Violence In Ghaziabad

Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina - who resigned as Prime Minister this evening in the face of violent protests - landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad Monday evening, en route to London.

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot landed in Delhi this morning and set out for Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur by road straight from the airport, sources close to him said.

Sixty-five people were arrested and 350, including a former legislator, have been charged for allegedly spreading violence over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), police said on Saturday.

Three policemen posted at the Kavi Nagar police station in Ghaziabad were suspended on Thursday for allegedly thrashing a couple, officials said.

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...

About a dozen people, including policemen, were injured in Ghaziabad today when police used force to free a plot from encroachment, officials said.

An agitation by lawyers in Meerut demanding the setting up of a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh turned violent on Wednesday when civil administration employees confronted them.

When Akhilesh Yadav took charge as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh six months ago, he promised to act tough against communal forces in the state. In these six months, the state saw six major riots. In Bareilly district, some localities were under curfew for days. In Ghaziabad, the most recent, six people died in police firing after a mob turned...

Irate community members set fire to a police station in Masuri town of Ghaziabad district tonight, after the Holy Quran, with its pages splashed with abusive graffiti, was discovered, police said.

A Dalit man was allegedly lynched by eight men in Ghaziabad, UP after they suspected he was taking an animal for slaughtering. Police said they were taking along a cow with them.The incident took place on late Sunday night when Surender was returning home with his wife and daughter. The men surrounded him and first questioned him but not being sati...

For years, they have been living in homes that the government now says have been illegally constructed.

The National Highway number 24 in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh became the scene of violent clashes between police and a mob on Saturday morning.

Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina - who resigned as Prime Minister this evening in the face of violent protests - landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad Monday evening, en route to London.

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot landed in Delhi this morning and set out for Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur by road straight from the airport, sources close to him said.

Sixty-five people were arrested and 350, including a former legislator, have been charged for allegedly spreading violence over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), police said on Saturday.

Three policemen posted at the Kavi Nagar police station in Ghaziabad were suspended on Thursday for allegedly thrashing a couple, officials said.

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...

About a dozen people, including policemen, were injured in Ghaziabad today when police used force to free a plot from encroachment, officials said.

An agitation by lawyers in Meerut demanding the setting up of a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh turned violent on Wednesday when civil administration employees confronted them.

When Akhilesh Yadav took charge as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh six months ago, he promised to act tough against communal forces in the state. In these six months, the state saw six major riots. In Bareilly district, some localities were under curfew for days. In Ghaziabad, the most recent, six people died in police firing after a mob turned...

Irate community members set fire to a police station in Masuri town of Ghaziabad district tonight, after the Holy Quran, with its pages splashed with abusive graffiti, was discovered, police said.

A Dalit man was allegedly lynched by eight men in Ghaziabad, UP after they suspected he was taking an animal for slaughtering. Police said they were taking along a cow with them.The incident took place on late Sunday night when Surender was returning home with his wife and daughter. The men surrounded him and first questioned him but not being sati...

For years, they have been living in homes that the government now says have been illegally constructed.

The National Highway number 24 in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh became the scene of violent clashes between police and a mob on Saturday morning.