Suspected adultery: “Kangaroo court” orders husband to flog woman
2018-03-23
More than 100 people, mostly men, watch the horrific sceneContinue Reading
6 teens run over by train in UP
2018-02-26
They were listening to music with earphones while crossing the railway trackContinue Reading
Official removed after repainting saffron wall of Haj complex
2018-01-17
Lucknow: A top Haj Committee official in Uttar Pradesh who replaced the saffron colour of the complex’s boundary walls this month, has been replaced, the Yogi Adityanath government announced on Tuesday. RP Singh, who is joint director in the minority welfare directorate, had decided to “rectify” the colour of theContinue Reading
UP registers most crimes against Scheduled Castes and Tribes
2017-12-01
New Delhi: Data released by the National Crime Records Bureau showed that there had been an increase of 5.5% and 4.6% in crimes and atrocities against the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) respectively during 2016. The data, released on Thursday, showed that there had been a total of 40,801 incidentsContinue Reading
Journalist shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
2017-12-01
Two days after Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared the state crime-free, a 38-year-old journalist was shot dead in Kanpur. Naveen Gupta, a journalist working with Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead by three bikers in Bilhaur area of Kanpur on Nov 30. According to Superintendent of Police (rural)Continue Reading
Pregnant Dalit woman killed for “defiling” bucket
2017-10-27
The incident occurred in Uttar PradeshContinue Reading
Attack on Swiss couple in Agra evokes widespread outrage
2017-10-26
New Delhi: People cutting across party lines have condemned the attack on a Swiss couple near Agra in Uttar Pradesh state. A group of men chased and attacked the couple with sticks and stones in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra on October 22, a day after they visited the Taj Mahal.Continue Reading
Vrindavan widows find solace in blue-jacket volunteers
2017-09-22
Vrindavan: Abandoned by her family, an elderly and wrinkled woman lies crumpled on a hospital bed here, maggots falling off one of her decaying hands. The Ramakrishna Mission Hospital says the woman was found on a street. She was in terrible agony when she was admitted. Every day, as nursesContinue Reading
Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: 60 kids die in five days
2017-08-13
Gorakhpur,Uttar Pradesh: At least 60 children have died over five days at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur, prompting the Uttar Pradesh government to order a magisterial inquiry into the incident. The deaths are being blamed on infections and possible disruption of oxygen supply in theContinue Reading
Yogi Adityanath to end minority reservation in Govt schemes
2017-05-23
Uttar Pradesh: In an attempt to invert or modify social schemes launched by the Akhilesh Yadav government, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to end the 20% minority quota in about 85 schemes related to social welfare and rural development. This is not first decision taken by the new UPContinue Reading