Uttar Pradesh: Violence broke out in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, after a group of people pelted stones at a team who came to survey the Shahi Jama Masjid. According to visuals released by ANI, the police were seen shouting at the group, and also used tear gas to control the situation. […]
A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said. The fire occurred late on Friday at a hospital in Jhansi city in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. Officials said the blaze spread quickly through the ward, where 55 infants were […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to declare Shringverpur Dham a pilgrimage site on 12 December ahead of the 2025 Mahakumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (UP). Shringverpur is a place in Prayagraj, from where Lord Ram crossed the river Ganga. It is a part of the ‘Ram Van Gaman Path’ being built from Ayodhya to […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday lashed out observing that States which metamorphose into judges to punish accused persons awaiting trial by driving bulldozers into their homes indulge in a naked display of “might is right” without sparing a thought for families rendered shelter-less and destitute overnight. “The chilling sight of a bulldozer demolishing a building, […]
Tapeshwari Devi recounts the night of October 25 with sadness and anger. Her son, Mohit Pandey, 32, had got into a minor dispute with their neighbour, Adesh Kumar, over a few thousand rupees. At 7 p.m., the police arrived and whisked Mohit away to the Chinhat police station in Lucknow. Mohit, a manufacturer and supplier […]
Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal have arrested the Congress district unit president in connection with an extortion case, officials said on Wednesday. Vijay Sharma was arrested late Tuesday night following a complaint by one Desh Raj Singh, who accused him and two others of demanding Rs 5 lakh from him, Superintendent of Police (SP) Krishna […]