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Topic: Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous state, sending 80 Members of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. The state is also known for being home to the largest number of Indian prime ministers. Leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Charan Singh, and Narendra Modi have all won general elections from this state, shaping the course of Indian politics on both national and international fronts. 


The state came into existence in 1950 after the United Provinces were renamed Uttar Pradesh. In the year 2000, another state, Uttarakhand, was carved out of UP to give representation to the Himalayan regions in the state. Lucknow is the capital of Uttar Pradesh, and the Allahabad High Court is the highest judicial body in the state.

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Ayush admissions ‘scam’ in UP sees officials suspended, action likely against hundreds of students

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In UP’s Fatehpur, 14 from church arrested in latest ‘conversion’ crackdown after VHP raises alarm

Shikha Salaria -
Since April, police in UP’s Fatehpur have carried out three rounds of arrests following complaints from VHP and Bajrang Dal units about Christian groups trying to convert people.

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+TFP Heena Fatima -
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‘Women considered goddesses, but raped’, says UP court awarding death penalty to two men

Rewati Karan -
They were convicted of gang raping & brutalising a minor. JudgePankaj Kumar Srivastava noted it was the rarest of rare cases, a blotch on society and severe punishment necessary for peace of parents.

‘The new oil’: Now home to India’s biggest data centre, UP aims to be a hub for surging industry

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‘Took Rs 1.41 cr to clear dues, said he got 8 V-Cs appointed’ — why Kanpur V-C is in hot water

Shikha Salaria -
Vinay Pathak sought commission through his associate to clear dues of Rs 9.76 cr, alleges complainant. This was when he held additional charge of Agra varsity during Jan-Sept 2022.

SP leader Azam Khan disqualified from UP Assembly, day after conviction in hate speech case

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Khan has been sentenced for a 2019 hate speech case by the Rampur district court. He lost his post as his eventual imprisonment term is longer than two years.

Man accused of raping Kannauj girl is ‘psychopath’, has history of ‘murdering, sodomising’ minors

Shikha Salaria -
The suspect, Ramji Verma, has at least 4 cases against — two of these for sodomising & killing minor boys. In March 2018, he was arrested for trying to rape a minor girl, say cops.

Uttar Pradesh court convicts Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in ‘hate speech’ case

ThePrint Team -
Quantum of sentence shortly; the case dates back to April, 2019 when Khan made provocative remarks against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
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