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TopicAzamgarh

Topic: Azamgarh

How a Magsaysay awardee is leading fight against Azamgarh airport expansion in UP

Two days after being held ahead of a padyatra to protest the project, Sandeep Pandey Monday led an agitation in UP's Azamgarh against detention of activists by the police.

BJP breaches Samajwadi Party bastions Azamgarh and Rampur, Akhilesh Yadav left with three MPs

Infighting and BSP’s tacit help to BJP in both seats lead to loss of face for SP chief and Azam Khan; Modi and Yogi lead their party in applauding the Lok Sabha bypoll wins

Minor arrested for anti-CAA protests in Feb freed after HC says he was ‘languishing’ in jail

The 16-year-old boy was released on bail from a jail in Azamgarh Friday after an Allahabad HC order. He was among 19 arrested for violence during anti-CAA protests.

Amid Bhojpuri songs & ‘launda naach’, the contest for Azamgarh is a fight to reclaim its legacy

Azamgarh, which has been linked with terrorism since a 2008 Delhi encounter, accounts for 2 of UP's 80 constituencies, both of which vote Sunday.

UP encounters: ‘Grabbed in front of dad’, killed & the ‘crime of being a low caste crook’

In notorious Azamgarh, the story is the same as the rest of UP. Only here, families allege that caste decides who dies, even if he is a petty criminal.

On Camera

Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.