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Topic: Moradabad

I Spy: India’s evolving ‘espionage rackets’, now playing out on smartphones & social media

From an engineer with Indian Navy to dental student from Moradabad, espionage cases are shifting to smartphone screens and social media websites.

UP ATS says arrested dental student recruited people for ISIS, incited them to carry out fidayeen attacks

Haris Ali used encrypted media applications, was in touch with Pakistan-based handlers, alleges UP Anti-Terrorism Squad.

India is reviving gazetteers minus the colonial lens. Moradabad is leading the way

While British gazetteers focused largely on administration and revenue, the new exercise aims to create living records of culture, social change, and democratic life. It’s a tough task.

Bulldozer now haunts BJP in Uttar Pradesh, party functionary’s brother ends life after shop demolition

Chetan Saini jumped from roof of his house in Moradabad, hours after the administration’s bulldozer action cleared over 100 shops. Traders allege no prior notice was given.

In Moradabad, mob assault victim’s widow asks: ‘Who gave them right to take a life over animal death’

Moradabad cops have booked unidentified accused for murder in connection with death of Shahedeen Qureshi, who succumbed to injuries Tuesday morning, a day after the assault.

Moradabad cow slaughter incident has a first—it has angered Hindus against gau rakshaks

Bajrang Dal calls themselves cow protectors. Now they themselves have started killing cows. Nothing can be a bigger sin than this, says a resident of Chetrampur village.

Moradabad Muslim massacre 1980: A tale of missing men, memories, Ek Raat Wali Masjid

UP Police's indiscriminate firing on Muslim worshippers on 13 August 1980 killed dozens of people. CM Adityanath is making public Justice MP Saxena report that gave a clean chit to the police.

1980 Moradabad riots probe shows there’s no neat conclusion. Both Hindus, Muslims to blame

To some, the MP Saxena report is evidence that Muslims were responsible for the riot—but that isn’t the full story. It casts new light on the conditions in which communalism grows.

1980 Moradabad riots ‘conspiracy’ by 2 Muslim leaders — inside inquiry report made public by Yogi govt

Moradabad riots, the first major instance of communal clashes in UP post-Partition, took place on Eid-ul-Fitr 1980. Inquiry panel’s 1983 report says RSS-BJP not involved.

UP couple tortured for Hindu-Muslim love moves on from miscarriage & jail, builds a happy life

Pinky & Rashid’s case is one of 11 under controversial UP anti-conversion law where police have filed a final report — signifying the closure of an investigation — due to lack of evidence.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.