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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicUttar Pradesh Police

Topic: Uttar Pradesh Police

Vikas Dubey put Kanpur on the map, but many in city hadn’t even heard of him until shootout

Vikas Dubey only controlled Chaubeypur, a tiny kasba with a population of just 4,000. And yet, he will now be remembered as 'Kanpur don'.

Killing Vikas Dubey doesn’t end crime. For that, parties must let go of control over police

India needs urgent police reforms, otherwise political parties will continue to shield Vikas Dubeys, turning them into rich politicians with no fear of law.

Brahmin pride and pain flood Facebook after Vikas Dubey’s encounter killing

For many social media users, gangster Vikas Dubey was first and foremost a Brahmin — a ‘tiger’ whose killing is just another ‘atrocity’ on the community under 'Thakur' CM Yogi Adityanath.

Silencing ‘dirty secrets’ and Vikas Dubey’s ‘mask’ tutorial

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

Don Dubey encounter: A death foretold, dead men’s tales, dodgy plots, lost secrets & more…

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

‘Viral letter by slain Kanpur cop’ hints at Vikas Dubey nexus with police, probe launched

According to the letter, which is yet to be verified as authentic, police in Kanpur had watered down a case against UP history-sheeter Vikas Dubey.

Call from police station tipped off Vikas Dubey hours before raid, aide tells probe officers

Eight policemen were killed and seven others were injured when they had gone to arrest wanted criminal Vikas Dubey in Kanpur on Thursday.

UP cop caught masturbating in front of mother-daughter duo arrested, dismissed from service

Inspector Bhishmpal Singh Yadav was recorded by a woman complainant when she visited the police station along with her daughter to lodge a complaint on 22 June.

Sadhus scolded 25-yr-old for stealing tongs, he killed them under bhang influence: UP Police

The two sadhus were killed inside a Bulandshahr temple Monday night. Police rules out 'communal angle', says accused confessed to crime.

Supreme Court bench recuses from hearing plea against Chinmayanand’s bail in rape case

Allahabad High Court on 3 February granted bail to Chinmayanand in the case of sexual exploitation of a female law student.

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Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

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President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

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

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