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"Masood Azhar's Kin": Yogi Adityanath's Dig At UP Congress Candidate
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath -- who launched the BJP's election campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a rally in Saharanpur -- generated controversy today by linking the Congress candidate to Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar. Congress's Imran Masood, an influential leader from the area, is up against the BJP's sitting lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal in Sahara...
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Saharanpur's Rajputs Warn The BJP: Give Us Justice, Or Lose Our Votes
The violence has uncovered the BJP's dilemma - while Rajputs constitute a loyal base, the party cannot afford to antagonise Dalits, whose increasing support played a key role in delivering a massive mandate to the party.
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Saharanpur Remains Tense Post Caste Clashes, UP Police Chief Takes Stock
As the situation in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur continues to be tense, UP police chief Sulkhan Singh will visit the district after clashes between Dalits and upper castes on Friday left one person dead and over 20 injured. This was the second big caste clash in the district in a fortnight.
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Was Invited, Says BJP Lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal On Controversial UP Yatra. A Fact Check
The town of Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh is still tense after a near-riot broke out last week, over a yatra or procession taken out by BJP member of Parliament Raghav Lakhanpal. Six people were injured in clashes during the march, meant to be held in recognition of Dr BR Ambedkar and which violated police orders by entering a Muslim-dominate...
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Tucked In Biggest Reshuffle, Yogi Adityanath's Solution To Cop-Lawmaker Row
Carrying out his biggest bureaucratic reshuffle over the last five weeks, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered transfers of nearly 140 officials bringing in new faces to take charge as collectors and police chiefs in over two dozen of the state's 75 districts.
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'Apologise, Why?' BJP Lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal Accused Of Rioting In UP's Saharanpur Defiant
A BJP MP charged with leading a procession without permission - which resulted in a riot-like situation in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur - and then targeting a senior police officer's home with a mob, is unrepentant. "Apologise for what?" a defiant Raghav Lakhanpal told NDTV.
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'SSP Naalayak, Will Be Removed': BJP Lawmaker Named In Saharanpur Cases
Over a 100 armed policemen have been deployed to keep peace in the Saharanpur village where two groups clashed on Thursday after one, backed by BJP lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal, tried to forcibly take out a procession to mark Ambedkar Jayanti. Such processions have been banned for years in the locality because it could lead to violence. It did, forcin...
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Saharanpur Violence: 2 Cases Against BJP Lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal
Two cases have been registered against the BJP's Lok Sabha member Raghav Lakhanpal and a dozen others for a clash between two communities in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on Thursday, allegedly after a group of people close to the lawmaker insisted on taking out a procession to mark Ambedkar Jayanti this year that has been banned for years to keep pea...
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Saharanpur MP, Police Officer Injured In Stone-Pelting Between 2 Communities In Uttar Pradesh
Several people, including a local lawmaker and a senior police officer, were today injured allegedly in stone-pelting by two communities when a clash erupted between them during a rally to mark Ambedkar Jayanti in Janakpuri, police said.
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Saharanpur Clashes: Probe Report Names BJP Lawmaker, Blame-Game Begins
A five-member committee set up to look into the communal clashes that rocked Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur last month has named BJP Member of Parliament Raghav Lakhanpal as a key accused. The report, submitted to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, also blames local police officials for their slow response to the clashes.
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"Masood Azhar's Kin": Yogi Adityanath's Dig At UP Congress Candidate
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath -- who launched the BJP's election campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a rally in Saharanpur -- generated controversy today by linking the Congress candidate to Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar. Congress's Imran Masood, an influential leader from the area, is up against the BJP's sitting lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal in Sahara...
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Saharanpur's Rajputs Warn The BJP: Give Us Justice, Or Lose Our Votes
The violence has uncovered the BJP's dilemma - while Rajputs constitute a loyal base, the party cannot afford to antagonise Dalits, whose increasing support played a key role in delivering a massive mandate to the party.
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Saharanpur Remains Tense Post Caste Clashes, UP Police Chief Takes Stock
As the situation in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur continues to be tense, UP police chief Sulkhan Singh will visit the district after clashes between Dalits and upper castes on Friday left one person dead and over 20 injured. This was the second big caste clash in the district in a fortnight.
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Was Invited, Says BJP Lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal On Controversial UP Yatra. A Fact Check
The town of Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh is still tense after a near-riot broke out last week, over a yatra or procession taken out by BJP member of Parliament Raghav Lakhanpal. Six people were injured in clashes during the march, meant to be held in recognition of Dr BR Ambedkar and which violated police orders by entering a Muslim-dominate...
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Tucked In Biggest Reshuffle, Yogi Adityanath's Solution To Cop-Lawmaker Row
Carrying out his biggest bureaucratic reshuffle over the last five weeks, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered transfers of nearly 140 officials bringing in new faces to take charge as collectors and police chiefs in over two dozen of the state's 75 districts.
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'Apologise, Why?' BJP Lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal Accused Of Rioting In UP's Saharanpur Defiant
A BJP MP charged with leading a procession without permission - which resulted in a riot-like situation in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur - and then targeting a senior police officer's home with a mob, is unrepentant. "Apologise for what?" a defiant Raghav Lakhanpal told NDTV.
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'SSP Naalayak, Will Be Removed': BJP Lawmaker Named In Saharanpur Cases
Over a 100 armed policemen have been deployed to keep peace in the Saharanpur village where two groups clashed on Thursday after one, backed by BJP lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal, tried to forcibly take out a procession to mark Ambedkar Jayanti. Such processions have been banned for years in the locality because it could lead to violence. It did, forcin...
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Saharanpur Violence: 2 Cases Against BJP Lawmaker Raghav Lakhanpal
Two cases have been registered against the BJP's Lok Sabha member Raghav Lakhanpal and a dozen others for a clash between two communities in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur on Thursday, allegedly after a group of people close to the lawmaker insisted on taking out a procession to mark Ambedkar Jayanti this year that has been banned for years to keep pea...
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Saharanpur MP, Police Officer Injured In Stone-Pelting Between 2 Communities In Uttar Pradesh
Several people, including a local lawmaker and a senior police officer, were today injured allegedly in stone-pelting by two communities when a clash erupted between them during a rally to mark Ambedkar Jayanti in Janakpuri, police said.
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Saharanpur Clashes: Probe Report Names BJP Lawmaker, Blame-Game Begins
A five-member committee set up to look into the communal clashes that rocked Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur last month has named BJP Member of Parliament Raghav Lakhanpal as a key accused. The report, submitted to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, also blames local police officials for their slow response to the clashes.
