On Thursday, a house guard in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, was seen taking a woman’s x-ray at a public hospital. The woman is being directed by the guard as another uniformed official observes in the video, which has gone viral on social media. The home guard places a woman’s chin on the Continue Reading
Siddique Kappan, a Kerala-born journalist who was detained in Uttar Pradesh more than two years ago while covering the alleged rape of a young woman whose death caused widespread demonstrations, was today released from custody. More than a month after he was granted bail in the two charges against him, a special court in Lucknow […]Continue Reading
Brijlal Khabri, the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress, announced the beginning of the regional Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday at Ravindralaya Charbagh and praised previous party chief Rahul Gandhi for his leadership. Nakul Dubey, the chairman of the party, accompanied Khabri. The yatra was started to assist Mr. Gandhi’s India-wide foot march. According to a Continue Reading
In a state highways bus, a woman gave birth to a boy, and the bus driver then drove the mother and the child to a hospital for care. “We were moving from Delhi to Chhibramau (in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district) when a passenger developed labour pain and gave birth,” co-driver of the bus Alok Kumar […]Continue Reading
After a preliminary investigation by the district administration into the incident revealed mistakes on the part of the hospital administration, a private hospital in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, where a dengue patient died after allegedly receiving fruit juice instead of blood platelets during a transfusion, has been closed. The patient’s family has urged the state Continue Reading
A 16-year-old boy lost his life when an LED TV burst at his home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Three people were hurt: his mother, sister-in-law, and a friend. According to the authorities, the explosion was so powerful that concrete slabs and a section of the wall fell, creating panic among the neighbours. Omendra, the teen, […]Continue Reading
After two days of sporadic rain, people could be seen carrying their motorbikes through knee-deep water on the streets of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Due to clogged sewers, rainwater has also infiltrated homes, schools, and office buildings mixed with sewage. Drivers honked continuously as they passed through the water since stopping may cause snags in […]Continue Reading
More than 200 people have been arrested in six districts across Uttar Pradesh in connection with recent remarks about Prophet Muhammad made by a now-suspended BJP leader. In Prayagraj, 68 people were arrested, while in Hathras, 50 people were taken into custody. Saharanpur had 48 arrests, followed by Ambedkarnagar with 28 arrests, Moradabad with 25 […]Continue Reading
Protests erupt in Delhi and Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in response to remarks made about the Prophet
Huge protests erupted in Delhi and Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday in response to remarks made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her former colleague Naveen Kumar Jindal, who have yet to be arrested weeks after stoking a firestorm with remarks about Prophet Muhammad. Following Friday prayers, protests broke out outside the Jama Masjid, […]Continue Reading
In Uttar Pradesh, a major train accident was averted due to the timely intervention of a 70-year-old woman. The incident took place near the Kusba railway station, about 20 km from the district headquarters in Etah. A woman named Omvati, who found the railway tracks broken, pulled off her red sari and tied it at […]Continue Reading