Uttar Pradesh
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UP: ‘Lab pe aati hai dua’ leads to suspension of Hathras school principal
A school principal has been suspended while two teachers were handed over termination letters on Thursday for making students sing the Urdu poem ‘lab pe aati hai dua’. However, parents and right-wing…
- India
Atiq-Ashraf case: SIT arrests 3 who trained accused to behave as journos
Lucknow: The three assailants, who shot dead gangster Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, were trained to behave like real journalists before they joined a group of media persons at the hospital…
- India
Efforts to arrest Atiq’s wife, Ashraf’s brother-in-law intensify
Prayagraj: The Uttar Pradesh Police and the Special Task Force (STF) have intensified efforts to arrest Shaista Parveen, widow of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, and Saddam, brother-in-law of Ashraf whose was also…
- India
UP woman critical after being set ablaze for dowry, 6 booked
Pilibhit: A young woman was allegedly burnt by her husband and in-laws for dowry here, police said. The husband and five other members of his family have been booked under relevant sections…
- India
UP Cong leader arrested, expelled from party for putting Tricolour on Atiq’s grave
Prayagraj: A local Congress leader, who stoked a controversy by placing the Indian Tricolour on the grave of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad at the Kasari Masari graveyard in Old City area, has…
- News
No religious event allowed on roads in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: No religious events will be allowed to take place on roads, obstructing traffic during the upcoming festivals of Eid, Akshay Tritya and Parshuram Jayanti in Uttar Pradesh. All district officials in…
- India
UP: Local Cong leader taken into police custody for placing tricolour on Atiq’s grave
Prayagraj: Local Congress leader Rajkumar Singh Rajju was taken into custody by the police on Wednesday after he allegedly placed the tricolour on the grave of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, calling him a…
- Offbeat
Watch: Cow made chief guest for restaurant launch in Uttar Pradesh
Usually, when we scroll through our social media feed we see pictures of politicians, celebrities and other prominent personalities inaugurating an event. Enter Uttar Pradesh and everything makes sense. Be it a…
- India
Ahead of Eid, UP govt says no to religious events on roads
Lucknow: In view of upcoming festivals like Eid and Akshay Tritiya, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday issued directions regarding holding programmes in the state and ordered that no religious event be…
- India
Out on bail, accused rapists set survivor’s home, baby on fire in Unnao
Increasing cases of heinous crimes have been reported in Uttar Pradesh in the last few days. Two infants – a two-month-old baby girl and a seven-month-old baby boy – were thrown into…
- India
Atiq-Ashraf killing: Shahganj SHO, 3 others suspended for ‘negligence’
Prayagraj: Four police officials including the station officer of Shahganj Police Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj were suspended for ‘negligence’ while taking gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf for a medical…
- India
Atiq Ahmed’s shooters to be presented before Prayagraj Court, police to seek remand
Prayagraj: Gangster Atiq Ahmed’s shooters will be presented before the CGM court in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Wednesday where the Special Investigation Team has filed an application in the court seeking remand…
- India
Atiq murder: Police will seek remand of three assailants, says UP STF officer
Lucknow: A senior Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) official on Tuesday said police will seek remand of the three assailants who shot dead gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, and…
- India
Shaista feared for life of Atiq & Ashraf; letter goes viral
Prayagraj: Days after mafia Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead, a lettter of Atiq’s wife Shaista Parveen is going viral on social media in which she had expressed apprehension…
- India
NHRC issues notice to UP Police over killing of Atiq Ahmad, brother
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh Police over the killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf when they were being…
