Kanpur: Infamous ‘Dr Bomb’ Jalees Ansari, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police Special Task Force (STF) from Kanpur on Friday after he jumped parole and went missing. Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police O.P. Singh said that Ansari was arrested while he was coming out of a mosque […]
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Now ‘Orange Cafe’ by acid attack survivors in Varanasi
Varanasi: After the ‘Sheroes Hangout Cafe in Lucknow and Agra, acid attack survivors in Varanasi will soon have a cafe that will be run by them. The restaurant called ‘The Orange Cafe’ is being opened in the Durga Kund area and is the brainchild of Ajay Kumar Patel, who started the ‘Red Brigade’ in 2011 […]
Davinder’s links with Afzal Guru will be probed: J&K DGP
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police has decided to probe whether there were any criminal links between arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy.SP), Davinder Singh and 2001 Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru. J&K Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbag Singh, told reporters that since Davinder Singh has been accused of being involved in nexus with the […]
Pak-born woman is now Indian, fights local polls in Rajasthan
Jaipur: At a time when the debate on the Citizenship Act and the National Population Register (NPR) rages on, a Pakistan-born Neeta Kanwar is contesting panchayat elections being held on Thursday at Tonk in Rajasthan. Neeta received her citizenship in September last year after coming to India way back in 2001 to pursue her education. […]
J&K police denies Davinder Singh was awarded by Home Ministry
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has denied that Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Davinder Singh, who was nabbed with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Naveed Babu on Saturday, was awarded any gallantry or meritorious medal by the Ministry of Home Affairs as has been reported by some sections of the media. In a series of tweets, […]
Akhilesh slams doctor, video goes viral
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has been caught on tape slamming a doctor at a hospital in Chhibramau in Kannauj where he had gone to meet those injured in the January 12 bus accident that killed 20 people. Several others were injured when a double-decker bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck […]
10 including 4 army soldiers, one BSF constable killed in avalanches in Kashmir
Srinagar: Four army soldiers, a BSF constable and five civilians were killed in avalanches in Kupwara and Ganderbal districts in Jammu & Kashmir. An army party was hit by an avalanche in the Machhil sector close to the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday night in which five army jawans were trapped under the snow. […]
Yogi government sends refugees’ list to Centre, UP becomes 1st state to start implementing CAA
Lucknow: Of the 40,000 odd non-Muslim illegal immigrants living in Uttar Pradesh, 30,000 to 35,000 are living in Pilibhit district alone. According to a report prepared by the Yogi Adityanath government that has been sent to the Centre, these are mainly Hindu refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. These refugees are living here for over […]
Priyanka meets CAA victims, visits temples in Varanasi
Varanasi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, continuing her campaign to meet victims of violence under the Yogi Adityanath regime, reached Varanasi on Friday. Priyanka spent over an hour with those who had been arrested in the anti-CAA protests and heard their experiences. Members of the civil society were also present. She met Ravi Shekhar and […]
Two civilians injured in grenade attack in Srinagar, J&K
Srinagar: At least two civilians sustained minor injuries after a grenade was lobbed at a CRPF deployment at Habak in Srinagar on Wednesday. The grenade missed the target and exploded nearby causing injuries to civilians. Sources say the grenade was lobbed over the wall from inside Kashmir University. Police parties have reached the spot and […]