The highest number was reported from Meerut zone where 569 encounters took place.
Attacking Narendra Modi's close confidant and former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah over his Azamgarh comment, Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad on Tuesday called him a 'terrorist'.
A cyclonic circulation over Haryana was the trigger for the deadly dust storm that swept parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, weather experts said.
Muslims need to get out of their Isolation Syndrome, argues Mohammad Sajjad.
The Aman Sethu that connects divided Kashmir has been re-built
Raids were carried out on Thursday morning in Mumbra (Maharashtra), Jalandhar (Punjab), Narkatiaganj (Bihar), Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar (both in Uttar Pradesh) in a joint operation of the Delhi special cell, the Anti-Terrorism Squad of UP and Maharashtra, and the police of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Bihar, an official said.
National Commission for Women on Thursday demanded a speedy trial under laws set by the Indian Constitution.
Hearing in defamation case against Imrana adjourned to Sept 3
The ban has been implemented in more than 10 villages of Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur districts.
Three trains jumped off the tracks and another derailment was averted on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and Maharashtra within a span of nine hours.
Prabhu was moved out of the important railway ministry and was handed over the commerce and industry portfolio in the Cabinet recast.
Criticising the Deoband's edict that Imrana, a woman who was allegedly raped by her father-in-law in Muzaffarnagar, cannot live with her husband, Islamic law expert Tahir Mahmood on Tuesday said the woman's fate cannot be decided by ancient law.
The letter was received two days ago and warns of bombs in trains.
Violence has struck Uttar Pradesh again, this time in Meerut, where clashes between locals and the police has left 20 wounded.
'The government must consider that Modiji's vision of India turning into a $5 trillion economy will happen only when there is rule of law in the country.' 'Investors will not invest if these lynchings keep happening.'
Dropping clear hints about joining Aam Aadmi Party, expelled Samajwadi Party leader Kamal Farooqui on Sunday met Arvind Kejriwal and said "everybody is interested" in joining the nascent party.
The accused father-in-law Mohammed is already in judicial custody.
In a new twist to the Imrana case, another daughter-in-law of the accused, Ali Mohammed, has filed a defamation case against the rape victim.
Imrana, who was allegedly raped by her father-in-law in Muzaffarnagar recently, has decided to the oppose the bail plea of accused Ali Mohammed when it comes up for hearing on July 27 in the district sessions court.
It created an approximately three feet deep crater in Kasoli village of Muzaffarnagar district on Sunday night.
"Please speak within the confines of law". This was the advice given by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to politicians on Monday after some statements kicked up a controversy.
The disease has symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis and Meningitis.
Saeed Ahmad buried the dead without charging any fees was paid back in 'kind' at his own funeral.
Elections should be fought on the basis of issues, not on the basis of personalities contesting them, Communist Party of India - Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury has said.
The police said Shabnam was travelling from Meerut to Saharanpur with her brother on Sunday when she developed labour pains and went to the toilet where she delivered.
The Sahara Group said on Tuesday it would build 50 self-sufficient townships in Uttar Pradesh with modern facilities and amenities at an investment of over Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion).
The bride was sent back to her parents' home and the two families have now approached the Darul Uloom of Deoband seeking a 'fatwa' on the issue. The Islamic seminary has, however, refused to comment on the matter before issuing an edict.\n
A four-and-a-half-year-old girl was sacrificed in a village in Muzaffarnagar by a woman on the orders of a tantrik treating her, the police said on Wednesday.
The court asked the Haryana police to give adequate protection to the lovers, who had married against the wishes of their village panchayat.
Kumar, who was directed by the high court on Monday to surrender before authorities by December 31, sought more time saying he has to settle family affairs.
The woman claimed she had tied the knot with the bridegroom two years ago.
Eleven companies, which owe the bank Rs 843 crore, are untraceable.
However, second seeded Sai Jayalakshmi failed to make it in the ITF Futures tournament.
The National Security Act is likely to be invoked against killers of the Mohammad Akhlaq, who was brutally beaten to death on Monday night after locals suspected him of storing and consuming beef.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that her party has given maximum number of tickets to Muslims and they should vote unitedly in favour of her party to save the country from the "fascist forces and dynasty rule".
Congress on Sunday distanced itself from the comment of Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, on the controversy sparked by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's remarks on ISI getting in touch with Muzaffarnagar riot-hit youth.
They won their semifinal matches in contrasting fashion today to set up the title clash in the Bhavana Swarup ITF Women's tennis tournament.
Saisuresh Sivaswamy tells us what we must know from the election news in the print and television media.
After displaying complacence in dealing with the communal violence in Muzaffarnagar that took nearly 50 lives, the Akhilesh Yadav government has finally decided to crack the whip.
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