Sikh Council UK said in a statement that it stands in solidarity with the protestors and family of Manisha Valmiki, a 19-year-old that comes from a so-called 'Dalit' background. Manisha was gang-raped and violently attacked in Uttar Pradesh: her tongue was cut, her neck and back broken.
The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing biggest police crackdown since Muzaffar Nagar violence of 2013. The UP police on Thursday (Dec. 26) said that it has arrested 1,113 people while placing another 5,558 in preventive detention. The police said that it has registered 327 cases so far.
The Samajwadi Party released the first list of six candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Friday. The list includes SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav's cousins Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay Yadav.
Today, on 11 January 2019, four UN human rights experts have expressed alarm about allegations of at least 59 extrajudicial killings by police in Uttar Pradesh since March 2017.
A police officer in Uttar Pradesh has become the latest victim of mob lynching and attacks by cow vigilantes. This attack is a consequence of the growing impunity that perpetrators of cow-related violence have in Uttar Pradesh, Amnesty India said today.
The Uttar Pradesh police has come out with a that the life of Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) patron and former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal is under threat.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan was release from a jail in Uttar Pradesh today at 2:40 am. The Uttar Pradesh government had announced to withdraw National Security Act (NSA) against him yesterday.
A gangster in Uttar Pradesh, Munna Bajrangi, was shot dead in a prison in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, just a week after his wife had alleged a threat to his life.
Supreme Court of India (SCI) on July 02 sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea alleging that several fake encounters have taken place in the state in recent past.
In yet another case related to suspicion on cow slaughter, the Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh (U.P) police thrashed a meat trader Mohammad Salim Qureshi alias Munna so badly that he succumbed to injuries on Thursday after spending eight days in AIIMS.
A human rights group named Citizens Against Hate has released a report titled “Countering Silence” on extra-judicial executions in Uttar-Pradesh and Haryana states.
India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered a fact-finding inquiry into 17 cases of "encounter killings" (extra-judicial killings) in Uttar Pradesh and called for the report to be placed before it within four weeks.
Reacting to news of the killing of Sachin Singh Walia, a member of the Dalit rights organization Bhim Army, in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Asmita Basu, Programmes Director, Amnesty International India said killing must be investigated.
The old saying 'history repeat itself' can be perfectly used for current scenario in the Uttar Pradesh politics as Yogi Adiyanath lead BJP government of UP is all set to
As per the media reports the 'pro-hindutva' Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday suffered a major set back in the its hindi heartland base, as it lost both the Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh
A 26-year-old Dalit student, who had slipped into coma after a group of students attacked him with bricks and rods at a restaurant near Laxmi Talkies in Old Katra area of the city last week, died on Sunday.
As per the media reports a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer equivalent to Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh Police has kicked up a controversy
After the Uttar Pradesh (UP) secretariat that houses offices of state Chief Minister and other top bureaucrats of the state was colored saffron in October
As per the media reports three people were killed after Patna bound Vasco De Gama express train derailed near Manikpur railway station in Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh madrasa board has reportedly started preparing to introduce books approved by India's National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Samajwadi Party president and former Chief Minister of the Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav criticised the Bhartiya Janta Party led governments, in the state and the centre, saying that they were trying to impose RSS ideology in universities.
Responding to the baton-charging by the Uttar Pradesh police of student demonstrators protesting against inaction over a complaint of sexual harassment
Twenty-three passengers were reportedly killed and over 60 injured when 14 coaches of the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express derailed in Khatauli on Saturday (Aug. 19) evening.
Authorities must ensure thorough, independent and impartial investigations into the deaths of 70 children at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College between
The Uttar Pradesh government lead Yogi Adityanath earlier this month issued a circular directing all the Madrasas (Islamic Schools) across the state to organize Indian Independence Day functions.
s per the media reports activist affiliated with different pro-hindutva groups today in Agra, Uttar Pardesh burned the copies of New York Times (NYT), a US based
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reportedly ordered the pruning of gular (wild fig) trees en route of the Kanwariya yatra. It is being said that such trees were considered ‘apavitra’ (impure) by pilgrims.
As per the media reports emanating from Uttar Pardesh Cow slaughter and transportation will now invite punishment under the National Security Act (NSA) and Gangster Act,
The Uttar Pradesh government must urgently bring to justice those responsible for recent caste-based violence and attacks against Dalits in Saharanpur district,
As per the media reports the hard earned peace in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pardesh state received yet another set back when a dalit man was killed
SGPC has raised serious concerns about loot of a Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) and SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar has written a letter to UP CM Yogi Adityanath.
