New Delhi | The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn 77 cases in connection with 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots under section 321 of the CrPC, without giving any reasons. Senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, appointed amicus curiae in a 2016 petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking direction to fast-tracking […]
Tag: Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad HC says no to beard for UP cop
Lucknow | A Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has declined to allow a police constable to grow a beard and held that refusal to cut the beard despite instructions from higher officials is a violation of the circular issued on October 26, 2020 by the Director General of Police. “As such, it is not […]
6, including 5 kids, die due to mysterious fever in UP
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) | A mysterious fever has claimed six lives, including five children, in the Konh village in Mathura in the past one week. Nearly 80 persons have been admitted to various hospitals in Mathura, Agra and also in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur. According to the health department officials, two children Sevak, 9, and Honey, 6, died […]
Weekly closure ends in UP as Covid cases decline
Lucknow | The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has completely lifted the weekly curfew on Sundays. This has been done in view of the declining cases of Covid in the state. A number of women organisations had urged the Chief Minister to lift the Sunday curfew in view of the Raksha Bandhan on August 22. […]
UP: Jama Masjid cleric booked for objecting to national anthem inside mosque
Agra | A prominent Muslim cleric of the 17th century Jama Masjid in Agra, has been booked for allegedly saying that recitation of national anthem inside the mosque was ‘un-Islamic’. Two days ago, a group led by a local BJP leader Ashfaq Saifi, had entered the mosque, hoisted the Tricolour and sung the anthem to mark […]
UP court allows adult ‘girlfriends’ to live together
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) | A court in Rampur has granted permission to two women, who are in a relationship to live together. One of the women, in her early 20s, who allegedly went missing around a month ago, was recovered from the house of her ‘girlfriend’ in the Shahbad area of Rampur. According to police, her […]
Man pours boiling water on wife for not having male child
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman was scalded when her husband poured boiling water on her for not giving birth to a male child. The incident took place last week but the case was registered against the husband Satyapal on Wednesday after the victim Sanju’s father lodged a complaint with the […]
Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq booked for supporting Taliban
Lucknow | Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal Dr Shafiqur Rahman Barq has been booked for comparing Taliban occupation of Afghanistan with India’s freedom struggle. A case has been registered against the SP MP at the Sadar police station on a complaint lodged by Rajesh Singhal, regional vice president of BJP Western Uttar Pradesh, late on Tuesday […]
UP to have ATS commando centre in Deoband
Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh will now have an Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) commando centre in Deoband in Saharanpur district. Shalabh Mani Tripathi, the information advisor to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the work of opening the commando centre had begun on a war footing. He said that about one and a half dozen smart ATS officers […]
Justice in 55 days: Court sentences man to death for rape & murder of 18-month old girl
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) | Within 55 days of committing the crime, an accused has been handed out a death sentence for rape and murder of an 18-month-old girl. A Bahraich court announced the verdict on Monday. The entire proceedings, from the arrest of Parshuram to his conviction, took 55 days, which as per the police is […]