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Mukhtar Ansari laid to rest in U.P.’s Ghazipur amid heavy security deployment

A large crowd accompanied the procession as gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was laid to rest at the Kali Bagh burial ground in Ghazipur

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Mukhtar Ansari’s death: Opposition parties in U.P. demand high-level probe, family alleges ‘slow poison’

Uttar Pradesh opposition leaders demand high-level investigation into the death of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, alleging government anarchy.

The Hindu

Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics

Mukhtar Ansari death: Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who passed away due to cardiac arrest, entered the world of crime to establish himself and his gang in the government contract mafia that was then flourishing in the State.

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Farmers Protest | Delhi Police keep strict vigil at Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur, Delhi-Haryana borders

“Commuters might face heavy traffic jams due to farmers’ protest on March 6,” police said. “In the morning, heavy traffic was witnessed at Delhi-Haryana’s Singhu border as farmers started gathering there,” according to reports.

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‘It’s impossible to breathe’: Delhi’s rubbish dumps drive sky-high methane emissions

Leaking, ‘super emitter’ landfills of India’s capital are a global hotspot for the potent greenhouse gas, according to satellite data

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Looking to bolster SP’s base in eastern U.P., Akhilesh warms up to the Ansaris in election year

Samajwadi Party hints at mending ties with Ansari family to strengthen electoral prospects in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

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Uttar Pradesh: Superfast Express derails at Prayagraj; no casualties reported

The Suheldev Superfast Express going from Ghazipur City to Anand Vihar derailed at the Prayagraj outer area in Uttar Pradesh, a railway statement said late Tuesday evening.

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Hundreds gather at Delhi-U.P. border demanding law on population control

Hundreds of protesters gathered at Ghazipur border, demanding a law on population control. Refusing govt data, they peddled anecdotal accounts & alleged disproportionate Muslim population growth. They threatened to NOTA in next Lok Sabha election if govt doesn't act.

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Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term by Ghazipur Court in Gangster Act case

Mukhtar Ansari, former MLA, sentenced to 10-yr imprisonment in 2009 Gangster Act case. Co-accused Sonu Yadav given 5-yr jail term & fine. UP police booked Ansari for plotting to kill Kapil Dev Singh. This is 6th case in last yr where Ansari has been convicted by UP courts. Police hailed…

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Gangster Act case: Mukhtar Ansari awarded 10-year imprisonment, slapped Rs 5 lakh penalty by Ghazipur court

VARANASI: Jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari has been awarded 10 years imprisonment by MP-MLA court of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, while a penalty of Rs 5 lakh has also been slapped on him in a 2009 Gangster Act case.

The Times of India

Ghazipur court convicts Mukhtar Ansari in Gangster Act case

An MP/MLA court in Ghazipur on Thursday held gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari guilty in a case of the Gangster Act registered by the Uttar Pradesh police in 2009.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh: ED attaches undervalued properties acquired by Mukhtar Ansari’s son

LUCKNOW: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached undervalued properties worth Rs 73.43 lakh acquired by mafia turned politician Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari. The land and commercial buildings were situated in Mau and Ghazipur.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: MP-MLA court rejects Abbas Ansari's bail plea in land grab case

Special judge of the MP-MLA court in Ghazipur rejected the bail plea of the MLA from Mau who is the son of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Land grab case: Ghazipur court rejects Abbas Ansari's bail plea

A Ghazipur court rejected the bail plea of Suheldev BSP MLA Abbas Ansari in a case of getting a plot of land registered in his name and that of his mother in a fraudulent manner.

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Mukhtar Ansari | The story of a family, from the freedom movement to jail

The Ansari family of eastern Uttar Pradesh today faces government action, court cases, and property seizure, but remains relevant in the political landscape of Purvanchal

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Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 years jail term in kidnapping, murder case

An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on April 29 convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.

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Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur on Saturday convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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UP: Mau Police declare Rs 25,000 bounty on Mukhtar Ansari's wife

Uttar Pradesh police have declared a bounty of Rs 25,000 on gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's wife, Afsa Ansari. Read further on Dynamite News:

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UP govt demolishes illegal property of Mukhtar Ansari's gang member in Ghazipur

Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday removed illegal portions of a residential structure belonging to deceased Kamlesh Singh "Pradhan", who was a gang member of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, in the Ghazipur district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Doomed plane passengers' final moments caught in Facebook live as Nepal crash kills 68

Minutes before the ill-fated Yeti Airlines plane crashed in Nepal's Pokhara, four of its passengers, all from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, India went live on Facebook to share their flight experience

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Nepal Plane Crash: Ghazipur Village Mourns Death Of Its Four Residents; 'Compensation Should Be Given,' Says Village Head

The plane crash in Nepal's Pokhara has made the Alawalpur Afga village of Ghazipur inconsolable, as among the five Indians who were killed in the crash on Sunday, four were residents of Ghazipur in UP. Read on for details:

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Delhi has spent Rs 250 crore to remove its trash hills. Why are they still standing tall?

Over the last three years, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has spent a whopping Rs 275 crore to flatten the three landfills in Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla, but their height has remained almost unchanged during this period, according to data provided by several government agencies to the National Green Tribunal.

The Hindu

14 IAS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh

Hardoi, Barabanki, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Agra, Chandauli, Mathura, Pilibhit, Bhadohi and Sant Kabir Nagar got new District Magistrates

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Jailed BSP MP Atul Rai's seven plots attached by police in Ghazipur

VARANASI: As many as seven agricultural plots of over Rs 58 lakhs value of jailed mafia don and BSP MP from Ghosi Atul Rai were attached by a joint of police from Varanasi Commissionerate, Ghazipur and also local administration in Virpur village of Bhanvarkole area of Ghazipur district on Sunday

The Times of India

Two killed, five children feared drowned as boat engaged in flood relief operation capsizes in UP's Ghazipur

VARANASI: Two persons died while five children were missing after a boat engaged in Ganga flood relief operations capsized due to alleged overloading near Athahatha village under the limits of Revatipur police station in Ghazipur district late Wednesday afternoon.

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