Shikha Salaria

Ayodhya police have booked local BJP leader's son as juvenile on basis of Class 5 mark sheet, it is learnt. Family allege cops refused to file FIR at first and main accused is an adult.

In Lucknow on the 2nd day of the ‘Gau Dhvaj Sthapna Bharat Yatra’, Jyotirmath shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand says the BJP has a dual character, the yatra was stopped in Nagaland.

In a post on Wednesday night, Awasthi slams those tarnishing his image. Earlier, retired IPS officer Amitabh Thakur wrote to CM urging high-level probe into the alleged theft.

Student leaders say the investigating committee is biased against them and members of active organisations on campus are being targeted.

In letter to senior officers, UP DGP has issued 16 guidelines to be followed in encounter cases. Opposition has alleged that latest encounters in Sultanpur & Bahraich were fake.

Govt order says these officers will now have to mention about increase in investment and CD ratio in their districts in the column for self-appraisal in annual confidential report.

District-level committees will now look into 4,191 unrecognised Islamic elementary schools (maktabs). SIT was formed in 2023 to look into charges of foreign funds' misuse by madrasas.

VHP national spokesperson asserts move should be seen in a positive manner. There is no Hindu-Muslim aspect to it, he contends.

The woman, who filed the rape case in Amaria police station in UP's Pilibhit in May, is seen in videos accusing cops of taking Rs 10 lakh bribe from the accused. She died later.

Shiv Kumar Gautam, who was arrested Sunday, was allegedly promised Rs 10 lakh for the murder, besides monthly aid, & communicated with accomplices before & after the crime via Instagram.