FIR against policemen in Bhatta-Parsaul rape case Dhankaur: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday registered an FIR against more than a dozen police personnel on charges of raping a woman in Bhatta-Parsaul. The FIR was registered in Dhankaur police station. This comes soon after the Allahabad High Court rejected a petition by the police which requested for a stay on a lower court's order. The Chief Judicial Magistrate court of Greater Noida had on October 12 ordered...  
08:48 PM, Oct 24, 2011

Journalists slam UP govt for police atrocity Lucknow: A day after IBN7 journalists Shalabh Mani Tripathi and Manoj Ranjan Tripathi, who had been closely tracking the YS Sachan story, were roughed up by Additional Superintendent of Police BP Ashok and Circle officer Anup Kumar, an FIR was registered against them and the police officers were suspended. Shalabh Mani Tripathi had been taken to the Hazratganj Police Station, and was released after hundreds of media persons from UP...  
10:54 PM, Jun 27, 2011

Arrest not solution to farmers' issue: Cong New Delhi: Congress tonight dubbed as "autocratic" the arrest of its leader Rahul Gandhi, who joined the farmers anti-land acquisition agitation near Greater Noida, and said Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh "is digging its own grave" by taking such action. Senior party leader and Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said the arrest of Rahul Gandhi was an "autocratic action and I condemn this". "Arrest is not the answer. Rahul Gandhi...  
12:01 AM, May 12, 2011

More loopholes in Sonu Sinha's story: UP Police New Delhi: It was on April 11, 2011, that Sonu Sinha, who claims she is a sportswoman was thrown off a moving train in UP after she said she was trying to fight off chain snatchers. While the railways and the railway police dispute her version of the incident, 25-year-old Sonu lost her leg which got crushed by a moving train. She also lost a possible career in sports. For...  
01:38 PM, May 05, 2011

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The closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Aarushi murder case should not be the end of the matter. Its admission ...
03:05 PM, Dec 31, 2010

Bar dancers perform at a state health function Lucknow: A bar dance performance at a state health center in Lucknow caused an uproar. The police reportedly knew about details of the function ahead despite the ban. Officers of the state community health centre were allegedly inebriated and engaged in inappropriate behaviour with bar dancers during a welfare ceremony at the health centre itself. And all this happened under the full notification of state police officials. Meanwhile the DG...  
07:51 AM, Dec 23, 2010

Varanasi Blast: Girl found at Ghat identified Varanasi: The one-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was found at Shitla Ghat in Varanasi after the blast on December 7, has been identified by police and her residence located, but her parents cannot be traced. Deputy District Magistrate Atal Kumar Rai told reporters on Sunday that after publishing the child's picture in various newspapers and showing it on news channels, it was found that she is the daughter of one Gita and...  
11:43 PM, Dec 12, 2010

Forensic teams clueless on Varanasi blast
by IANS
Lucknow: Three forensic teams trying to get to the root of the Varanasi terror attack that killed two people still don't know what explosives were used. The deafening blast at Shitla Ghat on the Ganga banks during the routine evening 'arti' on December 7 claimed two lives and left about 30 injured. Besides the first team of forensic experts airlifted from Agra on December 7 night to study the nature...  
09:03 PM, Dec 12, 2010

Police baton charge Kanpur protesters, 10 hurt Kanpur: At least 10 people were injured when police resorted to baton charge after locals in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Wednesday staged demonstrations demanding closure of a school where one student Divya recently died after alleged sexual assault. Divya's family along with other protesters are demanding the arrest of the school manager's son Piyush Verma who they alleged raped 12-year-old Divya, a Class Six student on 27th of September. Divya,...  
05:38 PM, Oct 13, 2010

Cops mistake Hindu for a Muslim, bury his body A police officer claimed that they believed that Kamal Awasthi was a Muslim because he had an operation. ...  
09:37 AM, Jun 01, 2010

CRPF men arrested for selling arms to Naxals Ammunition and empty cartridge shells have been recovered from the arrested security personnel. ...  
09:33 PM, Apr 30, 2010

Lucknow episode exposes police’s inabilities

There was no professional psychologist to talk to the boy. ...
07:52 PM, Feb 20, 2010

Aarushi murder case: CBI raids hospital in Noida
by IANS
Aarushi was found murdered at her house on May 10 last year. ...  
02:14 PM, Nov 29, 2009

Aarushi case: Will phone help in cracking case?

Cyber law expert says there are slim chances of recovering any date. ...
02:53 AM, Sep 16, 2009

Police did not bungle in killing Kewat: UP DGP DGP Vikram Singh backs his forces, says there was nothing wrong. ...  
12:16 AM, Jun 19, 2009

2-yr-old accidentally shoots himself with father's revolver
by IANS
The child, a police officer's son, was playing with the gun when it went off. ...  
09:24 PM, Jun 08, 2009

Aarushi murder case: Cops and CBI still clueless With no concrete evidence, the double murder case has fallen flat. ...  
12:33 AM, May 16, 2009

Case against 6-yr-old girl dropped, cops suspended The woman who complained has been booked instead. ...  
04:32 PM, Feb 05, 2009

UP cop beat up 6-yr-old girl | Watch | Join debate The policeman involved in the incident has been dismissed. ...  
02:03 AM, Feb 04, 2009

Watch: Six-year-old girl brutally beaten up by cops

The incident took place in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. ...
01:45 AM, Feb 04, 2009