Azamgarh: An elderly person was hacked to death in Kritmalpur Ahirauli village in Vardah area in Azamgarh, police said on Tuesday.
Ishtiyaq alias Chutkan (80) was killed on Monday night by some unidentified persons when he was sleeping outside his house, they said.
The body of the victim has been sent for postmortem and a probe is on, they said. No arrests have been made so far.
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11:08 AM, May 14, 2013
A teenaged girl was allegedly abducted and gangraped by four persons in a moving vehicle in the Phulpur area of the district, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday when the class XII student, on her way back home from a tuition class, was abducted by the accused and gangraped by them, Superintendent of Police Arvind Sen said. ...
05:27 PM, Mar 18, 2013
A murder case has been lodged against a couple in connection with death of their four daughters under mysterious circumstances in Nizamabad area, police said in Azamgarh on Monday. ...
02:15 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Lucknow: Two days after a statue of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati was vandalised in Lucknow, three statues of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar were damaged in Azamgarh district, police said on Saturday. Broken pieces of a statue were found in the morning in a field at Katat-Chakkatat village in Azamgarh, some 270 km from Lucknow, police said. Two other Ambedkar statues were vandalised and thrown in the fields of...
06:04 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Azamgarh: A Dalit leader and former BSP functionary on Monday allegedly committed suicide in the collectorate compound in Azamgarh, police said. Baliram Prasad (65), who was presently associated with Ambedkar Samaj Party, sprinkled kerosene and set himself ablaze in the Ambedkar Park within the collectorate compound, Superintendent of Police (SP) Vijay Singh Meena said. He succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital. A suicide note was found in his...
03:20 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Lucknow: Nearly 56 per cent of 1.92 crore voters on Saturday exercised their franchise for 59 seats spread over nine districts in the by-and-large peaceful second phase of the fiercely-fought Uttar Pradesh assembly election. The fate of 1,098 candidates, including two state party chiefs, 31 MLAs and 24 former ministers was sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines in Saturday's exercise. Polling for the second round, in which 59 assembly seats...
06:06 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Azamgarh: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid is at it again. During a rally speech at Azamgarh, the Congress minister raised up the controversial issue of Batla House encounter and said that Sonia Gandhi had tears in her eyes when she heard about it. "When Sonia Gandhi saw pictures of the Batla House encounter, she had tears in her eyes and she ordered a thorough probe," he is heard telling the...
10:57 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Azamgarh: The turf war between the Congress and Samajwadi Party's young turks continues. Samajwadi Party Uttar Pradesh unit chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the Central Government of shying away from ordering a judicial investigation into the Batla House encounter while addressing an election rally in Azamgarh. "The demand for a judicial investigation into Batla House encounter is justified. Everyone wants a judicial investigation into the incident then why is...
12:53 PM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: A notice has been issued to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and UP Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi for allegedly disrupting educational activities at Shibli College in Azamgarh. Returning officer and Azamgarh DM issued the notice to the two on Saturday. Rahul Gandhi had stayed at the college guest house on the night of January 10. The next day, however, the college became a venue of protest with...
11:48 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Kolkata: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Sunday night said the first priority was rescue of the victims of the rail mishap involving Guwahati-Bangalore Express and Azimganj-Malda passenger train. "Our first priority is to rescue victims and our second priority is to restore normal traffic. We will also see that the stranded passengers are put up at a hotel, given food and made to feel comfortable," Trivedi told newsmen. Stating that...
10:57 PM, Jul 31, 2011
Kolkata: At least one person was killed and 50 were injured when 11 bogies of Guwahati-Bengaluru Express and a passenger train derailed after a collision this evening at Jamirghata in West Bengal's Malda district. Malda GRP sources said one passenger was killed and 50 were injured. Railway spokesperson Anil Kumar Saxena said the body of an elderly woman was found near the derailed engine of the Guwahati-Bengaluru Express. The accident...
08:31 PM, Jul 31, 2011
New Delhi: Paving the way for the trial to begin, a Delhi court on Tuesday formally slapped charges against Shahzad Ahmed, a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist, arrested in south Delhi's Batla House shootout in which a Delhi Police inspector was killed in 2008. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar framed the charges against Shahzad Ahmed alias Pappu. Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma of Delhi Police's specialised anti-terror squad, Special Cell,...
08:13 PM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: There has been some progress in investigations in the Jama Masjid shooting case two days after the incident. The probe trail has now reached Uttar Pradesh. Delhi Police sources have told CNN-IBN that a team has been sent to Azamgarh in UP and the whole operation is being coordinated with UP Anti-Terror Squad (ATS). The police are also interrogating one person, who is believed to have close links...
10:55 AM, Sep 21, 2010
Fifteen children in the age group of 7-8 years sustained severe burns when a school van caught fire in Azamgarh, UP. ...
12:43 PM, Sep 04, 2010
The ad, aimed to show emancipation of Gujarati Muslim girls, contains picture of schoolgirls from Azamgarh, UP. ...
01:41 PM, Jun 12, 2010
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30 Minutes special show on the Muslims in Azamgarh. ...
07:24 AM, Mar 07, 2010
He said that he would instead ask for speedy trial of Azamgarh undertrials ...
10:01 AM, Feb 09, 2010
He is likely to suggest fast track court for terror undertrials from the district. ...
08:40 AM, Feb 09, 2010
Mulayam Singh's Muslim vote bank gets shot in arm from Azamgarh native. ...
12:03 PM, Nov 18, 2009
Case filed against Ramakant Yadav after supporters clash with Muslim group. ...
08:38 PM, Aug 14, 2009
