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The ‘Badal’ who couldn’t cross borders: How an Aligarh boy’s quest for love ended in a Pakistani jail

Badal Babu crossed Attari-Wagah border illegally in 2024 to be with a Pakistani woman he met on Facebook. Nearly 2 years later, he remains in a Lahore jail, waiting to return home.

The gau rakshak got fooled: How Bittu Bajrangi got scammed in his search for a bride

Faridabad police have arrested 5 people from Aligarh & Bulandshahr for allegedly duping 2023 Nuh violence accused of Rs 41,000. Mastermind of fake bride gang is on the run.

From Noida hospital, cancer patient helped run cybercrime gang that cheated 1.5L Indians, say UP cops

Money allegedly routed to Hong Kong; Aligarh police say they seek a purple notice by Interpol to get more information about the cybercrime gang

‘Must act against those filing false complaints’: How marriage dispute led to this Allahabad HC order

High Court rules written complaints must be filed in every case where closure report exonerates accused; officers who fail to comply liable under BNS Section 199(b).

UP’s Aligarh on edge as 2 Army jawans held, cops booked after clash outside police outpost

Both jawans are in judicial custody whereas an FIR has also been registered against two policemen after the complaint filed by the army men's family, says Aligarh SSP Sanjiv Suman.

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.

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.

On Camera

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.