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Uttar Pradesh

Media

Uttar Pradesh: Five journalists arrested for spreading fake news, booked under Gangster Act

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2019

The five journalists who were booked are Sushil Pandit, Udit Goel, Raman Thakur, who are from Gautam Budh Nagar, Chandan Rai from Sahibabad and Nitish Pandey from Lucknow.

Politics

Samajwadi Party dissolves its state and district units, removes everyone from their posts except Naresh Uttam Patel

OpIndia Staff - 23 August, 2019

Samajwadi Party dissolves its UP state executive, removes everyone from post except Naresh Uttam Patel.

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Criminal surrenders as he fears UP police might do an encounter, says wont repeat his crimes

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2019

According to Police, he was involved in looting and theft and a case of gang rape was also registered against him.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 150 first-year medical students forced to tonsure their heads in the name of ragging

OpIndia Staff - 21 August, 2019

A group of 150 first-year MBBS students studying at Saifai Medical College in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh were forced to tonsure their heads and salute their seniors in the name of ragging.

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 22-year-old Sayeeda burnt to death by husband and in-laws for complaining against Triple Talaq

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2019

Ramzan Khan, the father of the victim has alleged that his son-in-law Nafees (26), who worked in Mumbai had pronounced triple talaq to Sayeeda over the phone.

Media

Habitual offender Prashant Kanojia shares news from Akhilesh era to stoke caste tensions, blame Yogi govt of caring about temples but not Dalit girls

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2019

Controversial journalist Prashant Kanojia tweeted the screenshot of a news report from 2015 in an effort to stoke caste tensions and malign the Yogi government

News Reports

Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh bans offering namaz on the roads across the state

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2019

The Uttar Pradesh administration for all this while has been quite stringent, forbidding all religious events including namaz, on roads in various parts of the state.

News Reports