The class 12 English exam of the Uttar Pradesh secondary school board was cancelled in 24 districts after the question paper was leaked hours before the beginning of the test on Wednesday.
"This is the failure of the institution and the person, who should have been behind the bars, got bail," the bench observed during the hearing which is going on.
The court had on October 1 asked the woman's parents to apprise it of their version of the incident and had also ordered the Hathras district administration to arrange for their travel to the court and facilitate their appearance before it.
While Kartikeya alias Prabhat was gunned down in Kanpur when he tried to flee from police custody, another aide of Vikas Dubey, Praveen alias Bauwa Dubey, was killed in an encounter in Etawah.
Drone cameras will monitor the crowds in real time.
Uttar Pradesh government officials on Monday morning used a bulldozer to remove encroachment done by absconding politician Shrikant Tyagi outside his Noida residence.
Additionally, the Haryana police and home guard personnel will be deployed for security during the elections, he said.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde directed that the inquiry commission should start functioning within a week and the probe be concluded within two months.
Indian pharmaceutical companies are stepping up their efforts to combat the problem of counterfeit drugs, employing a variety of strategies, from packaging innovations to engaging private investigation agencies. The stakes are high, as counterfeit medicines not only harm consumers but also tarnish the reputation of leading brands.
Officials said protests took place at 17 places across the state, including Ballia, Aligarh, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Varanasi.
The UP government has deployed additional police, including over 1,000 personnel of anti-riot forces, and ordered multiple probes -- by SIT, ADG-Intelligence -- and a magisterial inquiry.
The motive of the accused was not known immediately.
Police said there was a dispute between Chaudhary and Kaushal over money.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which guards the Line of Actual Control with China, has posted its first officer to head the newly-created Guwahati-based eastern command that oversees deployment of border battalions in that region.
The two IEDs he was found with were 'fully ready' and just needed to be activated with a timer, police said. Security was stepped up in the national capital and in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh following the arrest.
Explosive devices including battery and red wire, a .32 bore pistol, seven live cartridges, cash, PAN card, four ATM cards, pen drives, metro card, driving licenses and Aadhar cards were recovered from their possession, he said.
An MP-MLA court in Prayagraj on Tuesday held gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case.
The chief minister will meet them at his Kalidas Marg residence in Lucknow.
Protesters had vandalised a police station and torched vehicles in Mau. Internet services have been suspended in the district.
The Uttar Pradesh government grappled on Monday with the aftermath of violence during a farmers protest in Lakhimpur Kheri, lodging a case against Union minister Ajay Mishra's son, promising a probe by a retired high court judge and stopping opposition leaders from reaching the trouble spot.
Experts say the 12-hour long anti-terror operation is incontrovertible evidence of the fact that Islamic State has developed its roots in the country.
Tension prevailed in the area with police seizing a large cache of ammunition from the site and arresting 320 people.
The apex court will on Monday take a call on moving the woman and her lawyer to AIIMS in Delhi, it said.
The railways has sent on leave its three top officials, including a secretary-level Railway Board official, suspended four and transfered one in the wake of Utkal train derailment incident which appeared to have been caused by negligence.
Road and rail traffic was partially affected in some regions on Monday during a 'Bharat bandh' called against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, while protests appeared to taper off in many states, with authorities stepping up security and imposing curbs after days of unrest.
Later, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state will order a Central Bureau of Investigation probe.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it would not allow the petitioners, who had referred to statements given by Gupta to the media for seeking his removal, to cast aspersions on the member of inquiry commission.
10 women and six minors are among the injured, the officials said.
Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma, in the eye of a storm over her remarks against Prophet Muhammad, Monday sought time to appear before the Maharashtra police to record her statement, while more than 300 people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh in a crackdown on protesters who indulged in violence after the Friday prayers on June 10.
Three more persons, including the main accused in the Bulandshahr gangrape case, have been arrested
Taking suo moto cognisance of the September 14 gang-rape and subsequent death of the teenager, the bench also ordered the Hathras district magistrate and senior superintendent of police to appear before it.
15 people injured; those with minor injuries were provided an immediate compensation of Rs 5,000, and one with serious injuries was given Rs 25,000.
In a special campaign from April 2017 till July 2021, 13,801 cases were lodged under the Gangster Act and 43,294 accused arrested, while the National Security Act was invoked against 630 people, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said.
Unidentified gunmen shot and seriously injured a member of the upper-caste Thakur community.
Over 2,000 criminals were injured in police action, while over 13,000 of them have been arrested.
'I had done 23 years of very satisfying service -- 10 years in the police and 13 years in the Enforcement Directorate.' 'I had done law enforcement and thought the next step should be towards contributing to make good laws.'
A senior government official said the chief minister has also asked for conducting the trial of the case in a fast track court.
Chandrapal, when approached by mediapersons, said, "False allegations have been levelled against me. I went to Police Lines to voluntarily deposit my service pistol. I was arrested there. I was told my name is there in the FIR." He clarified that he was not absconding or hiding along with the minister. "I did not even have any telephonic conversation with him (Prajapati)," he said.
'The prowess with which they executed the shootings unmistakably bear the imprint of someone who has had professional training.'
Atul Sengar, the brother of BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was arrested after the Lucknow Director General of Police issued the arrest warrant against him.
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