New Delhi: A 23-year-old youth has been arrested for making a hoax bomb call to the Police Control Room (PCR) in New Delhi, police said on Wednesday. Subodh Singh was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad town, adjoining Delhi, on Tuesday for making a hoax bomb call to police around 10.40 pm on Sunday. He claimed that a bomb would explode in the Jama Masjid area in the capital. "After a...
12:47 AM, Apr 11, 2013
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when they reached a police station in Bulandshahr to file a rape complaint. ...
12:11 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Lucknow: In a new twist in the alleged rape case in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, the pathological report of the minor states that there is no evidence of rape. The doctors, however, have not ruled out sexual assault. The report comes hours after the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the case, asking the UP government to explain why the 10-year-old girl and her mother were jailed, when they went...
07:31 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognisance of the Bulandshahr minor rape case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain why a minor rape victim was locked up in the jail when she approached the police to file a complaint. The apex court has asked the state government to submit its reply by Monday. The 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when...
12:16 PM, Apr 10, 2013
In a yet another case of police brutality, a 10-year-old rape survivor was locked up in the jail when she reached a police station to file a complaint. "Mujhe thappad mara (I was slapped)," alleged the girl, who spent more than 15 hours in the jail with her mother. ...
11:09 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Ballia: Locals in Ballia in the native town of Mangal Pandey, the 1857 sepoy mutiny icon, alleged that obscene dances were performed to mark his death anniversary, prompting the district authorities to order a probe. On Monday, in the memory of Mangal Pandey, various functions were organised in Ballia. However, locals on Tuesday alleged that bar dancers staged obscene dances during the night. District Administration on Tuesday ordered a probe...
07:08 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Bulandshahr: Police on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old, who was put behind bars when she and her mother went to report the crime. The child and her mother, who spent several hours behind the bars, were freed only after locals created an uproar. Two women constables have been suspended while two sub-inspectors, including the station-in-charge, have been sent to police lines following the incident. "The child...
01:22 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Bulandshahr: A ten-year-old rape survivor was put behind bars by the Bulandshahr police in Uttar Pradesh when she approached them for help. The child and her mother had gone to a women's police station to file the complaint of the rape. The child and her mother, who spent several hours behind the bars, were freed only after locals created an uproar. Two women constables have been suspended while two sub-inspectors,...
10:17 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation has proposed to hike electricity tariff in Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Noida to about Rs 5.25 per unit. The corporation has sent its proposal to increase the rates to the state government pointing out that the three cities have to be provided electricity round the clock. The power corporation has forwarded the proposal to electricity regulatory commission and the Uttar Pradesh government. The corporation claims that...
11:01 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Varanasi: SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday heaped praise on BJP leader LK Advani for the third time in as many weeks, but ruled out any alliance with BJP "People get angry when I say Advaniji is an honest person, he has suffered a lot during the country's partition and has spent a life in hardship. "But, if a person is truthful and honest, irrespective of the party he...
04:05 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Lucknow: Stopping short of making a direct comment on Lok Sabha polls, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said the UPA looks forward to complete its term in office, but noted that one cannot make predictions in politics. "We are looking at completing our term. There are important legislative steps that have to be taken, and policy issues that are in process of being implemented, but you know that...
10:25 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Kunda: Two more people were arrested on Sunday in the infamous Kunda killings case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said the duo - Ajay Pal and Vijay Pal - who allegedly fired at gram pradhan Nanhe Yadav were the key accused in his murder case. Ajay and Vijay are sons of Kanta Pal who is already in CBI's custody. CBI sources also confirmed that Ajay and Vijay have confessed...
05:29 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Lucknow: Another case was filed against former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, the accused in killing of a village headman and a police officer, on Saturday when a prime eyewitness accused him of intimidation and threatening his life. The case was registered at the Sangramgarh police station in Pratapgrah district after Diwakar Tripathi, a witness, said he had been intercepted by bikeborne men who asked him...
04:28 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Death sentence was awarded to three policemen and life term was doled out to five others by a special CBI court in the 31-year-old fake encounter case in Gonda district, which led to the death of 13 persons, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police. ...
03:28 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Lucknow: An inflamatory post on social networking site Facebook resulted in communal tension in Meerut on Friday as angry members of a community stoned a mini-truck and a bus carrying a marriage party, police said. Soon after the post lampooning a specific religion was noticed, mobs took to the streets raising slogans and pelting stones. Twelve people were injured after which police cracked down on the irate mob and brought...
04:47 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Lucknow: Death sentence was awarded to three policemen and life term was doled out to five others by a special CBI court in the 31-year-old fake encounter case in Gonda district, which led to the death of 13 persons, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police. Special CBI judge Rajendra Singh awarded death sentence to the then SHO, Kaudia RB Saroj, head constable Ram Nayak and constable Ram Kara,n holding them...
05:53 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to involve Samajwadi Party district chiefs while deciding the transfer and posting of District magistrates and Superintendents of Police. According to the Akhilesh Yadav government the views of Samajwadi Party district chiefs would be considered while taking any decision on the DMs and SPs. Not only this, the Samajwadi Party district chiefs have been given unfettered access to the Chief Minister's office and...
01:38 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: A 23-year-old teacher may lose her eyesight partially after suffering an acid attack in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh a few days back. Doctors at Delhi's Gangaram Hospital, where the teacher has been brought for treatment, now say that the almost 50 per cent of the woman's vision is expected to be restored, as her cornea has suffered major damage in the acid attack. She has undergone one...
11:20 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Lucknow: After removing the entire staff of the four police stations of Kunda sub-division in Pratapgarh district on CBI request, Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday posted new staff there. "Fresh staff of constables, head constables and SHOs have been posted by DIG, Allahabad range in all four police stations of Kunda circle," IG Law and Order RK Vishwakarma told reporters. CBI, probing the murder of DSP Zia-ul-Haque, Balipur village head...
10:35 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Lucknow: After removing the entire staff of the four police stations of Kunda sub-division in Pratapgarh district on CBI request, Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday posted new staff there. "Fresh staff of constables, head constables and SHOs have been posted by DIG, Allahabad range in all four police stations of Kunda circle," IG Law and Order R K Vishwakarma said. CBI, probing the murder of DSP Zia-ul-Haque, Balipur village head...
07:21 PM, Apr 04, 2013
