Lucknow |ย Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya has stoked a major row with his remarks over Ramcharitmanas. Maurya said that certain portions of Ramcharitmanas insulted a particular class of people and should be changed. “I object to the insulting comments,” he said. He even quoted certain verses from the Ramcharitmanas saying that Tulsidas mentions certain […]
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UP: 7-yr-old abducted from wedding venue, gangraped, one held
Lucknow |ย A seven-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from a wedding ceremony by two workers, who had come for lighting and DJ work, and gangraped in the Banthra area on the outskirts of Lucknow. One of them was arrested while the other managed to escape. The survivor was rushed to hospital where her condition is said […]
Lucknow: Love jihad accused arrested after encounter with police
Lucknow | Sufiyan, the accused in the love jihad case, was arrested on Friday following a brief encounter with the police. Sufiyan received a bullet injury in the leg when the police opened fire to stop him from fleeing. The encounter took place in Dubagga area in Lucknow and ACP D.K. Singh led the police […]
Pot full of silver coins found in a house in Lucknow
Lucknow |ย A pot full of silver coins was found during the digging in a house in the Bhim Nagar area in Yahiaganj. The news of this recovery spread like a fire after which the local police reached the spot and seized all the silver coins found in the excavation. The police also informed the Archaeological […]
Speeding BMW crashes on Purvanchal expressway, driver was racing it at 230 kmph, four killed
Lucknow |ย When four friends, in their new BMW, started racing on the Purvanchal Express, one of them egged on the friend in the driving seat to speed up further. Little did they know that his words would prove prophetic within the next few seconds. In a Facebook live video that has now gone viral on […]
HC grants bail to rape accused on condition of marrying victim
Lucknow |ย The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a rape accused booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, on condition that he will marry the girl within 15 days of release, and will also give all rights to her and her child, born after the […]
Yogi announces three-day state mourning on Mulayam’s death
Lucknow |ย Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has condoled the demise of former CM Mulayam Singh Yadav, and declared a three-day mourning in the state as a mark of respect. The last rites of the departed leader will be held with full state honours. Yogi Adityanath also spoke to Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and […]
UP teacher held under POCSO Act for misbehaving with girl
Lucknow | A teacher of a prominent school in Lucknow has been booked under the POCSO Act and detained after a Class 6 girl student accused him of touching her inappropriately during an exam. The school has terminated the services of the teacher. According to the FIR, the girl complained to her parents about the […]
Nine killed, several injured as tractor trolley overturns in Lucknow
Lucknow |ย Nine were killed and several others were injured, when a tractor trolley with nearly 46 persons, overturned into a pond under Itaunja police circle in Lucknow on Monday morning. All the passengers were on their way to the Chandrika Devi temple in Bakshi Ka Talab area to offer prayers on the first day of […]
UP: Gangster Brijesh Singh gets bail after 12 yrs in jail
Lucknow |ย The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to gangster Brijesh Singh, lodged in Varanasi jail for the past 12 years. A single bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra granted conditional bail to Brijesh. He was in jail in connection with the murderous attack on the convoy of former Mau MLA, Mukhtar Ansari, in Ghazipur. […]