Uttar Pradesh

• Growing fury, protests mount in India over Muslim neighbourhood deaths

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government brought in a law that many see as discriminatory against Muslims, who make up 14 percent of the population. Five Muslim men were killed Friday in what would be the latest outbursts of violence in two weeks of protest.

  Dec 26, 2019
  
• Death toll rises to 23 as India citizenship bill protests continue

  The ongoing backlash against the law marks the strongest show of dissent against the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he was first elected in 2014.

  World

  Dec 21, 2019
  
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• Indian woman who alleged gang rape dies in hospital after being set on fire

  The woman was attacked in the state of Uttar Pradesh by a group of men that included two of the five she had accused of gang rape last year, police said. The two were out of custody on bail.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2019
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• Indian Supreme Court ruling says Hindu temple to be built on disputed land

  Saturday's verdict paves the way for building the temple in place of the demolished mosque.

  World

  Nov 9, 2019
• At least 42 killed by monsoon rains in India: officials

  Sunday’s toll came days after reports of at least 59 fatalities in the past week amid forecasts that heavy rains would continue until Monday.

  Weather

  Sep 29, 2019
• ‘Shoe brawl’ shows Indian lawmakers getting off on wrong foot

  Both lawmakers have been summoned to Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, and now face disciplinary action.

  World

  Mar 7, 2019
• Miracle baby emerges unscathed after falling onto tracks and under moving train

  A baby in India is lucky to be alive after her family jumped off a train, dropping her onto the tracks and underneath the moving locomotive.

  News

  Nov 20, 2018
• Monsoon rains collapse houses in northern India, killing 58

  At least 58 people have been killed in the past two days as monsoon rains triggered house collapses and flooded wide swaths of land in northern India, officials said Saturday.

  World

  Jul 28, 2018
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• Fake doctor arrested for allegedly infecting 46 people with HIV in India

  It's the latest case to expose the paucity of healthcare in the country of 1.25 billion

  Health

  Feb 7, 2018
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• 60 children die in northern Indian hospital, blamed on lack of oxygen supplies

  Local media reports have said some of the deaths were caused due to an oxygen shortage, though this has not been confirmed.

  Aug 12, 2017