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Singer and YouTuber shot dead outside gym after ‘composing song about gang’

Singer has more than 367,000 YouTube subscribers and built a following with songs about rural pride, power, and bravado

The Independent UK

Who is Ankit Balyan? Haryanvi singer and YouTuber shot dead in Shamli after 18 rounds fired outside gym

Tragedy struck Shamli district as Haryanvi singer Ankit Balyan was shot multiple times outside a gym. Eyewitnesses reported that assailants on motorcycles unleashed about eighteen rounds in a brazen attack. Despite immediate medical attention, Balyan was pronounced dead at the hospital. Authorities are currently reviewing CCTV footage to uncover the…

The Economic Times

Ankit Balyan shot dead outside gym in Uttar Pradesh, police examine CCTV to identify attackers

Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan was shot dead outside a gym in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday evening. Police said three to four attackers opened fire as he left the premises, critically injuring him. He was taken to hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Investigators are examining CCTV footage…

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Shamli’s conversion story falls apart when its ‘victim’ speaks. But Aaj Tak calls him brainwashed

Mohammad Ali, officially identified as Ayush Malik, has told the media clearly that nobody forced him to convert to Islam. That he has no interest in his family’s property. That his family could give it to others for all he cared. At that point, coverage of the “forced conversion” case…

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Iqra Hasan's ‘don’t touch me’ video goes viral after brief detention following clash with DIG over Shamli youth death case

Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan was briefly detained and filmed repeatedly saying "don't touch me" while being escorted by police in Saharanpur. The incident occurred after she accompanied the mother of a deceased youth to the DIG office, demanding a wider probe into his death.

The Economic Times

Friends on a bike, pharmacist who left early: Those who never came home after Red Fort blast

A printing press worker from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti. Two friends from UP’s Amroha who met for the last time near the Red Fort. A 19-year-old shopkeeper from Shamli carrying the weight of six lives on his shoulders. A young cab driver on his tenth day at work.…

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Shamli Encounter: UP STF Inspector Sunil Kumar dies during treatment

Inspector Sunil Kumar sustained bullet wounds in Shamli Encounter occurred on Monday night. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Shamli Encounter: Inspector Sunil in critical condition, says DGP

After four miscreants were killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar on Tuesday said that one of the miscreants identified as Arshad was an active member of the Mukim Kala gang and was carrying a bounty of Rs 1 lakh. Read further…

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UP: Four miscreants killed in STF encounter in Shamli; Full crime mystery here...

During the encounter, Inspector Sunil who was leading the STF team received multiple gunshot wounds and is undergoing treatment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Police in India book journalists after posts on alleged Muslim lynching

While no arrests have been made, media watchdogs say the act may have ‘chilling effect’ on journalists doing their job.

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‘Filing cross-FIR like protecting accused’: 2 journalists booked for ‘lynching’ post, press bodies slam FIR

Several journalist associations have hit out at the police action against two Delhi-based independent journalists, who were booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for sharing “malicious” posts claiming an incident of mob lynching in Shamli district.

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Uttar Pradesh: Woman killed due to an explosion in a house in Shamli

Police sources said that the incident took place in Dayanand Nagar locality, where an explosion took place in the house of a person named Prince. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nuh violence: Alert sounded in 3 UP districts bordering Haryana

An alert has been sounded in Saharanpur, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh bordering Haryana in the wake of communal violence in the neighbouring state.

The Times of India

Two cops among seven booked in investment scam in UP's Shamli

SHAMLI: Two police constables were among seven people booked for allegedly cheating a Shamli-based man of Rs 2.5 lakh by claiming to provide huge returns on the investment.

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Two children killed in wall collapse in Uttar Pradesh

MUZAFFARNAGAR: Two children died when the boundary wall of a house collapsed on them in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police said.

The Times of India

Police bust gang of thieves in UP's Shamli, 3 held

SHAMLI: Police have busted a gang of robbers that targeted empty houses and arrested three men involved in a theft at a lawyer’s house in Shamli's Kamla colony on Sunday.

The Times of India

Police bust a gang of thieves in UP's Shamli, 3 held

SHAMLI: Police have busted a gang of robbers that targeted empty houses and arrested three men involved in a theft at a lawyer’s house in Shamli's Kamla colony on Sunday.

The Times of India

Man, two sons get 10 years RI for deadly assault in Saharanpur

SHAMLI: A local court in Saharanpur district on Friday sentenced a man and his two sons to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 2.40 lakh in a five-year-old deadly assault case.

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Yogi government insensitive towards people's issues: RLD chief Jayant Singh

SHAMLI: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Singh on Sunday criticised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, saying that his government is insensitive toward people’s issues, during a rally organised in the Shamli district.

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Bharat Jodo Yatra Day 120: Rahul Gandhi Resumes Yatra In UP; To Enter Haryana In Evening

The Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed on Thursday after a night halt at Ailum village in Shamli. Read on for details:

The Times of India

3 from Shamli arrested in Pakistan with pistols ‘part of smuggling racket’

SHAMLI: After 70-year-old man Nafees Ahmad, his wife Aamna and 35-year-old son Mohd Kaleem – residents of Nokua Mohalla in Shamli -- were arrested at Wagah border by Pakistani authorities on Wednesday for carrying pistols illegally, an intelligence officer said, on condition of anonymity, that they could be part of…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: School kids in Shamli pool pocket money to serve free water to kanwariyas

SHAMLI: Several school students in the age group of 8-15 years in Shamli have pooled in their pocket money to provide clean drinking water to pilgrims undertaking the kanwar yatra this season. The children, residents of Kheri Karmu village of Shamli district in UP, have set up a roadside camp…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Post offices in Shamli to stock Gangajal for kanwarias

SHAMLI: In a week's time, the postal department in Shamli will begin selling bottled Ganga water fetched from Gangotri Dham for Rs 30.

The Times of India

5.29 min: Noida cops top in response time

NOIDA: For the 12th month in a row, the Dial 112 response team of Noida police retained the top spot in the state. The average response time for the police was 5.29 minutes — 4.21 minutes in urban areas and 6.09 minutes in the villages. Noida was followed by Saharanpur,…

The Times of India

DNA test on ‘stolen’ buffalo in Uttar Pradesh to settle ownership fight

MEERUT: In a one-of-its-kind case, Shamli police in UP has ordered a DNA test of an allegedly stolen buffalo, two years after a resident of Ahmadgarh village of Shamli district traced it to a nearby village. Chandrapal Kashyap, a labourer, had complained that a male three-year-old buffalo calf was stolen…

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