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Topic: Aligarh

Aligarh teen shoots himself dead after father refuses to get him an iPhone

A day before he allegedly took his own life, the 17-year-old left his home in a rage and was found by the police in Ghaziabad hours later.

Driven by ‘domestic stress’ over birth of 3rd daughter, UP woman ‘kills’ newborn with sedatives, held

According to police, the woman was suffering from mental stress over the fact that she already had two daughters. She ‘confessed’ about murder to husband.

3 booked as video of mob coercing Aligarh schoolboy to urinate on Pakistan flag goes viral

In a separate incident, police said FIR registered against unidentified persons for allegedly ransacking the shop of Omar Husain, a fruit juice vendor, in the Suwarn Jayanti Nagar area.

Mosques covered with tarpaulins in UP’s Aligarh ahead of Holi celebrations

Authorities say they have taken this step to ensure that colours or any festival-related activities do not affect religious places.

Aligarh man lynched over suspicion of theft, 6 arrested. Brother says ‘killed because he was Muslim’

Accused have been booked on charges including murder and rioting. Aligarh tense, shops downed shutters after news of murder spread.

Fear, riots, but no ‘Muslim victimhood’— launch of ‘City on Fire’ puts Aligarh in spotlight

Journalist Zeyad Masroor Khan's memoir ‘City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh’ was launched at Delhi's IIC, drawing authors & activists like Harsh Mander, Ziya Us Salam, and Natasha Badhwar.

Woman dies 6 days after ‘accidentally’ being shot at Aligarh police station, sub-inspector on the run

Deceased Ishrat Nigar's son claims the shooting wasn't an accident & that sub-inspector Manoj Sharma shot her in the head after an altercation over her passport verification.

Firozabad takes a cue from Aligarh, votes to change name to ‘Chandranagar’

Weeks ago, the Aligarh municipal corporation voted to rename the city as Harigarh.

21 yrs after attack, Aligarh Police arrest man accused of throwing acid on 14-yr-old girl

The survivor, now 35, says the accused Arif is her sister’s brother-in-law, wants him to get the ‘punishment he deserves for destroying her life’.

Morning walker mauled to death by stray dogs inside Aligarh Muslim University campus

Safdar Ali, a resident of a locality adjoining the AMU campus, was out on a morning walk in a garden at Sir Syed Museum when a pack of stray dogs attacked him, police said.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.