LUCKNOW: As many as 835 cases were registered in the state till July 31 under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act since its inception in 2020. A total of 1,682 people were arrested in these cases.The commissionerate of Ghaziabad and the districts of Ambedkarnagar, Bhadohi, Saharanpur, and Shahjahanpur have taken maximum…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh police arrested Wednesday two men after charging them under the state’s anti-conversion law for allegedly offering a villager in Ambedkar Nagar and his friends Rs 10,000 each and promising to build them houses if they converted to Christianity.Police said the accused G Raju and Ram Avadh Nishad were taken into custody following…
NEW DELHI: A woman riding pillion on a bike was harassed by a group of men on a flooded road in Uttar Pradesh‘s Lucknow, a viral video showed.The video, shared by news agency IANS, showed a man and a woman trying to cross a waterlogged road under the Taj Hotel Bridge in Lucknow. In the…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday passed a bill to amend an anti-conversion law, making punishments harsher for those found guilty.Yogi Adiyanath-led state government passed an amendment to the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act in the assembly — the bill that parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna introduced on Monday.The anti-conversion…
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court overturned the Ghazipur court’s decision that sentenced Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari to four years in prison under the Gangsters Act in connection with the 2005 murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.As a result of the high court’s ruling in favor of Ansari’s appeal against his conviction, he can…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday extended its interim order, maintaining a stay on directives from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh state governments, that required eateries along the kanwar yatra route to display the names of their owners outside their shops.“We’ve said what was needed to be said in our July 22 order….
The US state department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, addressed the issue of “nameplates in Kanwar Yatra” on Thursday, alleging that the Supreme Court’s order was not currently in effect. Responding to a question by a Pakistani journalist, Miller said that the US was aware of the reports.“We have seen those reports. We have also seen reports…
Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi took a dig at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday.Recalling their separation in 2001 when Manjhi formed his own party, and Nitish expressed doubts about his ability to lead it successfully, he said, “I want to thank Nitish Kumar ji, when we separated in 2015 and formed the party he…
HARIDWAR: Uttarakhand authorities have mandated that shop owners along the kanwar yatra route display nameplates with their details. The directive, following a similar order in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, aims to “prevent any law and order issues” during the yatra, officials said.Backing the directive, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami cited “past instances of shop owners using fake…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday strongly opposed the police advisory to display the names of eatery owners along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh and accused it of being against the Constitution.In a social media post on X, Priyanka said, “Creating division in society on the basis of caste and…
