A Meerut model has filed a complaint alleging a man exploited her physically and financially for nearly a decade on the promise of marriage, later pressuring her for religious conversion. Police have initiated an investigation into the matter, which also includes allegations of financial fraud and forced abortions.
Meerut Police swiftly intervened to save a 25-year-old man's life after Meta flagged his Instagram post indicating self-harm. The police responded within eight minutes, getting him to a hospital. This incident highlights the ongoing coordination mechanism between Uttar Pradesh Police and Meta, which has successfully saved over 3,000 lives since 2023 by acting on social media suicide alerts.
Security agencies have intensified surveillance and launched a joint investigation after reports of suspicious drone-like objects being spotted over the Meerut Cantonment area in Uttar Pradesh.
Three individuals have been arrested in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, following an alleged incident of cow slaughter. The arrests occurred after a police encounter in the Sardhana area, resulting in the recovery of beef, a cow, illegal weapons, and other related items.
Two brothers died after being attacked with sharp weapons during a dispute between two groups in Meharmati Ganeshpura village, Uttar Pradesh. Police have detained three suspects and are investigating the incident.
A Meerut woman, married to a Pakistani national, was denied entry to Pakistan at the Wagah border after she presented her Indian passport. She was accompanied by her two children who hold Pakistani citizenship. The authorities permitted the children to cross but Sana refused to separate from them, resulting in her return to India.
Pradhan, who had filed his nomination on Wednesday, said he accepts the decision of party national president Akhilesh Yadav, who he met in the morning.
Officials said the Gurjar community's decision to take out a gaurav yatra in honour of King Mihir Bhoj Pratihar had been opposed by the Rajput community.
The vaccination certificate of a Bharatiya Janata Party booth level leader in Meerut wrongly shows he has been given five doses of the coronavirus vaccine and is scheduled for the sixth, with officials saying it appears to be a case of 'mischief' and conspiracy.
The first phase of UP polls in 73 assembly constituencies on Saturday witnessed an "exemplary" 64.22 per cent voter turnout.
It was found near a canal in Sardhana, 20km from Meerut, in Uttar Pradesh.\n\n
Violence has struck Uttar Pradesh again, this time in Meerut, where clashes between locals and the police has left 20 wounded.
Pakistanis eat from India and then backstab us, said the controversial MLA from UP.
The Jat vote is crucial in winning at least 40 assembly seats in Western UP, which has been in the grip of a widespread farmer movement, reports Nitin Kumar.
The Union government has sought a report from Uttar Pradesh about the violence in Kanth area of Moradabad district, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.
According to Som, he received a call on a private number from an unidentified man who claimed that the MLA will be 'killed soon'.
Low rain coupled with the fact that maize prices in the open market have surged from around Rs 15-16 a kg to almost Rs 25 this year have forced farmers to turn to this crop.
Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly Sangeet Som, against whom an arrest warrant has been issued in connection with the Muzaffarnagar riots, on Wednesday said he was ready for an arrest and demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the entire issue.
Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly Sangeet Som, accused of uploading a fake video that played a role in provoking communal tension in Muzaffarnagar and making inflammatory speeches, was arrested on Saturday.
The ruling SP declared the candidates for nine assembly seats besides changing the candidates of 14 constituencies ahead of the 2017 UP polls.
The provision of consultation with the states has further created confusion on MSP
There are no two views on which way the 'hawa' is blowing. It's Akhilesh Yadav -- with or without his father. Akhilesh, with or without the Congress Party.
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
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Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly Sangeet Som, an accused in Muzaffarnagar riots, has been accorded Z category security by the Centre, a move that came under scathing attack from Opposition on Tuesday which termed it as a "license for killing" and a cruel joke with the victims.
The BJP too described the Muslim rule in India as 'barbaric'.
'The majority community needs to accept that the Indian Muslim is peace loving, not communal and treat them accordingly.'
Its allies Apna Dal (S) and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party bagged nine seats and four seats, respectively, taking the total tally of the combine to 325.
As Som, who is an accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case, and Samajwadi Party leader Atul Pradhan took out separate rallies, prohibitory orders were enforced across Shamli district and borders of Kairana sealed and paramilitary forces deployed. Both the rallies were stopped by authorities.
The ruling Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh seem to be making the most of the prevailing crisis in Moradabad to serve their political ends.
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