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TopicAligarh

Topic: Aligarh

Dalit girl in Aligarh was ‘strangled, smothered, dragged, but no sign of sexual assault’

A 16-year-old verbally-impaired girl was found dead in her village Kiwlas Sunday afternoon. Her family alleges rape, says she was found partially disrobed.

4 dead, 12 injured in explosion at toy factory in Aligarh

The explosion, apparently caused by a gas cylinder Tuesday, had ripped apart at least half a dozen neighbouring houses in Khatikaan locality of Aligarh.

6-year-old Hathras girl raped, held captive by relative, dies at Delhi hospital

After an FIR was registered on 21 September on the complaint of the girl's father, police arrested the 15-year-old relative who confessed to the crime.

Kafeel Khan detained on ‘whim & humour’, selective reading of speech, says Allahabad HC

The high court has passed damning remarks against the state authorities that ordered the detention of Kafeel Khan, who has been in jail since 29 January.

HC drops NSA charges against Kafeel Khan, says his speech called for ‘national integration’

HC says Aligarh DM who passed the detention order 'had selective reading and selective mention for few phrases from the speech ignoring its true intent'.

‘Youths with covered faces’ lay siege to Aligarh village as Twinkle murder takes communal turn

Prime suspects Zahid and Aslam, accused of killing Aligarh two-year-old Twinkle over a money-related feud with her family, have been arrested.

Aligarh two-year-old was beaten up for 8 hours before she died

Aligarh toddler Twinkle's autopsy has revealed broken ribs, nose and legs, with her body also missing an arm. She was allegedly killed by men who owed her family Rs 10,000.

Pakistan is sharing old video of Indian cops thrashing people claiming it’s at a mosque

The original video is from last year when local police in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh had lathicharged a group of Hindu Jagran Manch activists.

Why Jinnah once famously called AMU ‘the arsenal of Muslim India’

The AMU students worked as foot soldiers for the Muslim League during its election campaign in the 1945-46 elections that became a referendum on Pakistan.

India’s mean-spirited war on Christmas

Christmas is the wrong target. It cannot pay for the sins of the church because Christmas has long flown the coop of Christianity. It’s a now consumer festival.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.