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Monday, October 7, 2024
TopicUttar Pradesh

Topic: Uttar Pradesh

Dalit voters will be the X factor in Bihar election — they vote differently than in UP

In UP, Dalit political mobilisation was based on Ambedkarism. In Bihar, it was based on Marxism. That explains the voting patterns.

Yogi leads UP bypoll campaign, Akhilesh manages virtually while Priyanka & Mayawati go missing

Seven assembly seats are set to go to polls on 3 November in Uttar Pradesh but no election rallies have been conducted by star campaigners of SP, BSP and Congress.

UP sees active Covid cases shrink by half but deaths nearly double since September

Uttar Pradesh govt data has thrown up the curious anomaly, which experts say indicates that cases aren't being detected early enough.

‘Police forcing us to say we didn’t convert’ — Ghaziabad Valmikis who turned to Buddhism

At least 236 Valmikis of Karera village had converted to Buddhism on 14 October, but police have now lodged an FIR on grounds that all of it was a rumour to stoke caste violence.

‘T-20’ teams across UP for legal aid to Brahmins — Jitin Prasada’s bid to woo community

Congress leader Jitin Prasada says atrocities against Brahmins in UP have increased in last 3 yrs. Advisory panel of ex-civil servants will guide his Brahmin Chetna Parishad to help ‘victims’.

In Hathras gangrape-murder probe, CBI finds marksheet that suggests one suspect is a minor

Being below 18 years may not be enough for suspect to dodge trial as an adult if he is found guilty, since charges are rape & murder, considered 'heinous crime' under Juvenile Justice Act.

Hathras ‘rape-murder last straw’, 236 Valmikis in Ghaziabad village convert to Buddhism

Karera's Valmiki residents allege the ‘upper-caste’ Chauhans, who form the majority in the village located close to the Hindon Air Base, discriminate against lower caste villagers.

BJP issues notice to UP MLA whose aide ‘shot’ a man, but that has meant little in past cases

From a spate of notices to UP MLAs this year to MPs like Pragya Thakur, there are many instances of BJP not taking action against errant leaders.

Rotting crops, unsold produce, falling incomes — How India’s hopeful rural economy has crashed

Rural economy was meant to push India in a difficult year, but a number of factors are making that difficult. ThePrint travels across the country to find these out.

‘With whom the BJP is siding in Ballia?’ Priyanka Gandhi attacks UP govt over murder case

In response, UP Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Anand Swaroop Shukla questioned why Priyanka has not tweeted about Chidambaram on Article 370 issue.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?