Uttar Pradesh: News
25 Mar 2021
Haj Yatra54-year-old man arrested for duping people in name of Haj
A 54-year-old man was arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly duping people in the name of Haj or Umra yatra, police said on Wednesday.
24 Mar 2021
Uttar Pradesh PoliceAsked to pay, cops frame dhaba owner in fake case
A police inspector and two constables have been suspended in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district for allegedly booking and arresting a dhaba (roadside eatery) owner and nine others in a fake case, reports say.
23 Mar 2021
Crime Against WomenUttar Pradesh: Two sisters found dead in Pilibhit village
Two teenage sisters were found dead in Jasauli village, police said on Tuesday.
23 Mar 2021
Swami ChinmayanandUP college student found with severe burns has died
A college student, who was found with severe burns along a national highway in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district last month, died during treatment, police said on Tuesday.
22 Mar 2021
Uttar Pradesh PoliceSpurious liquor case: Toll rises to five, seven officials suspended
Seven officials have so far been suspended and a village watchman dismissed in connection with the deaths in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district allegedly due to consumption of spurious liquor, even as another fatality raised the toll to five, police said on Monday.
18 Mar 2021
Yogi AdityanathLucknow: 3,500 couples to tie the knot at mass wedding
As many as 3,500 daughters of registered construction workers will get married in a mass marriage program in Lucknow and attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday.
17 Mar 2021
Greater NoidaTwo get life term for rape, putting video on internet
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for raping a college student after abducting her at gunpoint, recording the act, and posting the video online.
17 Mar 2021
Sexual HarassmentUP: Home guard alleges commandant sought sexual favors
A home guard posted in Shahjahanpur District of Uttar Pradesh has accused the District Commandant of trying to force him into having sex with him, a charge denied by the officer, who claimed that the home guard was leveling the baseless allegations as he was reprimanded for being absent from duty for days.
15 Mar 2021
GhazipurFarmers' protest: Delhi-Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur border reopened for traffic movement
The Ghazipur border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh that remained closed due to the Farmers' protest against three Central farm laws has been reopened for traffic movement on Monday.
15 Mar 2021
Greater NoidaGreater Noida: Techie waylaid, robbed of car at gunpoint
Two unidentified miscreants allegedly fled with the car of an engineer after holding him at gunpoint while he was out with his wife and child on Sunday evening for shopping in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, officials said.
13 Mar 2021
India'Shalu': UP teacher develops robot that can speak 47 languages
Move over Sophia, a desi social humanoid robot called "Shalu" is here!
11 Mar 2021
BalliaAhead of panchayat polls, 960 liquor cartons seized in Ballia
Liquor worth around Rs. 40 lakh allegedly meant to be distributed ahead of the panchayat polls in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh and for smuggling into neighboring Bihar has been seized from the city.
10 Mar 2021
MuzaffarnagarUP: Khap panchayat bans jeans for women, shorts for men
A khap panchayat in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes.
10 Mar 2021
Yogi AdityanathDriverless pod taxis could connect Noida to airport in Jewar
BJP leader and Jewar legislator Dhirendra Singh told PTI that the government is considering driverless personal rapid transport (PRT) or pod taxis for last-mile connectivity between Greater Noida and Jewar.
09 Mar 2021
Love JihadUP: Man arrested for forcing wife to convert after marriage
A Muslim man has been arrested in Gorakhpur for allegedly marrying a woman by hiding his identity and then trying to force her to undergo a religious conversion, police said on Monday.
08 Mar 2021
MuzaffarnagarMuzaffarnagar: Pregnant woman found hanging under mysterious circumstances
A pregnant woman was found hanging at her home in Muzaffarnagar under mysterious circumstances, police said on Monday.
06 Mar 2021
AligarhUP: 5 killed, over 25 injured in Aligarh bus accident
In a tragic incident, five people lost their lives while more than 25 were injured as two buses, run by the Haryana Roadways, collided in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
06 Mar 2021
PrayagrajUP: Child Rights body to probe 3-year-old's death outside hospital
A day after a three-year-old girl died outside a private hospital in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, the national child rights organization has stepped in to investigate the matter.
06 Mar 2021
ShahjahanpurRaped 27 years ago, woman files complaint against two
Raped on several occasions by two men at the age of 12 about 27 years ago, the victim, who had become a mother, has now lodged a case against the accused on court orders after her son inquired about his father's name.
04 Mar 2021
IndiaAfter 20 years in prison, UP man acquitted of rape
Vishnu Tiwari, a man from Uttar Pradesh who spent 20 long years in prison over a false rape case before being pronounced innocent by the Allahabad High Court earlier this year, finally walked out of the Agra Central Jail on Wednesday evening.
04 Mar 2021
GhaziabadOccultist murder case: Rival held for murder conspiracy in Ghaziabad
An occultist has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of his rival in Ghaziabad last month, police said on Wednesday.
03 Mar 2021
MurderUP: Man kills minor girl after failed rape bid, arrested
A 22-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing a minor girl in Bulandshahr after a failed rape attempt, police said, adding that the victim's body was exhumed from his house.
02 Mar 2021
ShahjahanpurThree minor girls go missing in UP's Shahjahanpur
Three minor girls went missing in Shahjahanpur after they left home for school on Monday, with one of them carrying cash and clothes supposedly meant for a program at the institution, police said on Tuesday.
02 Mar 2021
MurderUttar Pradesh: Molestation accused kills victim's father in Hathras
A man who was briefly jailed in a molestation case in 2018 allegedly shot dead the father of the victim on Monday in Uttar Pradesh.
02 Mar 2021
Crime Against WomenAligarh: Dalit girl was strangulated, no clear evidence of rape
The postmortem report of the teenage Dalit girl, whose body was found on Sunday in Aligarh, has not indicated any clear evidence of rape and found that she was strangulated to death, a senior official said.
01 Mar 2021
AligarhUP: Dalit girl found dead, villagers clash with police
The body of a 16-year-old Dalit girl was found in a field in the Akrabad area of Aligarh, following which villagers clashed with police and indulged in stone-pelting, the police said on Monday.
27 Feb 2021
IndiaUttar Pradesh: Woman allegedly gang-raped, set on fire in Sitapur
In a horrific incident, a woman has been allegedly gang-raped by a father-son duo and later set on fire in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh.
24 Feb 2021
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath takes jibe at Samajwadi Party's red cap
Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday witnessed peals of laughter when Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recalled how a child described a politician donning a cap as goonda and appealed to members to not turn august House into a drama company.
24 Feb 2021
ShahjahanpurSet on fire after gang rape attempt failed, alleges girl
A college student who was found without clothes and severely burnt lying along a national highway in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh has claimed she was set on fire after a failed attempt to gang-rape her, police said on Wednesday.
24 Feb 2021
PrayagrajCOVID-19: Teachers, staff of two schools test positive in Prayagraj
Amid a worrying spike in coronavirus cases in several states across the country, the city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh reported 19 new infections on Tuesday.
24 Feb 2021
UnnaoUnnao survivor confirms poisoning, denies sexual assault in statement: Police
Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday said that the 17-year-old Dalit girl who was found unconscious along with her two cousins in Unnao was poisoned, citing the victim's statement. She denied any sexual assault attempt, the police said.
24 Feb 2021
India7 killed as car collides with tanker on Yamuna Expressway
Seven persons including four from a family and their two relatives died in an accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night.
23 Feb 2021
IndiaUttar Pradesh: 4-year-old girl found dead, minor cousin injured
A four-year-old girl was found dead while her seven-year-old cousin was in a critical condition hours after they went missing in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, police confirmed.
19 Feb 2021
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Pixar has given a great surprise to fans of the critically acclaimed animated movie Up.
18 Feb 2021
IndiaUP: Two minor cousins found dead in field; another critical
Two teenaged Dalit girls were found dead in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao last evening, and a third girl found with them is in a critical condition in the hospital, the police confirmed today.
15 Feb 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaKerala journalist, arrested on way to Hathras, granted 5-day bail
Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh last October, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court for five days to visit his ailing mother.
12 Feb 2021
VaranasiHuman skeleton found in Varanasi college used as quarantine center
A human skeleton was found at a college in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, that is being used as a COVID-19 quarantine center.
12 Feb 2021
AyodhyaRs. 1,000cr raised for Ayodhya's Ram Mandir in one month
On January 14, a massive campaign was launched to raise funds for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, and till now, over Rs. 1,000 crore has been collected, a member of the trust revealed on Thursday.
06 Feb 2021
MurderCongress leader Kamal Nath's cousin, sister-in-law murdered in Greater Noida
On Friday, a distant cousin of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was found murdered inside his home in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The deceased, Narendra Nath, was 70 years old.
04 Feb 2021
Narendra ModiPrevious governments drafted Budget with eye on vote bank: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday criticized previous governments for drafting the Union Budget with an eye on the vote bank.