct due to lack…
