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UP Police sends notice to Twitter India MD over assault on Muslim man in Ghaziabad

Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari has been asked to join the probe in the case. The platform has been booked over circulation of a video in which the elderly man says he was thrashed.

More videos, with audio now, & handwritten complaint — new twists in Muslim man’s assault case

Ghaziabad police investigating incident of Muslim man being thrashed, video of which went viral, say the accused were known to the victim. Hunt on for 'original' video of assault.

Journalist bodies demand quashing of FIR by UP police against scribes for circulating video

The FIR alleged that the follow-up news stories on the video clip of the elderly Muslim being assaulted was already in the public domain and therefore did not violate public order.

Old Muslim man beaten, ‘forced to chant Jai Siya Ram’, beard cut. Now cops add a ‘taweez’ angle

72-yr-old Abdul Samad Saifi of Bulandshahr has alleged that he was beaten up by a group of men because of his religion. But police deny this. Videos of the assault have gone viral.

‘Abandoned’ by the state, how RWAs in Noida, Ghaziabad became ‘atmanirbhar’ to fight Covid

At the peak of second Covid wave when hospitals were overflowing, Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) stepped up, pooling resources & funds to help each other.

Boy in viral video calling for hanging of politician not minor thrashed for entering UP temple

Social media users are sharing viral video of young boy with the false claims that he is the same Muslim minor who was thrashed for drinking water from a temple in Ghaziabad.

‘Mandir was open for all before, now drinking water also crime’: Dad of thrashed UP Muslim boy

The Dasna temple bars entry of Muslims 'on the orders of Narsinghanand Saraswati', the head priest whose disciple beat up the 14-year-old Muslim boy last week.

NHRC issues notice to UP govt, police chief over Ghaziabad crematorium roof collapse

NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of the incident, asks for review of all crematoriums, burial grounds and other buildings used by the general public for community activities.

3 civic officials arrested over collapse of Ghaziabad crematorium that killed 24

Tensions spiralled in the area Monday after families of victims used two bodies to block the Delhi-Meerut highway to press for their demand of higher compensation.

15 dead as roof of shelter collapses at Ghaziabad cremation ground

The incident occurred when more than 25 people, who were there to attend a cremation, were seeking shelter from the rain.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?