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Uttar Pradesh: BJP MLA's nephew booked under SC/ST Act for beating up Dalit people

BALRAMPUR: A BJP MLA's nephew and 11 others were booked under the SC/ST Act for allegedly beating some Dalit people in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur, police said on Monday.

The Times of India · Aug 28, 2023

Zubair booked for ‘disclosing the identity’ of student slapped in UP school

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has been booked for allegedly disclosing the identity of a seven-year-old Muslim boy who was slapped by his classmates on the order of their teacher in a school in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

Newslaundry · Aug 28, 2023

UP Bureaucracy: Three IAS officers transferred; Navdeep appointed new Chief Electoral Officer

Dynamite News was the first to inform its readers on August 24 that the Election Commission of India has approved the name of IAS Navdeep Rinwa for the appointment as the new Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. The UP government has appointed Navdeep to this post. Besides, two other…

Dynamite News · Aug 28, 2023

Bodies of victims of train coach fire taken to Uttar Pradesh

Nine persons were killed and eight others were injured in the fire accident on August 26 at the Madurai railway yard.

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2023

Yogi Adityanath like a guardian, says son of released former Uttar Pradesh Minister Amarmani Tripathi

Aman Mani Tripathi: Chief Minister is our guardian and guide; shares familial relationship; people of constituency celebrating release of parents; Amarmani Tripathi: elected four times to State Assembly; served as Minister in BJP & BSP govts; arrested in 2003 for murder of poet Madhumita Shukla; sentenced to life imprisonment in…

The Hindu · Aug 26, 2023

Student slap incident throws light on poor quality of schooling in rural Uttar Pradesh

As urban media descended on Khubbapur village of Muzaffarnagar, where a Muslim boy was slapped by his classmates at the instigation of his class teacher Tripta Tyagi, it became an opportunity for the children to complain about the corporal punishment they face in schools, irrespective of gender and age.

The Hindu · Aug 26, 2023

Daily Dose Ep 1439: Modi names Moon landing spot ‘Shiv Shakti’, 9 dead in train fire

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and Mozambique.  

Newslaundry · Aug 26, 2023

Fire breaks out in firecracker factory in UP's Saharanpur, 1 dead

SAHARANPUR(UP): A fire broke out in a firecracker factory in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, killing a man who worked there, police said on Saturday.

The Times of India · Aug 26, 2023

Tamil Nadu: 9 killed in Madurai train fire; passengers ‘illegally smuggled gas cylinder’, say officials

Nine passengers travelling from Uttar Pradesh were killed and over 50 persons were injured after a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment near the Madurai Railway Station in the early hours of Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Aug 26, 2023

Outrage in India over video of teacher telling kids to slap Muslim student

Teacher at school in Uttar Pradesh state heard saying she wants the seven-year-old evicted because of his religion.

Al Jazeera · Aug 25, 2023