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UPSTF unearths firearms smuggling racket; four held after encounter

UP STF arrested four arms smugglers in Baghpat, recovering nine firearms and ammunition. The gang was linked to multiple criminal activities.

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Published on Apr 26, 2025 06:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

UP: Bride protests on wedding day against 'forced acquisition' of father's land; NHAI denies claim

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Published on Apr 15, 2025 03:17 PM IST

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UP: 6 dead as stage collapses at Jain community event in Baghpat

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath took cognizance of the incident and issued directives to the local district authorities to provide immediate relief.

The rescue operations underway in Baghpat after a 'machaan' collapse.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 28, 2025 01:50 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Ex-Baghpat district jailer booked for attempted rape of prison officer

The accused Jitendra Kashyap had reportedly called the complainant to his office, behaved in an inappropriate manner and attempted to sexually assault her.

Police said the complainant's medical examination has been conducted and her statement will now be recorded in court.(HT Photo )

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Published on Jan 09, 2025 09:35 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Delhi: Man who set self on fire near Parliament succumbs to injuries

A 26-year-old man from Baghpat, UP, died after self-immolating near Parliament, citing pressure from police cases and harassment by four villagers.

Police at the spot on Wednesday. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Dec 27, 2024 10:55 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

UP man sets himself afire near Parliament in Delhi, suffers 95% burns

Police said the man came from Bhagpat in Uttar Pradesh and was facing problems due to a police complaint filed in 2021 over personal rivalry

Police and forensic investigators at the scene of the incident. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

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Published on Dec 25, 2024 10:32 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Congress fires UP leader after video shows him flashing a woman

Yunus Chaudhary denied being in the video, saying that his political rivals edited and manipulated it as part of a “conspiracy” against him.

Congress Baghpat district president Yunus Chaudhary (X)

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Updated on Nov 03, 2024 10:29 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Monkeys save 6-year-old from rape attempt in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat: Report

Media reports claimed that the incident took place on Saturday after the accused lured the child to an abandoned house in the city.

Monkey saves 6-year-old from rape attempt in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat: Report(Representative Image/Pexels)

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Published on Sep 23, 2024 12:20 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Major blaze at hospital in Baghpat, no casualties

Fire tenders rushed to the spot; patients, including 15 children, safely evacuated and shifted to other hospitals. It took a few hours for the firefighting team to douse the blaze, say police

Fire broke out at Astha Hospital in Baraut on Monday morning. Waste material dumped on the top floor and short circuit may have been the cause of fire, said a doctor. (Sourced)

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Updated on May 28, 2024 09:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

15 children evacuated after fire breaks out inside hospital in UP’s Baghpat

At least 15 children were safely evacuated due to timely intervention of fire safety personnel and doctors in Baraut Town’s Astha hospital

At least 15 children were safely evacuated due to timely intervention of fire safety personnel and doctors. (HT photo sourced)

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Published on May 27, 2024 10:07 AM IST

ByS Raju

Phase 1 of Delhi-Dehradun highway may get operational by June end: NHAI

The high-speed corridor, which consists of both ground-level and elevated sections, is being built at an estimated cost of ₹12,000 crore. It will give seamless connectivity to commuters between Delhi and Dehradun, and will halve the travel time from the current 5 hours to 2-and-a-half hours

The six-lane expressway as a whole is around 212km in length. Officials did not share when the project is likely to be ready by, but NHAI had earlier this year stated that the crucial highway will be ready by mid-2025. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on May 03, 2024 06:12 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Broken promises and drying wells, Chaugama’s struggle for water stays

With the work for an irrigation network through Chaugama canal pending for the past 50 years, water is the biggest issue for people of more than 50 villages in Baghpat

Mustard crop sown in the dried minor of Chaugama Canal near Pusar village. (HT)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2024 06:18 AM IST

ByS Raju

2024 Lok Sabha polls: Nursery of wrestlers in Baghpat grapples with ‘political neglect’

Baghpat's political landscape has changed over the years, leaving the legacy of wrestling nurseries in jeopardy. Only one akhara remains, struggling for resources.

Khalifa teaching nuances of wrestling to budding grapplers in his akhara at Malakpur village in Baghpat (S Raju/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2024 10:26 PM IST

ByS Raju, Malakpur (baghpat)

Ghaziabad: In Modinagar, RLD’s Jayant slams INDIA bloc

Slamming the opposition, of which he was a part until recently when he left to join hands with the BJP Jayant Chaudhary said “those who have lost heart, cannot win”

The RLD chief’s joint rally with chief minister Yogi Adityanath came on a day when eight parliamentary seats in western Uttar Pradesh voted in Phase One of 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 20, 2024 05:58 AM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad

Baghpat: ‘The Land of Mahabharat’ set to witness fierce political battle

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath was the first to mention the Mahabharat connection of Baghpat when, along with Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary on April 5, 2024, he launched the election campaign of RLD leader Rajkumar Sangwan, who has been fielded as the candidate of the BJP-RLD alliance.

Known for its home furnishing products, Baghpat is situated in the agriculturally enriched western region of Uttar Pradesh. (Sourced)

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Updated on Apr 08, 2024 10:50 PM IST

ByUmesh Raghuvanshi

Man’s in-laws from first marriage kidnap his second wife; 4 booked

Police said Saddam got married first time about six years ago and his first wife returned to her parental home in six months following marital discord

An FIR has been lodged under IPC Section 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) against Saddam’s first wife’s mother, and her brothers. (Representational image)

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Updated on Mar 23, 2024 05:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ghaziabad

2024 Lok Sabha polls: RLD out to win back its former pocket borough Baghpat

The RLD, which is in alliance with the BJP, has fielded loyalist Rajkumar Sangwan from Baghpat that was represented by former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh

In 2019, former Union minister Ajit Singh’s son and current RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary lost the election in Baghpat. (FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 17, 2024 05:30 AM IST

ByBrajendra K Parashar, Lucknow

Loyalist Sangwan rewarded for his dedication

“It’s indeed a significant reward bestowed upon me by my party and Jayant ji, and I will try my best to live up to his expectations,” said Sangwan, who emerged from student politics and currently serves the party as the national organisational secretary.

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Updated on Mar 04, 2024 10:13 PM IST

ByS Raju

BJP making fresh overtures to Jats in western UP?

The RLD has sought to counter the BJP’s outreach by writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, for Charan Singh

Of the 16 seats that BJP lost in UP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, seven were from west UP, including all six seats in Moradabad division. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Dec 22, 2023 05:32 AM IST

ByManish Chandra Pandey

UP to have 57 more cybercrime police stations

At present, cybercrime police stations are operational in 18 divisional headquarters of the state. An IG level officer used to look after these, but after the establishment of more such stations, SPs would take up the responsibility

At present, UP is at top position in terms of conviction in cybercrime. (Pic for representation)

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Published on Dec 19, 2023 06:25 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim reaches Baghpat ashram

This is 5th time in the past one-and-a-half years that Ram Rahim has arrived in Barnawa either on parole or furlough from Rohtak jail where he has been serving jail term after being found guilty of murders of two people, including a journalist, and being convicted in a rape case.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim arrived at his dera in Barnawa in Baghpat district on a 21-day furlough from Sunaria jail of Rohtak on Tuesday. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Nov 23, 2023 08:06 AM IST

ByS Raju, Meerut

Next hearing of Lakshagrah case on October 26

The case pertains to a disputed site in Barnawa, Baghpat, which Hindus claim as the remains of the Mahabharat era Lakshagarh while Muslims say it is the tomb of Badruddin Shah.

Both sides have submitted documents in support of their claims and now the court has to decide the matter in the next hearings of the case. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Oct 07, 2023 09:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

PWD releases ₹124.57 cr for railway overbridge & bridge construction

The construction of the over bridges is being done under the Railway of India Development Fund (RIDF) scheme, at three places in the state.

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Published on Sep 24, 2023 08:22 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

‘My sister died… leave was not approved’: UP constable's video goes viral

UP Police constable Omveer Singh made an emotional video narrating the ordeal of the cops.

UP police constable Omveer Singh(X/Benarasiyaa)

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Updated on Aug 27, 2023 06:28 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

To check crime, Baghpat village gets CCTV cameras

Village pradhan Ashish Sharma spent money from his own pocket for installation of 14 CCTV cameras for villagers’ security. Order for 8 more cameras has been placed.

The entire village felt proud after becoming the first gram panchayat where CCTV cameras had been installed, with the control room in the panchayat ghar, said the village pradhan. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2023 12:39 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

U.P. civic polls 2nd phase: :Minor clashes, 54% turnout in Meerut

Initially, polling was slow but picked up in the afternoon and long queues were seen outside polling booths, especially in Muslim areas. Elaborate security arrangements were made to ensure fair and peaceful polling.

Voters at a polling booth in Meerut on Thursday. (HT)

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Updated on May 12, 2023 12:20 AM IST

ByS Raju

Drive to provide clean tap water to Uttar Pradesh’s rural areas expedited

Mahoba, Baghpat, Jhansi and Lalitpur have been included in the state’s top list of districts providing maximum tap connections to rural households

A the campaign was launched under Jal Jeevan Mission to provide clean drinking water to rural people in UP. (For Representation)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2023 09:34 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Lucknow records highest number of car & motorbike registrations in U.P.

The new registration of cars and motorcycles in the Gautam Buddha Nagar districts grew at 47.32% and 38.14% respectively, the highest in the state.

The report also shows a negative growth in two-wheeler and four-wheeler segments in more than two dozen districts. (Representational photo)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2023 08:42 PM IST

ByBrajendra K Parashar

Alcoholic man kills father, uncle & aunt for denying ‘liquor money’ in Baghpat

Sharing further details, SP Baghpat Arpit Vjayvargiva said that the accused, an alcoholic, strangulated three of his family members to death over liquor money.

Accused Anjal has been arrested. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 07:57 PM IST

ByS Raju

Delhi- Dehradun 2 hrs, Haridwar in a blink with this new expressway: Details

The six-lane bridge, constructed at the cost of ₹12,000 crore will reduce the distance between Delhi and Dehradun from 235 km to 212 km.

Construction of Delhi-Dehradun Greenfield expressway.(Twitter/ @nitin_gadkari)

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Published on Apr 08, 2023 12:22 PM IST

ByShobhit Gupta

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UP STF arrested four arms smugglers in Baghpat, recovering nine firearms and ammunition. The gang was linked to multiple criminal activities.

UP: Bride protests on wedding day against 'forced acquisition' of father's land; NHAI denies claim

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath took cognizance of the incident and issued directives to the local district authorities to provide immediate relief.

The accused Jitendra Kashyap had reportedly called the complainant to his office, behaved in an inappropriate manner and attempted to sexually assault her.

A 26-year-old man from Baghpat, UP, died after self-immolating near Parliament, citing pressure from police cases and harassment by four villagers.

Police said the man came from Bhagpat in Uttar Pradesh and was facing problems due to a police complaint filed in 2021 over personal rivalry

Yunus Chaudhary denied being in the video, saying that his political rivals edited and manipulated it as part of a “conspiracy” against him.

Media reports claimed that the incident took place on Saturday after the accused lured the child to an abandoned house in the city.

Fire tenders rushed to the spot; patients, including 15 children, safely evacuated and shifted to other hospitals. It took a few hours for the firefighting team to douse the blaze, say police

At least 15 children were safely evacuated due to timely intervention of fire safety personnel and doctors in Baraut Town’s Astha hospital

The high-speed corridor, which consists of both ground-level and elevated sections, is being built at an estimated cost of ₹12,000 crore. It will give seamless connectivity to commuters between Delhi and Dehradun, and will halve the travel time from the current 5 hours to 2-and-a-half hours

With the work for an irrigation network through Chaugama canal pending for the past 50 years, water is the biggest issue for people of more than 50 villages in Baghpat

Baghpat's political landscape has changed over the years, leaving the legacy of wrestling nurseries in jeopardy. Only one akhara remains, struggling for resources.

Slamming the opposition, of which he was a part until recently when he left to join hands with the BJP Jayant Chaudhary said “those who have lost heart, cannot win”

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath was the first to mention the Mahabharat connection of Baghpat when, along with Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary on April 5, 2024, he launched the election campaign of RLD leader Rajkumar Sangwan, who has been fielded as the candidate of the BJP-RLD alliance.

Police said Saddam got married first time about six years ago and his first wife returned to her parental home in six months following marital discord

The RLD, which is in alliance with the BJP, has fielded loyalist Rajkumar Sangwan from Baghpat that was represented by former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh

“It’s indeed a significant reward bestowed upon me by my party and Jayant ji, and I will try my best to live up to his expectations,” said Sangwan, who emerged from student politics and currently serves the party as the national organisational secretary.

The RLD has sought to counter the BJP’s outreach by writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, for Charan Singh

At present, cybercrime police stations are operational in 18 divisional headquarters of the state. An IG level officer used to look after these, but after the establishment of more such stations, SPs would take up the responsibility

This is 5th time in the past one-and-a-half years that Ram Rahim has arrived in Barnawa either on parole or furlough from Rohtak jail where he has been serving jail term after being found guilty of murders of two people, including a journalist, and being convicted in a rape case.

The case pertains to a disputed site in Barnawa, Baghpat, which Hindus claim as the remains of the Mahabharat era Lakshagarh while Muslims say it is the tomb of Badruddin Shah.

The construction of the over bridges is being done under the Railway of India Development Fund (RIDF) scheme, at three places in the state.

UP Police constable Omveer Singh made an emotional video narrating the ordeal of the cops.

Village pradhan Ashish Sharma spent money from his own pocket for installation of 14 CCTV cameras for villagers’ security. Order for 8 more cameras has been placed.

Initially, polling was slow but picked up in the afternoon and long queues were seen outside polling booths, especially in Muslim areas. Elaborate security arrangements were made to ensure fair and peaceful polling.

Mahoba, Baghpat, Jhansi and Lalitpur have been included in the state’s top list of districts providing maximum tap connections to rural households

The new registration of cars and motorcycles in the Gautam Buddha Nagar districts grew at 47.32% and 38.14% respectively, the highest in the state.

Sharing further details, SP Baghpat Arpit Vjayvargiva said that the accused, an alcoholic, strangulated three of his family members to death over liquor money.

The six-lane bridge, constructed at the cost of ₹12,000 crore will reduce the distance between Delhi and Dehradun from 235 km to 212 km.

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