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Pilibhit encounter: UK caller a wanted BKI militant: Police

The finding came during investigation by Pilibhit police and other security agencies, including UP anti-terror squad (ATS) and National Investigation Agency (NIA), the officials added. The three KZF militants were gunned down in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit on December 23.

NIA had declared reward of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 lakh on Sidhu after his name surfaced in the murder of VHP leader Vikas Prabhakar in Nangal (Shutterstock)

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Updated on Dec 30, 2024 06:50 AM IST

ByRohit Kumar Singh, Lucknow

There’s a UK link to pro-Khalistan network in Terai region: UP Police

A Haryana youth based in England had called two Pilibhit youths on Dec 20 to arrange a hotel room for the three alleged militants gunned down in the encounter, says official

Sunny and Manoj, who were in police custody since Wednesday after their involvement surfaced in helping the killed militants, revealed during interrogation that Siddhu had visited Pilibhit around 18 months ago and left for Greece around eight months ago, said the official. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Dec 28, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByRohit Kumar Singh

Local helpers of Khalistan terrorists killed in Pilibhit on NIA, ATS radar

Two locals taken into custody revealed that the trio reached Pilibhit with the help of a bus operator who runs a daily bus service from Lakhimpur Kheri to Amritsar

The STF had gunned down three alleged terrorists, who were involved in a grenade attack on a police outpost in Gurdaspur district of Punjab on December 18. (Pic for representation)

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Published on Dec 26, 2024 06:05 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Khalistan sympathisers seeking refuge in Terai belt not a new phenomenon

In June, the UP Police had sounded an alert in Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Budaun, after posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who led the Khalistan movement, and other separatists, were put up outside gurudwaras in Pilibhit and Bareilly, said a police official

Police personnel and others stand near the body of one of the three terror suspects who were killed in an encounter with a joint team of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab police, at a hospital, in Pilibhit, Monday. (PTI Photo)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2024 05:58 AM IST

ByRohit Kumar Singh

26 killed in five road accidents across U.P.

As many as eight people were killed in Kannauj, six each in Pilibhit and Chitrakoot, and three each in Lucknow and Mahoba.

Rescue work underway after a double-decker bus collided with a tanker on Agra-Lucknow Expressway, in Kannauj district, Uttar Pradesh on Friday (PTI)

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Updated on Dec 06, 2024 08:57 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

26 killed in five road accidents across Uttar Pradesh on Friday

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed the concerned authorities to provide the best possible treatment to those injured and expressed condolences over the deaths

8 people lost their lives and around 40 were injured after a double-decker sleeper bus crashed into a water tanker on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 06, 2024 05:59 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Death of ‘rape survivor’: Station in-charge suspended; ‘had asked woman to die’

In a video, the woman alleged that the in-charge of Amaria police station, Braj Veer Singh, asked her to die when questioned about the progress in the case she had lodged against one of her neighbours.

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Updated on Nov 09, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Law clerk, friend arrested for acid attack on woman law intern in Pilibhit

Pilibhit superintendent of police (SP) Avinash Pandey said the key accused Atul Kumar, a law clerk with a senior lawyer in Pilibhit court and fourth semester student of the law course, was arrested on Thursday in an encounter during which he suffered bullet injury in his right leg in retaliatory firing by police.

The SP said the key accused had a criminal background with around three criminal cases related to fraud, extortion and physical assault lodged against him at Kotwali and Sungarhi police stations between 2021 and 2023. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Aug 17, 2024 07:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

CM’s mass marriage scheme: Fraud in U.P.’s Pilibhit again, case lodged

Mother accuses husband's brother & others of forcibly marrying off minor daughter in mass marriage scheme for gifts. Police investigating the case.

The woman had accused her husband’s elder brother and three others of committing the fraud. (For Representation)

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Updated on May 23, 2024 07:24 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Boy dies due to food poisoning in U.P.’s Pilibhit, five kin in hospital

Seven-year-old boy dies from food poisoning in Pilibhit, 5 family members fall ill after consuming noodles and rice. Boy's condition critical, others under treatment.

The seven-year-old boy and his family were on a visit to his maternal grandparents. (For Representation)

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Updated on May 11, 2024 07:53 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Three killed, 33 hurt as truck rams into tree in Pilibhit

The police said that a preliminary investigation suggested that the mishap took place as the driver fell asleep at the wheel and lost control

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Published on May 10, 2024 07:48 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Jitin is ‘Modi emissary’ on Varun’s turf - Pilibhit

Supporters of BSP candidate Anis Ahmed Khan are raising the “local versus outsider” issue terming the BJP and SP candidates as outsiders who will leave the constituency once the election is over

BJP candidate Jitin Prasada addressing a public meeting in Pilibhit on Friday. (Sourced)

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Updated on Apr 13, 2024 07:22 AM IST

ByRajesh Kumar Singh

Maneka, Varun ‘absent’ at Modi’s first poll rally as PM in Pilibhit

BJP’s Pilibhit unit leaders said party MP from Sultanpur, Maneka Gandhi, and MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi were not on the list of star campaigners.

BJP’s sitting MP from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi, has represented the constituency for two terms in the Lok Sabha (File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 10, 2024 07:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Akhilesh to launch INDIA bloc’s joint campaign from Pilibhit

Pilibhit is going to the polls in the first phase on April 19 and Akhilesh is launching the campaign from this seat that the SP has never won

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav. (HT file)

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Updated on Apr 10, 2024 06:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Congress responsible for India’s partition: Yogi

UP CM says Congress party’s ‘devious tactics’ led to country’s unfortunate partition while praising the PM for opening the Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate the Sikhs’ visit to Guru Nanak Dev’s birthplace in Pakistan.

CM Yogi Adityanath also extended his warmest wishes for Chaitra Navratri and the Indian New Year. (Sourced)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2024 10:31 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

PM Modi's rallies in UP's Pilibhit, MP's Balaghat, roadshow in Chennai today

PM Modi in Chennai: Narendra Modi is slated to hold a roadshow in Tamil Nadu's South Chennai and Central Chennai on Tuesday evening.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering as he holds a roadshow with Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav in support of BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls in Jabalpur on Sunday.(Narendra Modi-X)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2024 11:50 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Bareilly Region: With Santosh Gangwar, Varun Gandhi out of electoral contest, can BJP still repeat the 2019 clean sweep?

Santosh Gangwar has won Bareilly seat 8 times, Pilibhit had been Maneka-Varun Gandhi’s stronghold for more than 3 decades.

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Published on Apr 08, 2024 06:13 PM IST

ByPawan Dixit, Lucknow

Bareilly Region Varun out of electoral contest, can BJP still repeat the 2019 clean sweep?

Santosh Gangwar has won Bareilly seat 8 times, Pilibhit had been Maneka-Varun Gandhi’s stronghold for more than 3 decades.

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Updated on Apr 08, 2024 08:54 AM IST

ByPawan Dixit, Lucknow

Modi’s first poll rally as PM in Pilibhit on April 9

The constituency will go to polls on April 19 without either Maneka or son Varun Gandhi as a candidate for the first time in 35 years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a road show for Ghaziabad candidate Atul Garg ahead of Lok Sabha election on Ambedkar Road in Ghaziabad. (HT)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByUmesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow

‘My relationship with Pilibhit cannot end’: Varun Gandhi pens emotional letter

Varun Gandhi, 44, who represented the Pilbhit constituency twice in the Lok Sabha, was replaced by Uttar Pradesh state minister Jitin Prasada in the BJP’s fifth list of candidates released on Sunday

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi (File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 28, 2024 04:06 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Varun Gandhi's first reaction after BJP snub from Pilibhit: ‘If not as an MP…’

The Pilibhit seat has remained with Maneka Gandhi or her son Varun Gandhi since 1996. Varun Gandhi won the seat in 2009 and 2019 as a BJP candidate.

The BJP has denied Varun Gandhi a ticket from Pilibhit. (File)

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Published on Mar 28, 2024 11:45 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Evening briefing: Congress leader's open offer to Varun Gandhi

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BJP MP Varun Gandhi. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 26, 2024 06:28 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Suspense over BJP’s ticket to Varun, even as SP sends feelers

The announcement by Varun Gandhi’s supporters that he will contest the Lok Sabha election from Pilibhit seat as an independent candidate if the BJP denies him ticket has caused unease in the BJP camp. However, a close aide of Varun Gandhi working in Pilibhit constituency said the seat would remain within the family and the BJP would give ticket to Varun or his mother Maneka Gandhi.

Varun Gandhi has been in the limelight for raising the issues of farmers, unemployment and youths, going against the party line. (HT FILE)

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Updated on Mar 21, 2024 06:10 AM IST

ByRajesh Kumar Singh

Delhi-based conman, aide held for impersonating officials & defrauding bizmen & politicians

The conman frequently posed as an IAS officer, PCS officer, vice-chancellor of a private varsity in Delhi, and even the CM’s security officer.

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Published on Oct 15, 2023 07:24 PM 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

UP woman kills husband, chops body into pieces, throws them in canal

Woman kills husband, chops body into pieces, throws them into canal in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit.

The police have taken a woman into custody for allegedly killing her husband in Pilibhit. (Representative image)

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Published on Jul 28, 2023 08:09 PM IST

ByYagya Sharma

Tiger spotted taking a stroll in a field in UP’s Pilibhit. Watch

A video from Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit shows a tiger and a farmer casually going about their activities in close proximity. The video has gone viral on Twitter.

Tiger strolling in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit.(Twitter/@captrajlakhani)

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Published on Jul 16, 2023 04:18 PM IST

ByArfa Javaid

Key aide among 4 held for harbouring pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal

In-charge of a ‘dera’ in UP’s Pilibhit, Joga Singh provided shelter and vehicles to fugitive pro-Khalistan leader and also brought him back to Punjab, say police

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Updated on Apr 16, 2023 12:26 AM IST

ByAnil Sharma, Harpreet Kaur

Har Ghar Nal Yojana: Half the families in 22 rural U.P. dists get tap water, says govt

Till Tuesday, tap connections were provided to 99,16,379 families in U.P. under the Har Ghar Nal Yojana

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:09 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Dalit girl, who was gangraped and set on fire in UP's Pilibhit, dies in Lucknow

After allegedly gang-raping the 16-year-old girl, they poured diesel on her and set her on fire in a bid to kill her in Madhav Tanda area on September 7.

The girl was rushed to a hospital with severe burn injuries.(Pic for representational purpose only)

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Updated on Sep 19, 2022 05:11 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Written by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi

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The finding came during investigation by Pilibhit police and other security agencies, including UP anti-terror squad (ATS) and National Investigation Agency (NIA), the officials added. The three KZF militants were gunned down in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit on December 23.

A Haryana youth based in England had called two Pilibhit youths on Dec 20 to arrange a hotel room for the three alleged militants gunned down in the encounter, says official

Two locals taken into custody revealed that the trio reached Pilibhit with the help of a bus operator who runs a daily bus service from Lakhimpur Kheri to Amritsar

In June, the UP Police had sounded an alert in Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Budaun, after posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who led the Khalistan movement, and other separatists, were put up outside gurudwaras in Pilibhit and Bareilly, said a police official

As many as eight people were killed in Kannauj, six each in Pilibhit and Chitrakoot, and three each in Lucknow and Mahoba.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed the concerned authorities to provide the best possible treatment to those injured and expressed condolences over the deaths

In a video, the woman alleged that the in-charge of Amaria police station, Braj Veer Singh, asked her to die when questioned about the progress in the case she had lodged against one of her neighbours.

Mother accuses husband's brother & others of forcibly marrying off minor daughter in mass marriage scheme for gifts. Police investigating the case.

Seven-year-old boy dies from food poisoning in Pilibhit, 5 family members fall ill after consuming noodles and rice. Boy's condition critical, others under treatment.

The police said that a preliminary investigation suggested that the mishap took place as the driver fell asleep at the wheel and lost control

Supporters of BSP candidate Anis Ahmed Khan are raising the “local versus outsider” issue terming the BJP and SP candidates as outsiders who will leave the constituency once the election is over

BJP’s Pilibhit unit leaders said party MP from Sultanpur, Maneka Gandhi, and MP from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi were not on the list of star campaigners.

Pilibhit is going to the polls in the first phase on April 19 and Akhilesh is launching the campaign from this seat that the SP has never won

UP CM says Congress party’s ‘devious tactics’ led to country’s unfortunate partition while praising the PM for opening the Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate the Sikhs’ visit to Guru Nanak Dev’s birthplace in Pakistan.

PM Modi in Chennai: Narendra Modi is slated to hold a roadshow in Tamil Nadu's South Chennai and Central Chennai on Tuesday evening.

Santosh Gangwar has won Bareilly seat 8 times, Pilibhit had been Maneka-Varun Gandhi’s stronghold for more than 3 decades.

Santosh Gangwar has won Bareilly seat 8 times, Pilibhit had been Maneka-Varun Gandhi’s stronghold for more than 3 decades.

The constituency will go to polls on April 19 without either Maneka or son Varun Gandhi as a candidate for the first time in 35 years.

Varun Gandhi, 44, who represented the Pilbhit constituency twice in the Lok Sabha, was replaced by Uttar Pradesh state minister Jitin Prasada in the BJP’s fifth list of candidates released on Sunday

The Pilibhit seat has remained with Maneka Gandhi or her son Varun Gandhi since 1996. Varun Gandhi won the seat in 2009 and 2019 as a BJP candidate.

A shortlist of the biggest headlines, recommended stories, and a special collection of news items you should check out.

The conman frequently posed as an IAS officer, PCS officer, vice-chancellor of a private varsity in Delhi, and even the CM’s security officer.

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

Woman kills husband, chops body into pieces, throws them into canal in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit.

A video from Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit shows a tiger and a farmer casually going about their activities in close proximity. The video has gone viral on Twitter.

In-charge of a ‘dera’ in UP’s Pilibhit, Joga Singh provided shelter and vehicles to fugitive pro-Khalistan leader and also brought him back to Punjab, say police

Till Tuesday, tap connections were provided to 99,16,379 families in U.P. under the Har Ghar Nal Yojana

After allegedly gang-raping the 16-year-old girl, they poured diesel on her and set her on fire in a bid to kill her in Madhav Tanda area on September 7.

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