Uttar Pradesh

Eyes gouged out, tongue cut: 13-year-old raped, murdered in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri, 2 arrested

In another case of brutality, a 13-year-old girl was raped and killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, said police. Her body was found in a sugarcane field.

Aug 16, 2020

Hapur rape accused snatched gun, tried escaping, was shot and arrested: UP Police

A man accused of raping a 6-year-old girl in western Uttar Pradesh's Hapur was shot in the leg after he grabbed a cop's gun and tried to flee on Friday, the police have said. Dalpat was arrested earlier in the day more than week after the girl was kidnapped and raped.

Aug 14, 2020

UP cop overturns hawker's cart; suspended after video goes viral

The incident occurred at the Shivpur area and the sub-inspector was later suspended.

Aug 11, 2020

UP BJP leader shot dead during morning walk in Baghpat

Former district president of Uttar Pradesh BJP and a local party leader Sanjay Khokhar was shot dead at his own farm fields in Baghpat when he went out on a morning walk on Tuesday, August 11.

Aug 11, 2020

Hapur rape case: Sketches of the accused

Hapur rape case: 6-yr-old 'extremely critical', police releases 3 sketches of accused

Based on the inputs received from eyewitnesses, the Uttar Pradesh police has released three sketches of a man who is accused of brutally raping a six-year-old girl in Hapur district.

Aug 10, 2020

UP law minister Brajesh Pathak tests positive for COVID

Uttar Pradesh law minister Brajesh Pathak has tested positive for coronavirus. He made the announcement on social media platform Twitter.

Aug 5, 2020

Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: PM Modi to fly soon, security beefed up on UP-Nepal border

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Uttar Pradesh Police have intensified patrolling along the 551 km-long India-Nepal border, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Ayodhya for Ram Temple Bhoomi Puja on Wednesday.

Aug 5, 2020

Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: Invitation card revealed; Yogi Adityanath oversees preps

As the date for the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for the Ayodhya Ram Mandir nears, the preparations are being made. Invitation cards have been sent out and CM Yogi Adityanath is now looking at the preparations. Here's a look at how the card looks like.

Aug 3, 2020

67 acres of land in Ayodhya acquired by the Government of India in 1993, handed over to

Vishwa Hindu Parishad to collect soil from Dalit temples for Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has reached out to Dalit temples for soil to conduct the bhoomi pujan of the Ram Mandir in early August.

Jul 31, 2020

Please surrender or UP Police will kill you: Vikas Dubey's mother to younger son

Vikas Dubey's mother, Sarla Dubey, has appealed to her younger son, Deep Prakash Dubey, to surrender to the police. Sarla Dubey said that if Deep Prakash did not surrender, he would probably meet the same fate as his elder brother who was killed in a police encounter on July 10.

Jul 25, 2020

Gonda kidnapping case: 5 held after Gutkha baron's abducted grandson rescued in UP

The Kanpur police rescued an 8-year-old in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district who was kidnapped. 5 of the accused are now in police custody of which one is a woman.

Jul 25, 2020

Vikram Joshi murder: CM Adityanath announces govt job for wife, free education for kids, Rs 10 lakh aid

UP journalist Vikram Joshi was attacked when he was returning from his sister's house along with his two daughters on a motorbike. He suffered a bullet injury on his head after assailants opened fire at him near his residence.

Jul 22, 2020

UP journalist, who was shot at in front of his daughters, passes away; 9 arrested

Uttar Pradesh journalist Vikram Joshi, who was shot at by unidentified men in front of his daughters in Ghaziabad late Monday, died on Wednesday. Nine people have been arrested so far.

Jul 22, 2020

Coronavirus ward at Bareilly medical college turns into waterfall. Watch video

Visuals showed that patients were sitting on their beds helpless as water flooded the coronavirus ward.

Jul 19, 2020

Ram Mandir: PM Modi has to pick from two dates for Bhoomi Pujan at Ram Janmabhoomi

The Ram Temple Trust has given Prime Minister Modi two possible dates to begin construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Jul 18, 2020

Nepali citizen forced to say 'jai shri Ram' by varanasi-based fringe group

Hindutva group forces Nepali man to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' in Varanasi, tonsures his head. Watch video

The Nepali man was tonsured by the members of the group and they wrote 'Jai Shri Ram' on the man's scalp.

Jul 17, 2020

ED seeks details on Vikas Dubey's assets, to probe his properties and investments

Following Vikas Dubey's encounter, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has written to the IG range of Kanpur Police, seeking information about the gangster's assets and property.

Jul 11, 2020

BJP leader calls PM Modi, Yogi, MP CM 'blots on society': Watch

It is being said that it was a slip of the tongue of the minister, but the gaffe was captured on the video where he calls PM Narendra Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh as blots on the society.

Jul 11, 2020

"We burned down police station": Video of BJP MLA Ramesh Bind's provocative speech resurfaces

Ramesh Bind had delivered the controversial speech at a function in September 2018, when he was a part of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

Jul 10, 2020

UP STF 'script' goes wrong, questions abound over 'encounter'

Cows, buffaloes caused accident of car carrying Dubey, claims UP STF

Inspector Ramakant Pachauri, Sub Inspectors Pankaj Singh, and Anup Singh, constables Satyavir and Pradeep Kumar received serious injuries in this accident.