Uttar Pradesh

CBI takes over ITBP fake appointment letters case

7:45 pm March 1, 2021

New Delhi: The CBI has taken over investigation in ITBP recruitment scam in which 24 unsuccessful candidates from across the country were conned with fake appointment letters to join the force, officials said. These candidates had appeared in the examination for the post of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) constables in 2014-15 and 2016 but could […]

Delhi: Nine-year-old girl killed with iron rod, four held

11:52 pm February 26, 2021

New Delhi: Aman and his three associates were arrested on Friday for allegedly abducting and killing a nine-year-old girl with an iron rod, police said. Johnny alias Shiva, who is a driver by profession, and his associates Naresh, Kailash and Tarun were arrested from Modinagar in Uttar Pradesh and the minor’s body was recovered from […]

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Maha: Wanted accused from UP nabbed in Thane city

10:05 pm February 26, 2021

Thane: A notorious criminal from Uttar Pradesh, who was wanted in a case of dacoity, was nabbed after a manhunt of over a year from Maharashtra’s Thane city, police said on Friday. Based on a tip-off, teams from the city crime branch and the Uttar Pradesh police laid a trap in Naupada area and nabbed […]

Eight new COVID-19 cases in Noida

11:34 pm February 25, 2021

Noida: Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded eight fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday that pushed the district’s infection tally to 25,504, official data showed. The active cases in the district rose to 65 from 59 the previous day, according to the data released by the state health department. Another two patients were discharged after recovering from the […]

UP Assembly passes bill on religious conversion amid din

11:39 pm February 24, 2021

Lucknow: Amid protests by the Opposition, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill aimed at curbing religious conversions by fraudulent or any other undue means, including through marriage. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2021 seeks to replace the ordinance promulgated in November last year […]