By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 17, 2025: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India quashed five FIRs filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, citing legal infirmities, procedural lapses, and lack of credible evidence. The FIRs, registered in Fatehpur district,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jhansi, Nov 16, 2024: Ten newborns were killed in a massive fire that broke out the neonatal ward in hospital at Jhansi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The children died of burns and suffocation in the Rani Lakshmi Bai Medical College. The incidentContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 20, 2023: Church groups in India on December 20 expressed joy after a court granted bail to a priest and three Catholics in judicial custody for nearly three months for allegedly violating an anti-conversion law. The Allahabad High Court, the top court of UttarContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ghazipur, May 2, 2023: An 18-month-old girl and her mother were on May 2 granted bail eight days after they were jailed for indulging in alleged conversion activities in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The District Sessions Court of Ghazipur granted the bail toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Meerut, Dec 2, 2022: Seven people jailed for alleged religious conversion in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh languish in a jail after they failed to execute the bail order two weeks after a court granted their release. The District court in Meerut, a townContinue Reading
Lucknow, Sept 19, 2022: Three laborers in their early 20s died after inhaling toxic fumes from unused septic tank in the Uttar Pradesh, the northern Indian state with the largest number of manual scavengers. The three were cleaning an unused tank without protective gears at the site of an under-constructionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, Jan 8, 2022: The civil society people in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh committed to secularism and composite culture, have initiated a series of programs to promote communal harmony and peace. The programs, held under the banner of “Paigam-e-Muhabat (Message of Love), are being held in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The head of the largest religious body of Hindu ascetics in India was found dead on September 20. The police said Narendra Giri, leader of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room at Baghambari Gaddi Math inContinue Reading
Baghpat: Seven people have been arrested in Baghpat in western Uttar Pradesh for stealing clothes of the dead from crematoria and burial grounds, said police on Sunday. The arrests come at a time when social media and the national dailies have been cataloguing an ever growing number of dead bodiesContinue Reading
Shahjahanpur: While Covid-19 cases continue to rise across India, and many states have banned public celebrations and large gatherings in view of Holi, Shab E Barat, and Easter in the coming days, a town in Uttar Pradesh, is busy covering its mosques in plastic sheets. The local administration of ShahjahanpurContinue Reading
