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Shiv Sena leader in UP’s Rampur shot dead, hospital vandalised by supporters

Anurag Sharma, a former district president of the Shiv Sena, was shot dead by two men when he was returning from the market in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur late on Wednesday evening

Covid-19 update: Migrants given ‘chemical bath’ in Bareilly; probe on

Ashok Gautam, the nodal officer in-charge of the Covid-19 mitigation group, confirmed that the migrants were sprayed with chlorine-mixed water, but maintained the step was necessary to contain a possible spread of the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which is causing the deadly infection.

Rare and threatened rusty-spotted cat seen after 10 years in Uttar Pradesh

The rusty-spotted cat is known to be the smallest member of the cat family.

Bareilly clerics urge Maharashtra CM to reject CAA

‘RSS to shift focus to two-child policy’, says Mohan Bhagwat

While the session was closed to the media, a member who attended said on condition of anonymity said the RSS chief spoke on a number of significant issues, including the new citizenship law and the abrogation of Article 370.

18-yr-old poses with a pistol for TikTok video, shoots himself in the head

An 18-year-old accidentally shot himself and died from a pistol while trying to shoot a TikTok video in Bareilly’s Hafizganj, according to police. The incident happened in Mudia Bhikampur village, they said. The incident occurred at around 5 pm on Monday evening when Keshav Kumar, a student of Class 12th returned from college and asked his mother Savitri Devi to give her licensed pistol.

Bareilly police bust fake birth certificate racket

Muslim body split over challenging SC’s Ayodhya verdict

The Jamiat Ulama-i- Hind (JUH), one of the largest Islamic religious organisations in India, had joined the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) last Sunday in opposing the unanimous SC decision favouring the construction of a Ram temple at the 2.77 acre site in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya town.

Bird deaths in Rajasthan due to botulism: IVRI report

All India Muslim Personal Law Board meets to decide on filing Ayodhya verdict review plea

AIMPLB member Kamal Farooqui said AIMPLB’s executive body members, legal experts and advocates of Muslim litigants in the Ayodhya case are attending the meeting at Lucknow’s Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema seminary.

AYODHYA VERDICTKey Muslim litigant says no to review as AIMPLB gets set to decide today

Muslims divided over accepting 5-acre land for mosque in Ayodhya

The proposals by Muslim organisations and prominent citizens of the community vary from outright rejection, to payment for the plot, setting up a hospital, college or vocational institute on the land which the Supreme Court has directed the government to give for construction of a mosque in Ayodhya

JuH forms panel of lawyers to study Ayodhya verdict

Ayodhya verdict: Hindu groups eye Trust, Sunni Central Waqf Board to take call on plot

At least one million people are expected to reach Ayodhya for what is the first Hindu festival after the apex court ruled in favour of a Ram temple in Ayodhya in a landmark decision on Saturday that capped decades of communal tensions and riots after the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Judgment against expectations, will discuss future action: AIMPLB

Chargesheet against Azam’s son for manipulating date of birth

Two Pak nationals among 4 awarded death penalty for UP CRPF camp attack

Sanjay Kumar Singh, additional district judge (III) of Rampur, handed the death sentence to Mohammed Sharif, Imran Shahzad, Mohammed Farooq and Sabauddin, who were found guilty of direct involvement in the attack..

Can BJP’s ‘magic’ work in SP’s bastion?

Newborn girl found abandoned in cane field

Triple Talaq law enters a Bareilly university’s curricula, call made for more varsities to follow suit

Farhat Naqvi, whose NGO frequently takes up ‘triple talaq’ cases, hoped that other universities will follow suit and help create awareness especially among women students.

Ayodhya mediation panel submits report to SC, hearing on Friday

The panel, which began the negotiations with both the Hindu and Muslims litigants in Ayodhya on March 13, held the final round of back-to-back discussions spread over three days in New Delhi from July 29.

Muslim religious bodies to oppose new bill on triple talaq

With the fresh bill to ban instant triple talaq all set to be introduced in the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, Muslim religious organisations have made it clear that the legislation in its present form will not be acceptable to them.

Ayodhya panel-MPLB talks in city today

The AIMPLB delegation will be led by its general secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani and include secretary Zafaryab Jilani and members Mehfooz Rahmani and Qasim Rasool Ilyas.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: UP elects six Muslim MPs, up from one in 2014

In Uttar Pradesh, Muslim candidates put up by the SP-BSP alliance performed much better than others who were given tickets by these parties with the exception of the Congress.

Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Muslim vote bank politics leads to Hindu consolidation in UP

In Uttar Pradesh, from ‘muscular Hindutva nationalism’ highlighting how the ‘green virus’ was a threat to security and how it had retaliated and silenced Pakistan post-Pulwama attack to the debate of “Ali vs Bajrangbali”, BJP leaders used the narrative to arouse religious passions. The strategy seems to have paid off.

UP tops list of states with most pilgrims going for Haj

Uttar Pradesh figures on top of the list of states that would be sending the maximum number of pilgrims this year to perform Haj--the annual religious pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: EVMs in three-tier security, yet parties keep close watch

Political parties have deployed workers at places where EVMs have been kept in Lucknow, where the shelter home and dormitory area inside the Rama Bai rally ground have turned into fortress.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Young contenders lock horns in poll arena

Like a breath of fresh air, their entry into the poll arena has added some colour, verve and festivity to an otherwise lacklustre 2019 Lok Sabha elections so far.

Muslims launch signature campaign for resolution of Ayodhya dispute

Undeterred by the failure of past such attempts, a group of Muslim professionals and intellectuals have embarked on a signature campaign for a negotiated settlement of the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmbhoomi land dispute.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: From Amethi, Lucknow to Azamgarh, these UP seats have remained loyal to their parties and leaders

While the party may have received a drubbing elsewhere at the hustings, the unwavering loyalty of the voter in some individual strongholds has always saved the day for their very own political masters.