Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan acquitted in hate speech case
May 25, 2023, at 01:06 am
Rampur (UP)/IBNS/UNI: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former cabinet minister Mohammad Azam Khan was on Wednesday acquitted by an MP-MLA court in a three-year-old hate speech case in which he was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a lower court, the defence counsel said.
Love jihad agenda of undeclared terrorism: Yogi Adityanath after watching 'The Kerala Story'
May 13, 2023, at 01:06 am
Lucknow/IBNS: After watching 'The Kerala Story' at a special screening on Friday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that 'love jihad' is an agenda of undeclared terrorism against humanity.
UP: Ex-cop close to Azam arrested in Rampur
May 08, 2023, at 03:01 am
Rampur (UP): A retired policeman was arrested from the Azim Nagar area of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday after a court issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him for not appearing before it, a police officer said here.
SP leader Azam Khan fears assassination like gangster politician Atiq Ahmed
Apr 30, 2023, at 04:48 am
Rampur (UP): Senior leader of Samajwadi Party Azam Khan, who has been disqualified from membership in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly after his conviction in a 2019 hate speech case, on Saturday said he fears being assassinated like gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed.
After Rahul Gandhi, another Lok Sabha MP set to lose parliament membership
Apr 30, 2023, at 03:29 am
Lucknow: Mukhtar Ansari, a jailed gangster-turned-politician, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on Saturday in the 2005 kidnapping and murder case of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, media reports said.
UP Police intensifies search to nab slain gangster Atiq Ahmed's wife Shaista Parveen
Apr 19, 2023, at 02:58 am
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has launched a large-scale search operation to locate Shaista Parveen, the wife of the deceased gangster Atiq Ahmed.
Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf buried in ancestral cemetery with high security
Apr 17, 2023, at 06:57 am
Prayagraj/IBNS: Gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, who were killed on Saturday in a caught on live firing by three gunmen while they were being escorted by police for a medical check-up, were laid to rest in their ancestral Kasari-Masari cemetery in the Chakia region of Prayagraj.
Prayagraj incident: Judicial commission formed to conduct investigation
Apr 17, 2023, at 06:51 am
Prayagraj/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday formed a judicial commission to probe the caught on live killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother while cops were escorting them for a medical examination in Prayagraj.
Shooters confess they killed Atiq, Ashraf to make a mark in the underworld: Report
Apr 16, 2023, at 10:22 pm
Prayagraj: The three shooters, who killed Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed on Saturday night, have been identified as Lovelesh Tiwari, Sunny Singh and Arun Maurya.
Apr 16, 2023, at 09:55 pm
Prayagraj: Internet services were suspended on Sunday to prevent rumours and any untoward incident after Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three assailants posing as media persons on Saturday night.
Atiq killing: Criminals must be punished under 'law of land', says Congress
Apr 16, 2023, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: The Congress on Sunday took a swipe at the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh over the firing incident in Prayagraj saying criminals should be given the harshest punishment, but it should be under the law of the land.
UP: Ghulam Hasan, who was killed with Asad Ahmed, buried
Apr 16, 2023, at 08:13 am
Prayagraj/UNI: Ghulam Hasan, one of the shooters involved in the Umesh Pal murder case and who was killed in an encounter by the Special Task Force, was buried in the a graveyard at Mehndori in Shivkuti area on Prayagraj on Saturday.
Apr 16, 2023, at 07:16 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called a meeting with senior officials of the state police, including the Director General of Police (DGP) and Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), after the shocking on camera killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj by unidentified attackers despite police security.
UP: Atiq, brother shot dead in Prayagraj; Yogi Adityanath calls emergency meeting
Apr 16, 2023, at 06:19 am
Prayagraj/UNI: Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother and former MLA Ashraf were shot dead by unidentified assailants while they were being taken to the Colvin hospital for a regular check-up in police custody on Saturday night, police sources said here.
Gangster Atiq Ahmed gunned down two days after son killed in encounter in UP
Apr 16, 2023, at 04:34 am
Prayagraj (UP): Atiq Ahmed, the Uttar Pradesh gangster politician, and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed on Saturday while on their way to a medical check-up in Uttar Pradesh.
Asad Ahmad encounter: Gangster's son changed 6 cities, 10 SIM cards; UP Police kept track
Apr 14, 2023, at 02:07 am
Lucknow: Asad Ahmed, son of Atiq Ahmed and an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, who was killed in an encounter in Jhansi today, had changed six cities and 10 SIM cards to evade arrest. However, the UP Police had been chasing him and keeping track of his whereabouts, media reported.
Akhilesh Yadav slams UP govt for Atiq Ahmad son's killings, says police held 'fake encounter'
Apr 13, 2023, at 10:58 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has accused the Uttar Pradesh government of conducting a fake encounter to kill the son of jailed gangster politician Atiq Ahmad to divert attention from real issues plaguing the state.
UP MLA Raja Bhaiya files for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty
Apr 13, 2023, at 10:01 pm
Delhi: Uttar Pradesh's Kunda MLA Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya has filed for divorce accusing his wife Bhanvi Kumari of mental cruelty and desertion, media reports said.
Apr 13, 2023, at 07:47 pm
Jhansi/UNI: Asad, son of mafia-turned politician Atique Ahmed, and Ghulam, who were wanted in advocate Umesl Pal murder case in Prayagraj, were killed in an encounter with Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Jhansi, police sources said here.
Atiq Ahmed money laundering case: ED searches various locations in UP
Apr 13, 2023, at 03:17 am
Prayagraj (UP): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is currently conducting searches at over twelve locations in Uttar Pradesh as a part of its investigation into a money laundering case against gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, who is currently serving life imprisonment in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, media reported.
'Mafia now wetting their pants': UP CM Yogi Adityanth days after gangster Atiq Ahmad's sentencing
Apr 09, 2023, at 05:30 am
Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed on Saturday that gangsters who in the past forced people to live in fear with extortion threats and abductions without the slightest regard for the law are now trembling in fear after being punished by the courts, media reported.
Supreme Court rejects Atiq's plea seeking protection during his UP police custody
Mar 28, 2023, at 09:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its order on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea by former MP Atiq Ahmad, seeking protection, saying he is in custody and state machinery would take care of him.
UP: Doctor's minor daughter raped by Instagram friend at hookah bar
Mar 07, 2023, at 02:37 am
Kanpur/IBNS: A man in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl after spiking her cold drink at a hookah bar.
Uttar Pradesh: Three die, 17 injured as bus overturns on Yamuna Expressway
Feb 27, 2023, at 07:46 pm
Mathura: Three persons were killed and 17 others were injured when a double-decker bus overturned after hitting the divider in Surir town of Mathura district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said on Monday.
UP: Key witness in 2005 BSP MLA murder case shot dead, 2 guards injured; CCTV captures attack
Feb 25, 2023, at 06:50 am
Prayagraj/IBNS: A witness in the murder case of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA in Uttar Pradesh was shot dead in Prayagraj on Friday.
Uttar Pradesh: Girl kidnapped in Mahoba
Feb 15, 2023, at 08:29 pm
Mahoba: A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped by four armed miscreants from Kulpahar area of Mahoba district here in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, a police officer said.
Uttar Pradesh: Three die as vehicle hits motorcycle
Feb 13, 2023, at 07:06 pm
Deoria: Three youths died when their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle in Barhaj area of Deoria district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Monday.
Swedish woman flies to India to marry Facebook friend in UP's Etah
Jan 30, 2023, at 12:03 am
Etah/IBNS: The people of Uttar Pradesh’s Etah witnessed the wonderful culmination of a love story as a Swedish woman flew to the city to marry local boy Pawan Kumar in a traditional Hindu ceremony.
Govt committed to protect interests of ex-servicemen: Yogi Adityanath
Jan 21, 2023, at 01:29 am
Ghazipur (UP)/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s double-engine government is committed to the welfare of armed forces personnel.
Jan 05, 2023, at 02:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a big relief for the Uttar Pradesh government ahead of the local polls, the Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court's order to hold urban bodies elections in the state by January without reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs).