Tag: Uttar Pradesh

Bulandshahr: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly held hostage and gang raped by three minors in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, police said on Saturday. According to the police, the incident happened four days ago and the accused were the victim’s relatives who also got the crime video uploaded on the social media. According to the police, […]

Unnao: Even as the death of the Unnao rape victim who was set ablaze by her accused has led to national outrage, another rape incident has taken place in the Uttar Pradesh district. A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man from her neighbouring village on Friday. The accused allegedly dragged the minor girl […]

Unnao: Despite the outrage over the death of the Unnao rape victim who was set ablaze by her accused, the police in the Uttar Pradesh district remain as callous as ever. A woman in Hindupur village, the same place where the rape victim had been set on fire on Thursday, alleged on Saturday that the […]

Muzaffarnagar: In another incident of crime against women, a woman was attacked with acid by four men in Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar for refusing to withdraw her complaint of rape against them. The 30-year-old woman suffered 30 per cent burns and is undergoing treatment at a Meerut hospital. Circle Officer Girja Shanker Tripathi of Shahpur police […]

Unnao: The mortal remains of the Unnao rape and murder victim were buried on the outskirts of Hindupur village on Sunday afternoon in the presence of thousands of mourners. The victim was buried in a grave next to that of her grandparents. The family had agreed for the burial after an assurance from senior police […]

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has suspended seven policemen for alleged negligence of duty that led to the death of the Unnao rape victim. The action came late on Sunday night. The suspended cops included Ajay Kumar Tripathi, Station House Officer (SHO) of Unnao’s Bihar police station, along with six other police personnel, according to […]

Shahjahanpur: Five people were killed and one person was injured after a train rammed into some vehicles at a manned level crossing here whose gates were allegedly not closed at…

Fatehpur: In another heinous incident of rape, an 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped and set ablaze by a man in Fatehpur district on Saturday. The girl was rushed to a nearby hospital by the police where after receiving primary treatment she was referred to the Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur. The victim’s father alleged […]

Mau: Six youths were booked in connection with an alleged gang rape of a Class 10 student, officials said on Sunday. According to Mau SP Anurag Arya, the prime accused, along with two others, have been detained for questioning, while efforts are on to nab the rest of the youths. Arya said, “The incident took […]

Lucknow: At least 3,000 people across Uttar Pradesh, including 350 in Lucknow, have been arrested since Thursday night in connection with the protests against the recently amended citizenship law, police officials said on Friday. Security has also been beefed up across the state, as police have registered 19 FIRs against unknown people, of which 17 […]

New Delhi: At least six persons died as violent clashes with police rocked Uttar Pradesh on Friday while thousands rallied in the national capital and several other cities with tricolour and ‘Save Constitution’ banners as part of raging protests across states against the amended citizenship law and the proposed NRC, prompting the government to indicate […]

Kolkata: A day after seeking a UN-controlled referendum on the new controversial citizenship law, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did a volte face on Friday, saying she had merely sought an opinion poll on the issue. “I did not say referendum. I said gana vote. I meant an opinion poll overseen by experts like […]

New Delhi: For the second time during the agitation against the Citizenship Act, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued a follow up advisory asking TV channels to abstain from showing any content that instigates violence. In an advisory issued to private TV channels, DTH operators and cable operators, the I&B Ministry said that reference […]

New Delhi: Amid the raging protests across the country, including scores of violent incidents, against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Union Home Ministry on Friday released the five clauses under the Citizenship Act to acquire Indian citizenship. According to the Citizenship Act, 1955, under the first clause, citizenship by birth under Article 5 of the […]

Lucknow: At least 11 people, including an 8-year-old boy, have lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh as the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act turned violent in the state, officials said on Saturday. Four deaths were reported from Meerut district, while the boy was killed in a stampede in Varanasi when a violent mob was […]