A 17-year-old minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit is battling for her life after three young men allegedly set her on fire for resisting an attempt to molest her on Monday evening. The girl has been admitted in the hospital in a very serious condition and is undergoing treatment. ...
11:09 AM, May 22, 2013
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday suspended nine policemen, including a Sub-Inspector, in connection with the death of a terror suspect Khalid Mujahid while being taken to Lucknow jail after a hearing on May 18. Nine policemen, including Sub-Inspector Ram Avadh, seven constables and a driver have been suspended with immediate effect, an official spokesman said here. Khalid Mujahid, an accused in serial blasts that had rocked Lucknow and...
09:15 AM, May 22, 2013
Faizabad: One of the advocates defending four UP serial blasts accused, including Khalid Mujahid, was on Tuesday beaten up by a group of around 50 lawyers allegedly owing allegiance to right-wing groups in court premises in Faizabad. The lawyers beat up Mohammad Saleem and also ransacked the chambers of three other advocates representing the blasts accused this afternoon, SSP, Faizabad, Dharmendra Singh said. Saleem was admitted to hospital where his...
11:53 PM, May 21, 2013
Noida: Five men, who had abducted two BBA students of Amity for ransom, have been sent to police custody. A District and Sessions court on Monday granted the custody of the five men to the police. While one of the accused had surrendered at the court yesterday, the four others were earlier arrested by Uttar Pradesh special task force and Noida Police. The five men had kidnapped the students on...
10:55 PM, May 21, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that the state government will do everything possible under the law in the Dalit Memorial scam case in which close aides of BSP chief Mayawati have been indicted. While Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta NK Mehrotra had said that there is no evidence against Mayawati in the Dalit Memorial scam, he had recommended that the money should be recovered from former ministers Nasimuddin...
03:40 PM, May 21, 2013
Kannauj: In a tragic incident, 12 persons were killed and 25 others critically injured after a mini bus collided with a truck near Katra village in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj. The injured passengers were rushed to Sadar Hospital and are undergoing treatment. The bus was carrying baaratis (marriage party) and the accident took place on National Highway 19 when it collided with a truck. The police officers are on the spot...
01:04 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Expect another hot day on Tuesday across North India and parts of the South. Met department officials say temperatures will continue to be 3 to 4 degrees above normal for this time of the year in many parts of North India. The current prolonged heat wave, the second time in 10 years, is expected to last at least till May 24. As North India boils, the intense heat...
11:59 AM, May 21, 2013
Lucknow: In an embarrassment to the Akhilesh government in Uttar Pradesh, a major fake smart health card scam, which comes under the National Health Insurance Scheme, has come under scrutiny. This could turn out to be one of the major scams in Uttar Pradesh after the Akhilesh government came to power. Sources say if probed properly, the scam could run into several crores. Around 50 lakh smart cards have reportedly...
09:57 AM, May 21, 2013
Lucknow: An FIR was on Monday registered in Lucknow against social networking site Facebook on a complaint that claimed a group on the site exhorts people to slaughter cows, police said. The site was booked under penal provisions and under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, on the complaint filed by senior police officer Amitabh Thakur. In his complaint filed at Gomtinagar police station, Thakur alleged that a Facebook group...
02:50 AM, May 21, 2013
Lucknow: The ruling Samajwadi Party on Monday said that all those indicted by Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta, for syphoning off public money in construction of memorials during the BSP regime, would be punished according to the law. In a statement issued here, SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said that Lokayukta, vigilance and CBI were probing scams of the previous Mayawati regime and the results were appalling. "All records of misuse of the...
01:55 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Amid mounting complaints to Rahul Gandhi, Congress on Monday removed all the eight zonal presidents in Uttar Pradesh including two Union Ministers RPN Singh and Jitin Prasada and CWC member Rasheed Masood and brought in local leaders in their place. Zonal presidents who faced the axe included senior leaders like PL Punia and Rajaram Pal, MP and state leaders Vivek Singh, Anugrah Narayan Singh and Bijendra Singh. They...
06:50 PM, May 20, 2013
Another case of shocking police brutality in Uttar Pradesh came up recently - a murder suspect dies and another is critical after being injected with petrol during interrogation. Shreya Dhoundial has covered Uttar Pradesh for many years now, here's her take on the credibility of the UP police. ...
05:47 PM, May 20, 2013
Lucknow: In a huge setback for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the state government has named the BSP chief's key confidant in its report on the Dalit Memorial Scam and asked for a Rs 1,400 crore compensation. The UP Lokayukta, NK Mehrotra, has named Mayawati's key aide former minister Nasimuddin Siddiqui and Mayawati's former right hand man Babu Singh Kushwaha as the main accused in the scam. Both the...
04:00 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: In a move that is being seen as Narendra Modi's clout growing within the BJP, the party president Rajnath Singh appointed the Gujarat Chief Minister's aide Amit Shah as general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh for 2014 elections. The indications are loud and clear as Uttar Pradesh with 80 Lok Sabha seats will be critical to the BJP's preparations for 2014 elections. The BJP in its prime has...
09:12 AM, May 20, 2013
Muzaffarnagar: Days after three Rajasthan Royal cricketers were arrested in the spot-fixing scandal, police on Sunday claimed to have busted two betting rackets relating to IPL matches in separate raids with the arrest of six persons here and recovered around Rs two lakh in cash. Acting on a tip-off, the crime branch of the district police raided a houses in Gandhi Colony in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and arrested three...
05:06 PM, May 19, 2013
Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe how Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh in 2007, died while being taken to a prison in Lucknow from Barabanki on Saturday. Forty-two policemen, including senior officers, have been booked for the alleged murder of Khalid. Among the police officers booked are former Uttar Pradesh DGP Vikram Singh and DGP (Training) Brij Lal. Police claim Khalid,...
04:24 PM, May 19, 2013
Lucknow: Forty-two Uttar Pradesh policemen, including some top officers, have been booked for the alleged murder of Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts in the state in 2007. Mujahid died while he was being taken to a Lucknow prison from Barabanki. The state government has ordered a high-level probe in the case. Among the police officers booked are DGP (Training) Brij Lal and former DGP Vikram Singh. Police...
10:08 AM, May 19, 2013
Pithoragarh: Ruling Congress MLA in Uttarakhand Harish Dhami on Saturday surrendered before a local court which rejected his bail plea and sent him to jail. Dhami, an accused in a clash that took place between two groups in 2007, surrendered before the first class judicial magistrate at Didihat on Saturday, two days before the time given to him by the Nainital High Court. The court on Saturday rejected the Dhami's...
01:33 AM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi-based couple was arrested from Kolkata for duping several banks by forging documents, police said Saturday. Kamal Kishore Shukla, 60, and his wife Shashi Shukla, 53 were arrested on May 15 from Kolkata. The duo had obtained housing loans from different banks against a single property in Vaishali area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi, with the help of fake documents and had even sold the same...
11:26 PM, May 18, 2013
Moradabad: A 35-year-old woman has been allegedly gangraped and beaten up by four men in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh. The suspects allegedly assaulted the woman while she was working alone in a farm. She has been admitted to a local hospital, where her condition is critical. "They gangraped me and pushed a stick into my body. They also beat me up with the stick. I fell unconscious. I reached...
08:46 AM, May 18, 2013
