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Atiq conviction: Judge, lawyers & ex-minister get additional security
Prayagraj: The Uttar Pradesh government has increased the security of special judge Dinesh Chandra Shukla, former minister Sidharth Nath Singh and Umesh Pal’s lawyers in Prayagraj. This comes two days after an…
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AIMIM leader booked for offering namaz at public place
Lucknow: The Lucknow police have registered a case against AIMIM leader Uzma Parveen for offering namaz at the Metro station in Hussainganj. The matter came to light after the AIMIM leader posted…
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Allahabad HC notices to Centre, UP govt on illegal meat shops, slaughterhouses
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has issued notices to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government seeking their reply on alleged illegal operations of meat shops and slaughter houses in Ghaziabad. Notices have…
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Atiq Ahmad brought back to Gujarat’s Sabarmati Jail from Prayagraj
Ahmedabad: Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad was brought back to the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad amid tight security on Wednesday evening, a day after a court at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh sentenced him…
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UP: Ragpicker heckled by cow vigilantes over bones found in his trash
A ragpicker from Uttar Pradesh who had allegedly collected some animal bones in his garbage cart was heckled and taken to a police station by Gaurakshaks (cow vigilantes), accused of carrying the…
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Seven UP government officials booked in fake Madrasa case
Lucknow: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of UP Police has lodged an FIR against seven government officials for getting fake madrasas registered in Azamgarh, some of which had allegedly even received state…
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UP: ‘I’ll be killed in 2 weeks…’ says Atiq Ahmed’s brother
Bareilly: Uttar Pradesh’s mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf Ahmed a convict in the Umesh Pal murder case on Tuesday claimed that an officer revealed that he will be killed in two weeks.…
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Atiq Ahmad, 2 others given life sentences in 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case
Prayagraj: An MP-MLA court here on Tuesday held gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Ahmad’s brother Khalid Azim…
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Uttar Pradesh forest officials soften stand on Arif-sarus issue
Lucknow: After serving a legal notice to Mohd Arif for ‘violating the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 (amended)’ by keeping a sarus with him for a year, senior forest officials in Uttar…
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UP: Atiq Ahmed, his brother convicted in kidnapping case
Prayagraj: An MP/MLA court in Prayagraj has convicted gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, his brother Khalid Azim a.k.a Ashraf and others in the 2006 kidnapping of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the BSP…
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SC dismisses Atiq Ahmad’s plea for protection in UP police custody
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed jailed former MP and alleged gangster Atiq Ahmad’s plea seeking protection during his custody with Uttar Pradesh police in the Umesh Pal murder case. A…
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CM Yogi welcomes SC order on holding UP local body polls with OBC quota
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court allowing the State Election Commission to issue a notification regarding the urban local body polls in the state. In…
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UP court orders FIR against 13 cops in two cases
Pilibhit: Thirteen policemen, including a station house officer, a sub-inspector, and 10 constables have been booked in two separate matters in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district on the orders of court of Chief…
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Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf brought to Naini Jail in UP’s Prayagraj
Prayagraj: Gangster-politician Khalid Azim alias Ashraf was brought to the Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh Monday evening amid tight security arrangements, hours after his brother Atiq Ahmed was escorted…
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UP religious conversion case: Three Christian missioneries held
Three Christian missionaries were arrested on Sunday in the Sidhauli district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly converting Hindus to Christians. In the, a group of Bajrang Dal workers barged into a Christian-owned house and…
