Topic: uttarpradesh
Lakhimpur: Retired HC judge will probe violence, UP to give Rs 45 lakh to victims’ families
This comes after a countrywide protests of farmers and Opposition parties against the violence against farmers.
Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Akhilesh Yadav arrested
Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was arrested by the police from outside his residence in Lucknow
Lovepreet Singh (20), Nachhatar Singh (60) Daljeet Singh (35), Gurwinder Singh (19): Farmers killed in UP
The dead farmers are Lovepreet Singh (20), Nachhatar Singh (60) Daljeet Singh (35) and Gurwinder Singh (19).
UP: Farmer shot dead by son of Union minister, two killed in his car attack, claims SKM
Farmers protesting in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri Sunday were run over by a convoy of vehicles associated with a Union Minister of State Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra. Three farmers have lost their lives in the incident, leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers said.
“Targeted harassment based on religion”; Owaisi slams UP SIT probe against IAS officer
On Wednesday, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi lashed out at the Uttar Pradesh government for initiating a probe against senior IAS officer Mohammad Iftikharuddin.
UP: Student activists protesting Assam police firing booked under Pandemic Act
Uttar Pradesh police filed an FIR under the Epidemic Diseases Act against members of students' organisations for protesting against the police killings of two Muslims including a minor boy in Assam’s Darrang district last week.
