The prime accused in the murder of a temple priest in Unnao, identified as Issrael, was killed in a police encounter early Monday. An SOG constable was injured during the exchange of fire. Issrael was wanted for the June 9 murder of Sant Ram Miland Das, which had caused tension in the area.
An elderly priest, Milan Das (60), was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified assailants at an under-construction temple in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. The incident led to local protests, and police have launched an investigation, forming multiple teams to apprehend the culprits.
Police in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, have arrested two men allegedly linked to the banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I). The suspects, identified as Noor Mohammad and Mohammad Subhan, were living in Unnao while concealing their identities. Assam Police, with local assistance, made the arrests and are investigating their local networks and possible hideouts.
A 20-year-old woman, Chandni, died under suspicious circumstances in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, less than a month after her marriage. Her family has accused her husband and in-laws of dowry harassment and murder, claiming they demanded a car despite receiving a motorcycle at the wedding. Police are investigating the matter, questioning the in-laws, and awaiting the post-mortem report.
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench has convicted two individuals in connection with a 1984 murder case, reversing their previous acquittal after more than four decades. The court found them guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
An undertrial prisoner, accused of rape, has died in a district jail in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Police suspect suicide, citing burn injuries sustained under suspicious circumstances.
Several districts in Uttar Pradesh experienced rainfall, with Kanpur City recording the highest precipitation. The India Meteorological Department reported a drop in temperatures across the state, including Lucknow, and issued a forecast for continued rain in western UP.
Kanpur police have solved the case of a missing 21-year-old woman, revealing she was allegedly murdered by a private hospital owner, Devkant Uttam, and his nephew, Vivek Patel. The victim had previously filed a harassment complaint against Uttam. Patel confessed to strangling the woman and dumping her body in Bulandshahr. Both accused are in custody, and investigations are ongoing, with a possible relationship angle being explored.
A drunken youth's disturbance in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, escalated into stone pelting at police, resulting in injuries and property damage. Authorities are investigating the incident and appealing for calm.
The Uttar Pradesh government is accelerating compensation for farmers affected by recent adverse weather, including storms, fires, hailstorms, and excessive rainfall.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway, connecting Meerut to Prayagraj, aiming to boost connectivity, industrial investment, and economic growth in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for a high-level investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a girl in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, demanding immediate justice and protection for the victim's family.
Three jail personnel, including a deputy jailor, have been suspended following the death of an inmate at the district jail in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The inmate, an undertrial prisoner facing rape and POCSO charges, died from burn injuries sustained under suspicious circumstances.
The speeding Swift car hit an autorickshaw before ploughing into people walking along the roadside.
Kanpur police have uncovered a GST fraud racket where suspects used unsuspecting individuals' documents to create fake firms and route transactions worth nearly Rs 250 crore.
Police said, when the two families got to know that the woman had fled with a local youth, her father called the man on the phone. The bride spoke to him directly and conveyed that she wished to marry her lover and live with him.
Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Rajeev Krishna has directed officers to strengthen preventive policing and ensure timely disposal of investigations across the state.
Opposition leaders have criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation, calling it politically motivated and a misuse of official platforms during ongoing elections.
'People have lost hope of finding justice in this state ... I want to give these victims, their families, the people of this state, a voice.'
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has suspended Bareilly City Magistrate Alankar Agnihotri on charges of indiscipline after he resigned from service in protest against government policies.
''Women are coming into public spaces in larger numbers than ever before. They are educated, capable, opinionated, and determined.' 'But the more women push for access to public space, the harder they are pushed back -- through attacks like this, through discrimination, through the glass ceiling, through the deliberate denial of recognition.'
Eighteen people were killed and 19 injured when a double-decker sleeper bus headed for Delhi hit a milk tanker on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Unnao on Wednesday, officials said.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged in a post on X that the woman had arrived in Lucknow for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "janata darbar" but her failure to be heard forced her to take the step.
A 16-year-old girl who survived an alleged attempt on her life at a village in Unnao recorded her statement before a magistrate on Tuesday, February 23.
The mortal remains of the individual were found on Tuesday morning, an official statement said. It was shifted to a hospital for post mortem and other procedures as per the norms.
Uttar Pradesh's leading export hubs are reeling under the impact of a steep 50 per cent tariff imposed by the US on Indian imports, with exporters warning of job losses, stalled orders and shrinking market access. Industry leaders from Noida, Kanpur and Varanasi said the tariff has put years of painstaking market-building at risk, even as protests and demonstrations erupted in several districts last week.
The minor girl, who was found along with her two cousins in an agriculture field in a village in Unnao district, was taken off ventilator support on Saturday after showing improvement, a senior police official said.
After weeks of digging, the Archaeological Survey of India has stopped hunting for gold in Raja Ram Bux Singh's fort near Daundia Kheda village, in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district.
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday said it has gunned down a second accused in the Sultanpur jewellery store robbery case in a pre-dawn encounter in Unnao district. "Akhilesh Yadav's wish has been fulfilled, a Thakur has been encountered," said the father of Anuj Pratap Singh.
Two months after a 22-year-old Dalit woman went missing from Unnao, her decomposed body was recovered from a vacant plot near an ashram constructed by a former minister in Samajwadi Party government Fateh Bahadur Singh, police said on Friday.
The CBI began its questioning of the UP lawmaker around 5 am on Friday.
'Why the victim of Unnao gangrape case was not given security keeping in mind an earlier incident of Unnao? What action has been taken on the police official who refused to register an FIR? What steps are being taken by the government to stop crime against the women, which take place on a daily basis?'
A first information report has been lodged against eight Twitter handles for allegedly propagating fake news in connection with the death of two girls in Unnao last week, police said on Monday.
She had suffered 90 per cent burns and was airlifted from Lucknow to the Delhi-based hospital where she died on Friday night.
"Vinay Kumar, alias Lambu, and a teenager have been held in connection with the case. The matter is a fallout of a one-side love affair. "The accused gave some pesticide with water to the three girls," Lucknow Range IG Laxmi Singh told reporters in Unnao.
Police on Thursday registered a case of murder into the deaths of two teenage girls whose bodies were found in a field in Unnao even as a post-mortem revealed no injury marks.
Days after criticising the treasure hunt in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a U-turn and praised seer Shobhan Sarkar based on whose dream the Archaeological Survey of India is carrying out excavation in Unnao district.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the ongoing Archaeological Survey of India excavation for gold supposed to be buried under the ruins of a 19th century fort in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, saying it cannot pass an order on the basis of assumption.
The Unnao district administration has ordered a probe after some bodies were found buried on the Ganga riverbank in the Bighapur Patan tehsil area, officials said.
Earlier, the Allahabad HC rapped the Uttar Pradesh government saying the law and order machinery and officials were directly under the MLA's influence.
