A video of a teacher at Neha Public School in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar encouraging Hindu kids to slap a Muslim kid went viral, with many demanding action against the teacher who was identified as Tripta Tyagi.
A 28-year-old youth, Shoaib, carrying his young daughter on his shoulders was shot in the head by armed miscreants on a motorcycle in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur on 13 August.
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested 74 Rohingya refugees on Monday morning in raids on refugee camps in the districts of Mathura, Aligarh, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, and Saharanpur.
Mannu Awasthi, a journalist in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district was injured in a suspected shooting incident on Saturday night. The shooting comes three months after he said he was being threatened by members of the land mafia.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday claimed the BJP did not succeed in the recent urban local body elections in UP despite its efforts to "manipulate" the polls, except for the Mayor's posts.