Kanpur Violence

"The accused has been taken to Kanpur and is being questioned. He will be produced before the court and further action will be taken in accordance with the court's directives," a police officer said.

Urging the protesters to shun violence and get organised so that the government hears them clearly, Rajya Sabha member Jayant Chaudhary said on Friday that the Agnipath scheme will have to be rolled back. "That's the only rational choice."

Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday stressed that had sacked BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal been arrested earlier for their remarks over Prophet Mohammad, the violence in Uttar Pradesh could have

The Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday arrested three people associated with the Popular Front of India in connection with the Kanpur violence, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 54, a senior official said.

"The Editors Guild of India is disturbed by the irresponsible conduct of some national news channels for deliberately creating circumstances that target vulnerable communities by spewing hatred towards them and their beliefs," it said.

A BJP leader was arrested today for derogatory comments on Prophet Muhammad, four days after violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur

Kanpur police on Monday refuted the reports of an attack on the police team that went to arrest an accused in the violence that occurred in the city on June 3, and termed the information "untrue and misleading".

Mumbai Police will summon BJP leader Nupur Sharm, to record her statement in connection with the FIR registered against her for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad, city police commissioner Sanjay Pandey said.

Former BJP leader Naveen Kumar Jindal who was expelled from the party over his remarks on Prophet Muhammad, greeted his supporters with "Jai Shri Ram" on Twitter.

Kanpur Violence: The Uttar Pradesh police will put up hoarding with pictures of suspects involved in violence that took people in Kanpur. The posters would be placed at prominent places and affected areas with contact numbers of police officials.

BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government over the violence and stone-throwingin Kanpur, asking the BJP dispensation to take action against the culprits "by rising above religion, caste and party politics".

Thirty-six people have been arrested and a case filed against over 1,500 people in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Friday over alleged insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

A seven-year-old girl was found dead in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Sunday with her liver extracted. The police suspect that the accused also tried to rape her.

In large-scale violence that has gripped many parts of Uttar Pradesh since Thursday over the citizenship law protests, fifteen people have died, many of them from bullet injuries. But the state police continues to maintain that it has not fired a single bullet at protesters anywhere. Now, evidence that belies this claim has emerged from Kanpur wher...

Nine protesters were killed in clashes that erupted across Uttar Pradesh over the Citizenship Amendment Act on Friday, the state policeconfirmed. Thishas taken the total number of protest-related deaths in the state to elevenso far.

"The accused has been taken to Kanpur and is being questioned. He will be produced before the court and further action will be taken in accordance with the court's directives," a police officer said.

Urging the protesters to shun violence and get organised so that the government hears them clearly, Rajya Sabha member Jayant Chaudhary said on Friday that the Agnipath scheme will have to be rolled back. "That's the only rational choice."

Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday stressed that had sacked BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal been arrested earlier for their remarks over Prophet Mohammad, the violence in Uttar Pradesh could have

The Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday arrested three people associated with the Popular Front of India in connection with the Kanpur violence, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 54, a senior official said.

"The Editors Guild of India is disturbed by the irresponsible conduct of some national news channels for deliberately creating circumstances that target vulnerable communities by spewing hatred towards them and their beliefs," it said.

A BJP leader was arrested today for derogatory comments on Prophet Muhammad, four days after violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur

Kanpur police on Monday refuted the reports of an attack on the police team that went to arrest an accused in the violence that occurred in the city on June 3, and termed the information "untrue and misleading".

Mumbai Police will summon BJP leader Nupur Sharm, to record her statement in connection with the FIR registered against her for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad, city police commissioner Sanjay Pandey said.

Former BJP leader Naveen Kumar Jindal who was expelled from the party over his remarks on Prophet Muhammad, greeted his supporters with "Jai Shri Ram" on Twitter.

Kanpur Violence: The Uttar Pradesh police will put up hoarding with pictures of suspects involved in violence that took people in Kanpur. The posters would be placed at prominent places and affected areas with contact numbers of police officials.

BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government over the violence and stone-throwingin Kanpur, asking the BJP dispensation to take action against the culprits "by rising above religion, caste and party politics".

Thirty-six people have been arrested and a case filed against over 1,500 people in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Friday over alleged insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

A seven-year-old girl was found dead in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Sunday with her liver extracted. The police suspect that the accused also tried to rape her.

In large-scale violence that has gripped many parts of Uttar Pradesh since Thursday over the citizenship law protests, fifteen people have died, many of them from bullet injuries. But the state police continues to maintain that it has not fired a single bullet at protesters anywhere. Now, evidence that belies this claim has emerged from Kanpur wher...

Nine protesters were killed in clashes that erupted across Uttar Pradesh over the Citizenship Amendment Act on Friday, the state policeconfirmed. Thishas taken the total number of protest-related deaths in the state to elevenso far.