Meerut Riots

Internet services have been suspended in Meerut and Bareilly following the violent protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state. Mobile internet services have been suspended in Ghaziabad for 24 hours from 10 pm on Thursday in view of violent protests against the new citizenship law in parts of Uttar Pradesh, an official said.

Unidentified assailants opened fire and threw a hand grenade on BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som's residence in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The Member of Legislative Assembly or MLA is accused of inciting violence and riots in 2013's Muzaffarnagar riots case.

As couples prepare to celebrate Valentine's Day, a promise lurking in the BJP manifesto threatens to pour cold water on their enthusiasm: "Anti-Romeo squads" which will come into operation if the party is voted to power. But there appears to be some confusion about how it will be implemented.

A case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh against a group owing allegiance to BJP legislator Sangeet Som for threatening to burn down a cinema hall screening Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Dilwale', the police said today.

A Young Muslim's Take On Hashimpura, The Forgotten Massacre - by Mohd Asim

Nearly three decades after 42 Muslim men were killed in Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh, a trial court in Delhi acquitted 16 policemen accused in the case, giving them the "benefit of doubt".

Sixteen policemen were acquitted by a court today of the charges of murder and other crimes in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 42 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut city.

A woman's allegation that she was kidnapped, gang-raped and forced into religious conversion has led to tension in an area on the outskirts of Meerut town in Uttar Pradesh.

A group of Kashmiri students of a private college in Uttar Pradesh won't face sedition charges anymore for cheering Pakistan in a cricket match, but they continue to face a police investigation, despite Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav calling the case against them "too grave".

The Uttar Pradesh police has asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to complete its probe into Muzaffarnagar riot cases by this month.

A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam asked the government to file its response and posted the case for hearing on November 21.

Uttar Pradesh Advisory Board on Thursday revoked the detention under NSA of two BJP MLAs, Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana, who were arrested in connection with the recent communal violence in the district.

The Uttar Pradesh government late on Sunday released a Rs.7 crore financial package for riot victims in Muzaffarnagar and nearby areas, an official said.

Violence were reported in Meerut today as supporters of BJP leader Sangeet Som, arrested for his alleged role in last month's Muzaffarnagar riots, clashed with security forces while trying to defy the ban on a proposed panchayat.

A day after Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh was detained for trying to enter Uttar Pradesh, his son Jayant Chaudhary managed to give police a slip and bypassed the tight security arrangements at the state border in Meerut.

Internet services have been suspended in Meerut and Bareilly following the violent protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state. Mobile internet services have been suspended in Ghaziabad for 24 hours from 10 pm on Thursday in view of violent protests against the new citizenship law in parts of Uttar Pradesh, an official said.

Unidentified assailants opened fire and threw a hand grenade on BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som's residence in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The Member of Legislative Assembly or MLA is accused of inciting violence and riots in 2013's Muzaffarnagar riots case.

As couples prepare to celebrate Valentine's Day, a promise lurking in the BJP manifesto threatens to pour cold water on their enthusiasm: "Anti-Romeo squads" which will come into operation if the party is voted to power. But there appears to be some confusion about how it will be implemented.

A case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh against a group owing allegiance to BJP legislator Sangeet Som for threatening to burn down a cinema hall screening Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Dilwale', the police said today.

A Young Muslim's Take On Hashimpura, The Forgotten Massacre - by Mohd Asim

Nearly three decades after 42 Muslim men were killed in Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh, a trial court in Delhi acquitted 16 policemen accused in the case, giving them the "benefit of doubt".

Sixteen policemen were acquitted by a court today of the charges of murder and other crimes in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 42 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut city.

A woman's allegation that she was kidnapped, gang-raped and forced into religious conversion has led to tension in an area on the outskirts of Meerut town in Uttar Pradesh.

A group of Kashmiri students of a private college in Uttar Pradesh won't face sedition charges anymore for cheering Pakistan in a cricket match, but they continue to face a police investigation, despite Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav calling the case against them "too grave".

The Uttar Pradesh police has asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to complete its probe into Muzaffarnagar riot cases by this month.

A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam asked the government to file its response and posted the case for hearing on November 21.

Uttar Pradesh Advisory Board on Thursday revoked the detention under NSA of two BJP MLAs, Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana, who were arrested in connection with the recent communal violence in the district.

The Uttar Pradesh government late on Sunday released a Rs.7 crore financial package for riot victims in Muzaffarnagar and nearby areas, an official said.

Violence were reported in Meerut today as supporters of BJP leader Sangeet Som, arrested for his alleged role in last month's Muzaffarnagar riots, clashed with security forces while trying to defy the ban on a proposed panchayat.

A day after Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh was detained for trying to enter Uttar Pradesh, his son Jayant Chaudhary managed to give police a slip and bypassed the tight security arrangements at the state border in Meerut.