Shahjahanpur

Farmers’ R-Day tractor parade: Tableaux to depict protest against agri laws

7:16 pm January 24, 2021

New Delhi: The Republic Day tractor parade by agitating farmers will feature a number of tableaux from across states depicting village life, the protest against the Centre’s contentious farm laws, and hailing their courage, according to organisers. A farmer leader told PTI that directions were issued to all organisations participating in the protest to prepare tableaux for […]

VHP activists burn effigies of Tandav’ director

9:04 pm January 19, 2021

Shahjahanpur (UP): Activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday burnt effigies of Tandav webseries director and demanded that the National Security Act be invoked against him for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in an objectionable manner. Amazon Prime Video’s starry political saga Tandav landed in a controversy for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of […]

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

Body of newborn found on roadside in UP

4:04 pm January 19, 2021

Shahjahanpur (UP): The body of a newborn was found on the roadside in Puvayan township here, police said on Tuesday. Villagers saw the body of a girl child near Nakkhasa village on the Shahjahanpur-Palia road on Monday with stray dogs scratching it, and informed the police, SP (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpai said. It appeared that the […]

Tandav row: FIRs registered in UP against director, actors, Amazon India’s content head

11:43 pm January 18, 2021

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police has booked the makers of web series Tandav, actors Saif Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub and Amazon India’s content head over the alleged derogatory depiction of Hindu gods, with an aide of the chief minister warning them of serious legal repercussions. An FIR was lodged at Hazratganj police station against the Amazon’s India head of original content, Aparna Purohit, series director Ali Abbas, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, and […]

Agri laws akin to ‘death warrant’, says farmer leader

8:25 pm January 16, 2021

Shahjahanpur: Farmer leader Poonam Pandit here on Saturday described the agriculture laws enacted by the Centre as a “death warrant” and urged farmers to reach Delhi on January 26. The farmer leader said this addressing a “Kisan Mahapanchayat” in the Banda area of Shahjahanpur, which according to police was held without permission and amid the imposition of prohibitory orders. ”If you want […]