A witness in a rape case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was shot at and seriously injured by unidentified assailants in Shajanpur district, police said in Bareilly on Saturday.
At the Ghazipur border, they huddled close together, only some with masks -- aware of the coronavirus threat that had led to an unprecedented 21-day lockdown of the country and taken away their jobs, but helpless to do anything about combating the infection.
'Jawans are not rich and their families need succour in their time of loss.'
The letter was received two days ago and warns of bombs in trains.
Bablu, currently in Bareilly jail, was granted a parole of two hours by the court for the release function.
Almost all states and Union Territories have extended the curbs which they first started imposing in mid-April as the second COVID wave hit the country.
A fringe group in Bareilly announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for anyone 'burning her alive'.
Text messaging services of all telecom operators also remained suspended in Lucknow and some other parts of UP. In Assam, services were restored 10 days after being banned.
The rape survivor, who is a postgraduate student at one of the colleges run by Chinmayanand's organisation, has alleged that she was raped and "physically exploited" for a year by the former Union minister.
Bonhomie replaced an atmosphere of shock and anger in the house of Gulrez Khan alias Vickky, after Supreme Court scrapped a section 66A of IT Act.
The father of a six-year-old girl has alleged that a doctor at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital removed both her kidneys during surgery.
A Hyderabad-based man, alleged to be involved in chatting on Jihadi websites about the dreaded ISIS, was on Wednesday granted bail by a Delhi court.
The woman, who was screaming in pain, was noticed by villagers on Sunday morning near Khazakhurd railway station under Sarai Lakhansi police station.
A class XII student was arrested and sent to jail for allegedly posting derogatory remarks about Azam Khan
DNA samples of all the three accused have been sent for forensic examination, police said.
With COVID cases declining, Delhi will see further relaxation in lockdown, including reopening of markets and malls and resumption of metro services, from June 7 while Maharashtra will implement a five-level plan to ease curbs based on weekly positivity rate and occupancy of oxygen beds in districts.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday suspended five policemen for their alleged role in the killing of Shahjahanpur-based journalist Jagendra Singh.
'...are the deep ruts and fissures in the rotting fabric of our cities and the incompetence of elected leaders and administrators,' notes Sunil Sethi.
Mr Modi and Mr Shah will need him if they want to win UP again in 2022 and India in 2024. This signals a Yogi Adityanath-sized change in BJP politics, even under Mr Modi, Shekhar Gupta.
The novel coronavirus pandemic has hit businesses and people who could afford four goats till last year do not have enough money to buy even one this Eid.
A preliminary forensic report of the Shahjahanpur-based journalist Jagendra Singh, who was allegedly killed, has pointed towards self-immolation angle.
With the lockdown extended till May 3 to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the little money daily wagers had is mostly gone and so is hope.
Maharashtra Police found over 300 migrant workers holed up inside two container trucks meant for carrying essential commodities from Telangana to Rajasthan.
Some 22 villages of Khairabad block are affected by the dog menace
The Supreme Court on Friday sought explanation from the Uttar Pradesh police on the circumstances leading to the arrest of a boy for allegedly posting on Facebook objectionable comments against senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.
'All governments disappointed us. Now we don't have faith in any of them'
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced an aid of Rs 30 lakh, two government jobs and an "impartial" probe into the killing of Shahjahanpur journalist in which a minister is an accused, after which the deceased's family decided to end their hunger strike from Tuesday.
The Uttar Pradesh government recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the murder of prime witness Akhil Gupta in a rape case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.
SP leader Azam Khan on Tuesday refused to comment on the Supreme Court scrapping the controversial provision of cyber law
She tweeted a number of her photographs during a movie shoot and later deleted them following criticism on the social media.
A handler of Pakistan's Intelligence Operative and one Border Security Force serving officer have been arrested.
Around 700 migrant workers, women and children have lost their lives in this reverse migration. But what is happening today with the migrant labour is only a continuation of the policies pursued by the Modi regime during the last six years. It is not for nothing that India was ranked the most dangerous country in the world for women in 2018 by the Thompson Reuters Foundation poll, points out Rashme Sehgal.
UP police said that a three-foot portion of the track where the train derailed was missing.
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