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Uttar Pradesh MP Cleared Of Rape Year After Woman Set Herself On Fire
Uttar Pradesh parliamentarian Atul Rai, in jail since 2019, was today acquitted of a rape charge by a court in Varanasi. He will however not be released from prison because of other pending cases against him.
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Varanasi Jail Official Held Hostage for 7 Hours Over 'Poor Quality' Food
The superintendent of the district jail was taken hostage while as its inmates today clashed with staff and took control of a section of the prison barracks.
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Violence In Varanasi Prison, Inmates Attack Officials
At least a dozen people suffered injuries in a jail riot in Varanasi when inmates attacked prison guards on Saturday and held hostage two senior jail officials, police said.
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Varanasi Jail Inmate Bags IGNOU Gold Medal
In a first, a 23-year-old prisoner lodged in Varanasi central jail has been awarded a gold medal by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for topping in Diploma in Tourism Studies (DTS).
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Truth vs Hype: The Battle for Benares (Part I: Shadow of the Don)
In the narrow bylanes of Bajardiha, one of Benares' many dense Muslim pockets, there is an intense debate brewing. In the 2009 elections, they, like most of the city's approximately three lakh Muslims, voted overwhelmingly for mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, despite the fact that Mr Ansari was in prison facing a number of serious charges including murder...
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Mukhtar Ansari not to contest against Narendra Modi to 'avoid division of votes'
Mukhtar Ansari, who heads the Quami Ekta Dal and is in prison, has withdrawn as a candidate in Varanasi, the Uttar Pradesh constituency from where Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, is contesting the general election.
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Uttar Pradesh MP Cleared Of Rape Year After Woman Set Herself On Fire
Uttar Pradesh parliamentarian Atul Rai, in jail since 2019, was today acquitted of a rape charge by a court in Varanasi. He will however not be released from prison because of other pending cases against him.
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Varanasi Jail Official Held Hostage for 7 Hours Over 'Poor Quality' Food
The superintendent of the district jail was taken hostage while as its inmates today clashed with staff and took control of a section of the prison barracks.
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Violence In Varanasi Prison, Inmates Attack Officials
At least a dozen people suffered injuries in a jail riot in Varanasi when inmates attacked prison guards on Saturday and held hostage two senior jail officials, police said.
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Varanasi Jail Inmate Bags IGNOU Gold Medal
In a first, a 23-year-old prisoner lodged in Varanasi central jail has been awarded a gold medal by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for topping in Diploma in Tourism Studies (DTS).
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Truth vs Hype: The Battle for Benares (Part I: Shadow of the Don)
In the narrow bylanes of Bajardiha, one of Benares' many dense Muslim pockets, there is an intense debate brewing. In the 2009 elections, they, like most of the city's approximately three lakh Muslims, voted overwhelmingly for mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, despite the fact that Mr Ansari was in prison facing a number of serious charges including murder...
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Mukhtar Ansari not to contest against Narendra Modi to 'avoid division of votes'
Mukhtar Ansari, who heads the Quami Ekta Dal and is in prison, has withdrawn as a candidate in Varanasi, the Uttar Pradesh constituency from where Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, is contesting the general election.
