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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicUttar Pradesh Police

Topic: Uttar Pradesh Police

‘No proof against MLA’ — UP Police gives clean chit to BJP leader, 4 sons in gang-rape case

BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi's nephew Sandeep Tiwari has been arrested. The MLA and six of his family members were booked in a gang-rape case.

‘Assassin’ hurt in chase day after police blame sour marriage for UP Hindutva leader murder

Ranjeet Bachchan's wife Smriti Srivastava has confessed to the murder, accusing him of violence & stalling their divorce, police say.

36 hrs since woman’s naked body found in UP’s Bahraich with ‘acid-burnt’ face, but no leads

Villagers who found the body Saturday morning say it could be sexual assault & murder. Police say post-mortem will be conducted 72 hours after body being found.

What’s inside UP Police’s intel reports on Yogi Adityanath’s Hindu Yuva Vahini

I looked at annual reports of UP Police’s intelligence units on the Hindu outfit that Adityanath formed in 2002. Here's what officers wrote over the years.

Imran Khan tweets old Dhaka video as ‘police atrocities in UP’, deletes and gets slammed

Khan’s tweets drew sharp reactions from diplomacy experts as well as India’s MEA, whose spokesperson used the hashtag #Oldhabitsdiehard to criticise him.

UP Congress leader goes to police against Sambit Patra and Tarek Fatah for ‘fake video’

Pakistani-Canadian author Tarek Fatah & BJP’s Sambit Patra tweeted a video, claiming Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui is ‘rejecting Indian laws for Islam’.

Govt fence-sitting on CAA, UP Police gives orders and Akhilesh Yadav’s declaration

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Police brutality videos need verification’ — UP DGP says CAA protesters used illegal arms

In an interview to ThePrint, UP Police chief Om Prakash Singh says any illegal act by policemen is condemnable. He confirms one death due to police firing during CAA protests.

‘Kamlesh Tiwari killers planned it on social media, got cold feet & took anti-anxiety pills’

So far, six men have been arrested for Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder on 18 October — including prime suspects Ashfaq Hussain and Moinuddin Khurshid Pathan.

Day after murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, who wanted to build Godse temples, 3 held in Gujarat

2 murderers identified but are still at large. UP Police says arrested accused Maulana Sheikh Salim, Faizan, & Rashid Pathan were the masterminds.

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.

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.

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.