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"People Say No One Will Marry Their Sons": Akhilesh Yadav Ally On Agnipath
Urging the protesters to shun violence and get organised so that the government hears them clearly, Rajya Sabha member Jayant Chaudhary said on Friday that the Agnipath scheme will have to be rolled back. "That's the only rational choice."
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Stones Thrown In Agra As Cops, Protesters Clash Over Hathras Incident
Violence broke out briefly in Uttar Pradesh's Agra today afternoon as members of the Valmiki community clashed with police over the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman from the state's Hathras district last month
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No Internet In Parts Of UP, Drones Fly As Cops Brace For Fresh Protests
The Uttar Pradesh government has placed the state on high alert and blacked out Internet connectivity in 21 districts over concerns of further protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act erupting after the Friday prayers.
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Man Arrested For Allegedly Giving "Triple Talaq" To Wife In Agra
The Agra police Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly subjecting his wife to domestic violence and divorcing her by resorting to "triple talaq", a practice declared illegal by the Supreme Court.
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At Agra's Tiranga Rally, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Says Message To "Traitors"
As the administration struggles to hold peace and soothe tempers in Kasganj, more than a 100 Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists attempted to take out another "Tiranga yatra" 100 km away in Agra. The police initially tried to dissuade them because they did not want to take a risk after a similar rally last week shattered the peace in Kasganj. In the co...
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Within Hours, Mob Violence At 2 Police Stations, One In Agra
It was at late at night when a police inspector, heading home after work, was attacked and his motorcycle set on fire on Saturday.
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AAP's Somnath Bharti Can't be Arrested At Least Till Thursday, Rules Court
Wanted in a case of domestic abuse with charges that include attempt to murder, Somnath Bharti, the Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Law Minister of Delhi, has not been located so far by the city police. Offices of his party were searched in Delhi and Agra before a judge ruled that Mr Bharti will not be arrested at least till Thursday.
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Action Against Those Involved in Attacks on Christians: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Government will take strictest possible action against those who indulge in violence against the Christian community, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in New Delhi today.
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Conversions Row in Parliament as BJP's Yogi Adityanath Heads to Aligarh
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.
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Mass Conversion in UP Sparks Outrage in Parliament, Government Asked to Explain
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding the BJP-led government's explanation.
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Protests in Parliament Against 'Mass Conversions', United Opposition Scores Debate
Around 200 people reportedly converted to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, in a ceremony by groups linked to the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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BJP to honour legislators accused of inciting Muzaffarnagar violence at Narendra Modi rally
BJP will honour its legislators accused of inciting communal violence in Muzaffarnagar at a rally to be addressed by Narendra Modi in Agra on Thursday.
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Muzaffarnagar: Trouble within Samajwadi Party as Mulayam defends Akhilesh government
In the midst of a crisis over its alleged mishandling of communal violence that has killed 38 people, the Samajwadi Party's top leaders are meeting in Agra to strategise for the national elections, due by May.
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Farmers' agitation spreads to Agra, villagers set office on fire
The wave of violence at Greater Noida, that saw a bloody farmers' agitation against land acquisition, has now spread to Agra.Irate villagers, protesting against the land acquisition for the Uttar Pradesh government's Yamuna Expressway project, set on fire the construction company Jaypee Group's camp office.The local administration feels that the at...
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Rahul meets Aligarh's agitating farmers, takes Mayawati govt by surprise
Rahul Gandhi took the Mayawati government by surprise when he visited Jikarpur village, the epicentre of the farmers' stir, on Saturday and expressed his solidarity with the agitators in Uttar Pradesh.The AICC general Secretary met the agitating farmers who have been demanding higher compensation for their land acquired by the UP government for the...
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"People Say No One Will Marry Their Sons": Akhilesh Yadav Ally On Agnipath
Urging the protesters to shun violence and get organised so that the government hears them clearly, Rajya Sabha member Jayant Chaudhary said on Friday that the Agnipath scheme will have to be rolled back. "That's the only rational choice."
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Stones Thrown In Agra As Cops, Protesters Clash Over Hathras Incident
Violence broke out briefly in Uttar Pradesh's Agra today afternoon as members of the Valmiki community clashed with police over the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman from the state's Hathras district last month
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No Internet In Parts Of UP, Drones Fly As Cops Brace For Fresh Protests
The Uttar Pradesh government has placed the state on high alert and blacked out Internet connectivity in 21 districts over concerns of further protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act erupting after the Friday prayers.
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Man Arrested For Allegedly Giving "Triple Talaq" To Wife In Agra
The Agra police Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly subjecting his wife to domestic violence and divorcing her by resorting to "triple talaq", a practice declared illegal by the Supreme Court.
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At Agra's Tiranga Rally, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Says Message To "Traitors"
As the administration struggles to hold peace and soothe tempers in Kasganj, more than a 100 Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists attempted to take out another "Tiranga yatra" 100 km away in Agra. The police initially tried to dissuade them because they did not want to take a risk after a similar rally last week shattered the peace in Kasganj. In the co...
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Within Hours, Mob Violence At 2 Police Stations, One In Agra
It was at late at night when a police inspector, heading home after work, was attacked and his motorcycle set on fire on Saturday.
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AAP's Somnath Bharti Can't be Arrested At Least Till Thursday, Rules Court
Wanted in a case of domestic abuse with charges that include attempt to murder, Somnath Bharti, the Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Law Minister of Delhi, has not been located so far by the city police. Offices of his party were searched in Delhi and Agra before a judge ruled that Mr Bharti will not be arrested at least till Thursday.
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Action Against Those Involved in Attacks on Christians: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Government will take strictest possible action against those who indulge in violence against the Christian community, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in New Delhi today.
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Conversions Row in Parliament as BJP's Yogi Adityanath Heads to Aligarh
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.
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Mass Conversion in UP Sparks Outrage in Parliament, Government Asked to Explain
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding the BJP-led government's explanation.
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Protests in Parliament Against 'Mass Conversions', United Opposition Scores Debate
Around 200 people reportedly converted to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, in a ceremony by groups linked to the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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BJP to honour legislators accused of inciting Muzaffarnagar violence at Narendra Modi rally
BJP will honour its legislators accused of inciting communal violence in Muzaffarnagar at a rally to be addressed by Narendra Modi in Agra on Thursday.
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Muzaffarnagar: Trouble within Samajwadi Party as Mulayam defends Akhilesh government
In the midst of a crisis over its alleged mishandling of communal violence that has killed 38 people, the Samajwadi Party's top leaders are meeting in Agra to strategise for the national elections, due by May.
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Farmers' agitation spreads to Agra, villagers set office on fire
The wave of violence at Greater Noida, that saw a bloody farmers' agitation against land acquisition, has now spread to Agra.Irate villagers, protesting against the land acquisition for the Uttar Pradesh government's Yamuna Expressway project, set on fire the construction company Jaypee Group's camp office.The local administration feels that the at...
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Rahul meets Aligarh's agitating farmers, takes Mayawati govt by surprise
Rahul Gandhi took the Mayawati government by surprise when he visited Jikarpur village, the epicentre of the farmers' stir, on Saturday and expressed his solidarity with the agitators in Uttar Pradesh.The AICC general Secretary met the agitating farmers who have been demanding higher compensation for their land acquired by the UP government for the...
