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SC slams UP govt over land acquisition in Greater Noida

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Criticising UP Government for acquiring prime agricultural land for building luxury flats in Greater Noida, the Supreme Court today questioned the invoking of urgency clause that bars farmers from r

Govt casts doubts on NHRC report on Bhatta-Parsaul

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Government today cast doubts on the veracity of the NHRC report which ruled out rape in Bhatta-Parsaul during the recent farmers' agitation, saying one report cannot negate all the charges.

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Man castrated in Uttar Pradesh jail, probe launched

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A 24-year-old man, who was allegedly assaulted and castrated by his two co-prisoners in Mainpuri district jail in Uttar Pradesh, was on Thursday shifted to the general ward after surgery at a hospital

Five suspended for medical officer's death in jail

Five prison officials here were suspended on Thursday a day after deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan, arrested for his two seniors' killing, was found dead inside a Lucknow jail, police said.

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Crime against women peaks in UP, 5 cases of rape in 2 days

A woman was allegedly raped and burnt alive in Etah while two teenagers were raped in Firozabad and Gonda districts of Uttar Pradesh which has been rocked by series of cases of brutal assault on women in the last two days.

Congress delegation meets UP governor

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A delegation of Congress on Thursday met Uttar Pradesh governor B.L. Joshi and demanded a CBI probe into the death of a five-year-old girl, whose body was recovered without a kidney on June 11, and alleged killing of the accused in the case by policemen in Barabanki district.

Mayawati woos farmers with new land policy

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday announced a new land acquisition policy that would take farmers' views into consideration and trained the guns on the central government, saying it ha

SC refuses to entertain plea against Bhatta Parsaul violence

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the alleged excesses and violence unleashed by the Uttar Pradesh government on farmers protesting against "forcible" acquisition of land at Bhatta Parsaul.

Over two dozen perish in dust storms in UP

More than two dozen people were today killed in different parts of Uttar Pradesh as dust storm accompanied by high velocity wind hit a number of districts in the state, officials said here.

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Rahul Gandhi meets PM over farmers' issues

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with a delegation of farmers from Bhatta Parsaul village in Greater Noida, on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the controversial land acquisition and alleg

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