Moradabad

Two arrested for bank fraud

6:52 pm January 18, 2021

New Delhi: Two men were arrested in connection with a case of bank fraud in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh, police said on Monday. The accused Anurag (22) and his accomplice Anil Kumar (29) used to steal cheques from different banks and forge names and account number on them in order to get money credited into […]

UP ‘love jihad’ law completes one month; 35 arrests, dozen FIRs

12:46 pm December 26, 2020

Lucknow: Having apprehended about 35 people so far, the Uttar Pradesh police have made more than one arrest a day since the controversial anti-conversion ordinance came into effect a month ago. Meanwhile, nearly a dozen FIRs have been lodged since the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, was notified on November 27. Eight […]

2 held under anti-conversion law released

2:35 pm December 19, 2020

Moradabad: Two brothers who were arrested earlier this month under the anti-conversion law were released on Saturday following an order by an Uttar Pradesh court. The Muslim man and his brother were arrested on December 4 after they visited the registrar’s office in Moradabad to record his marriage to a Hindu woman, whose family filed a complaint. A video purportedly showed Bajrang […]

Parts of Uttar Pradesh receive very light rains

7:22 pm November 26, 2020

Lucknow: Very light rains occurred at isolated places over western districts of Uttar Pradesh, while the weather remained dry over eastern parts with shallow to moderate fog at isolated places in the past 24 hours, the MeT office here said. There was no large change in maximum temperatures in Uttar Pradesh. The maximum temperature remained […]

Man arrested for killing contractor over payment dispute

7:55 pm October 26, 2020

New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing a labour contractor following a dispute over payment in north Delhi’s Burari area, police said on Monday. The accused was identified as Salman, a resident of Naya Gaon, Moradabad in UP, they said. Salman claimed that Sameer Malik (27), the deceased, had not paid him for his labour from the last two months […]