Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh: A controversy erupted at the Sarvodaya Inter College examination center in Jaunpur during the UP Board High School exams when four Muslim girl students refused to remove their hijabs and were denied entry into the examination hall. The incident took place on Monday during the first shift of the Class 10 Hindi...
Authorities Cite Noise Pollution, Imam Calls Azan from Rooftop Amid Rising Tensions UP, India: Sambhal police on Saturday removed loudspeakers from the 16th-century Shahi Jama Masjid, citing noise pollution concerns, prompting the mosque’s imam, Mohd Haji Raees, to deliver the Azan from the rooftop where the loudspeakers were previously installed. A video of the Imam...
A tragic stampede during a religious congregation in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, has resulted in the loss of 121 lives marking one of the deadliest such incidents in recent years. The incident occurred on Tuesday during a ‘satsang’ near Phulrai village in the Sikandrarau area, led by religious preacher Bhole Baba. Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of chaos...
By – Samya Nabi A horrifying video depicting a brutal attack has spread shock and criticism after surfacing on social media. The incident reportedly took place on a busy street in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, late at night, leaving viewers horrified. According to sources from X, the accused in the video has been identified as Rinku,...
In the evening hours of May 3, an Islamic scholar and preacher Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui walked out from jail after serving 590 days. Earlier he was granted bail on April 5, 2023 by the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court. The double bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Saroj Yadav passed this order on...
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav questioned the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh over killing of mafia-turned-politician Atique Ahmed. Targeting Uttar Pradesh police, Yadav said that crime “had reached its peak in the state” and “morale of the criminals is high.” Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav...
The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to a renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui who has been arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on the charges of running an alleged mass religious conversion racket in September, 2021. The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Saroj Yadav passed this order today on...
Uttar Pradesh police has filed an FIR against a woman in Lucknow who was seen repeatedly hitting and punching a cab driver at a traffic crossing in the city. The dramatic spectacle was caught on video by which soon began trending on social media with the hashtag “ArrestLucknowGirl”. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Central (Lucknow),...
Shahnaz Islam Remember, rape has no caste, religion or identity; ‘it is an act of hysteria’, a madness and an act against any sane society. A frenzied attack or bouts of insanity; “rape is rape”! Every 16 minutes one rape is crafted in India. A woman or a child…they are all prey of the rape...