Uttar Pradesh police

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FIRs against 10 people for anomaly in paddy purchase

8:01 pm October 22, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered separate FIRs against 10 people, including eight paddy purchase centre in-charges, for anomalies in paddy purchase, an official spokesman said on Thursday. The action has been taken after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to send all those to jail who are found involved in such activities at […]

Hathras case: HC summons top officials; Rahul, Priyanka detained by UP cops

10:29 pm October 1, 2020

Noida: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday sent out summons to top Uttar Pradesh officials over the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman while the Congress staged a dramatic protest, leading to the detention of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by UP police. The two leaders were detained in Greater Noida, just outside Delhi, when they insisted on marching to Hathras to meet the family of […]

Hathras case: Presence of semen on victim’s body not essential for prosecution in rape, experts

10:17 pm October 1, 2020

New Delhi: Legal experts Thursday debunked the theory propounded by the Uttar Pradesh Police that absence of semen from the body of Hathras victim suggested that she was not raped, saying presence of sperm cannot be an essential ingredient to prove the crime. Senior advocates Rebecca John and Vikas Pahwa told PTI that absence of semen […]

Journalist shot dead in UP

11:26 pm August 24, 2020

Ballia (UP): A journalist working with a Hindi news channel was on Monday night shot dead in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, police said. He has been identified as Ratan Singh (45), they said. “Ratan Singh, a journalist working with a Hindi news channel was shot dead on Monday night in Phephana. He has been […]

Over 1,200 people without masks fined in Noida, Greater Noida

UP bus hijack mastermind held after encounter with police, NSA to be slapped

8:25 pm August 20, 2020

Agra/Firozabad: The alleged mastermind behind the hijacking of a bus with 34 passengers on board was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police following an encounter in Firozabad district on Thursday, officials said. Agra Senior Superintendent of Police Babloo Kumar said the police will invoke the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Pradeep Gupta alias Gudda for the “sensational and audacious” act once the case is […]