Uttar Pradesh

Project Syndicate / Crime and Punishment in Uttar Pradesh

The shortcomings of India’s criminal justice system extend far beyond Uttar Pradesh. Just last month, the 69 defendants accused of perpetrating the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre in Ahmedabad were all acquitted.

AYODHYA SITE DISPUTE IN INDIA / Top court orders mediation

India's Supreme Court has appointed an arbitration panel to mediate in a decades-long dispute over a religious site in northern Uttar Pradesh state's Ayodhya city.

33 infected with HIV in Uttar Pradesh after "quack" uses tainted syringe

At least 33 people have tested positive for HIV in Bangarmau town of Uttar Pradesh after an unqualified medical practitioner injected some of them with an infected syringe, a government official says.

21 including 2 cops killed in India clashes

At least 21 people, including two policemen, are killed in clashes between police and around 3,000 encroachers at a park of Mathura in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

5,000 people attend doggy wedding in India

Over 5,000 joined in the celebration of two dogs tying the knot according to traditional Hindu rituals, in the Pawara village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

India woman arrested after mother-in-law assault video goes viral

Police in India arrest a woman for beating her mother-in-the law after CCTV footage of the assault goes viral.

Indian hanged girls: Court rejects probe ruling out rape

An Indian court has rejected a federal police report which had ruled that two teenage girls found hanging from a tree in India last year took their own lives and were not gang-raped and murdered.

India BJP leader says Muslims should stop eating beef

A senior leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that Muslims living in the country should give up consuming beef.

India police charge toddler for 'theft and trespassing'

Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are left red-faced after charging a toddler with theft.

October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015

Indian hanged girls: Court rejects probe ruling out rape

An Indian court has rejected a federal police report which had ruled that two teenage girls found hanging from a tree in India last year took their own lives and were not gang-raped and murdered.

October 16, 2015
October 16, 2015

India BJP leader says Muslims should stop eating beef

A senior leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that Muslims living in the country should give up consuming beef.

October 1, 2015
October 1, 2015

India police charge toddler for 'theft and trespassing'

Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are left red-faced after charging a toddler with theft.

September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015

India man lynched over beef rumours

A 50-year-old man in northern India is killed in a mob lynching allegedly over rumours that his family had been storing and consuming beef at home.

July 7, 2015
July 7, 2015

Teen thrashes eve-teaser inside UP police station (video)

Video of a teenage girl thrashing a youth inside a police station and making him apologise for allegedly eve-teasing her goes viral on social networking sites.

July 7, 2015
July 7, 2015

India woman 'set on fire by police' in Uttar Pradesh

A woman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dies after alleging that she was set on fire by two policemen inside a police station after she refused to pay a bribe.

May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015

Madhuri Dixit gets FDA notice for endorsing Maggi

Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit finds herself in legal trouble with the Haridwar Food and Drug Administration for endorsing Maggi noodles.

May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015

Massive India heatwave 'kills 500'

At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.

May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015

Indian inspectors order recall of Maggi noodles, say found excess lead

Indian food inspectors have ordered Nestle India to recall a batch of Maggi noodles from shops across the country, saying the product contained dangerous levels of lead.

April 10, 2015
April 10, 2015

School principal in Uttar Pradesh beats student to death over stolen pencil

10-year-old Shiva Rawat died after being allegedly beaten up by his principal Lalit Kumar Verma on suspicion of stealing pencils.