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Reporter, journalist. Hindi heartland, politics, caste, law & order. Ex-Sr. Asst Ed @the_hindu Ex-Associate Ed @Outlookindia Tweets personal.

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Omar Rashid

9 months

A 'caste census' of women MLAs/MPs in UP 2009-2023 shows UC women get elected more than OBC. Out of 134 women MLAs since 2012: 46 were Dalits, all of them winning in reserved constituencies; UC were 42, OBC 39 women n Muslim 7 My story @thewire_in

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Since 2009, 'Upper' Caste Women Have Won the Most Seats Amongst Women MPs, MLAs in UP: Data

A 2001 social justice committee headed by Hukum Singh had calculated the total OBC population in UP to be 54.05%. But OBC women constitute just 29% of women legislators and 'upper' caste women...

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1 year

They were shot dead in front of live television in presence of police...

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Former Samajwadi Party MP Atiq Ahmad, whose son was shot dead two days ago by UP police, has been shot dead along with his brother Ashraf while in police custody in Prayagraj. More details awaited.

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"We will make your wife a prostitute, we will place her somewhere),” the police allegedly told activist Robin Verma. “They would do the same with my two-year-old daughter. The said they would ruin me and my family.” Will @Uppolice respond to allegations?

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‘You are a Hindu, why are you friends with Muslims’, police asked me while in custody, says activist

Robin Verma, released on Tuesday, was arrested in connection with the protests against CAA in Lucknow on December 20. He was gtanted bail last week.

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Two @INCIndia workers booked and detained/arrested in Lucknow for putting up posters displaying the criminal record of Yogi Adityanath, his deputy Keshav Maurya & 5 other BJP leaders. The poster refers to them as rioters, asks when will they pay 4 damages @the_hindu @abaruah64

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Priyanka Gandhi, who has never contested an election, visiting a victim family in UP gets more media attention than CM contender Akhilesh Yadav+ key OBC player Rajbhar holding a show of strength in Purvanchal in a political twist from 5 years ago when BJP was his ally Why?

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UP transferred 14 IPS officers late night. However, only 1 of them, Satyarth Aniruddha Pankaj, SSP Prayagraj, has been put on wait-list with no posting. Opposition parties say he is being punished for exposing the scam in the 69,000 assistant teacher exam. Will @UPGovt clarify?

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That's all a frontline ASHA worker got for her door-to-door tracing and surveillance work for COVID-19 in rural Uttar Pradesh. No sanitizer. No therma scanner. No pulse oximeter.

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After spending 14 days in jail, away from her toddler, for peacefully protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Varanasi-based...

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BJP talks of Emergency, but labels protesters anti-national: activist

Activist Ekta Shekhar was released on bail on Thursday after spending 14 days in jail for opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act

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Try explaining the difference between Hindutva and Hinduism to your nearest tea-seller, rickshaw driver, vegetable vendor, salesperson, shopkeeper, labourer, farmer, etc in Hindi speaking states and you realize how pointless and counter-productive this purely academic debate is.

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Now Apna Dal MLA from East UP Siddharthnagar Amar Singh Chaudhary joins the SP. Apna Dal is BJP ally and commands presence among the Kurmis, OBC.

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Journalist @AsadRizviJourno just called to say that Lucknow police hit him, abused him and snatched his ID card while he was covering a protest at GPO Hazratganj with a colleague. He somehow manage to escape. This is unacceptable and highly condemnable! @lkopolice @Uppolice

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Senior human rights defender and lawyer Mohammad Shoaib picked up by 12 UP Police personnel from his residence without any reason, his wife has alleged. Shoaib is 75 years old and not in the best of health. He has been at the forefront of the civil society in Lucknow.

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Hospital in Lucknow has written to the govt saying it has oxygen backup of only 15 minutes left and asks family members of patients on oxygen supply to be urgently shifted out to other centres. Didn't get the promised 400 cylinders daily, it said.

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The judge who handed over the basement of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi to Hindus on his last day of work, A K Vishvesha, has been appointed the Lokpal of a university in Lucknow for 3 years. Babri Demolition case acquittal judge Yadav was made deputy Lokayukt by Yogi govt

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The judge who handed over the basement of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi to Hindus on his last day of work, A K Vishvesha, has been appointed the Lokpal of a university in Lucknow, claims the Gyanvapi Masjid management committee.

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🧵 Unpopular Opinion Let's not get carried away with this propaganda that the BJP lost in Faizabad mainly due to the re-development of Ayodhya around the Ram Mandir. 1. BJP lost due to caste factors, popularity of SP's senior Dalit leader Awadesh Prasad in rural pockets.

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Lucknow police have put up hoardings in the city identifying 28 persons accused of damaging property during CAA protests and asked them to pay up ₹64 lakh or have their property seized. Is this even proper, since the matter, including the trial, is in court ?

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Several TV channels are showing that they found posters with a quote, "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" from accused Javed Md's house in Prayagraj. This is incriminating evidence, acc to them. A random search of this quote by Thomas Jefferson threw this up:

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What is the ideology?

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"You can arrest Kejriwal, can't suppress his ideology," says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Read @ANI Story | #BhagwantMann #Kejriwal #ED #BJP #AAP

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UP police denied me a blanket in the cold when I asked and didn't give me food during the entire detention, 76-year-old S.R. Darapuri, a retired IPS, told The Hindu moments after being released from jail.

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‘You eat here but sing songs of Pakistan’, Congress worker told in police detention

Sadaf Jafar and ex-IPS officer S. R Darapuri and 12 others granted bail by a in connection with violence during protests against CAA in Lucknow.

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The caretakers of the mosque, however, said that the said object was not a shivling but a part of a stone fountain in the wazu khana (ablution tank) of the mosque. @the_hindu

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Gyanvapi case: Court orders sealing of spot where Shivling reportedly found

Varanasi court orders sealing of portion of Gyanvapi mosque after Hindu plaintiffs claim Shivling was found there

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2 years

Mayawati has not stepped out for a non-election event in UP in a decade. She agrees with BJP on several issues.Played a huge role in communalising last few elections. Tried to appease Brahmins, promised Ram Mandir faster+grand Parshuram temple. Did her best to alienate Muslims.

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Be it Maharashtra or Uttar Pradesh, Muslims have consistently refused the leadership of Dalits. This is a classic case of Hindu-Muslimization of Indian polity. Need to create more alliance based on social exchanges.

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Yogi Adityanath contesting from his secure turf Gorakhpur is not surprising. BJP needs to press the Gorakhpur/Varanasi models of dev. In Ayodhya he would face a Brahmin, while in Mathura he would have to cut ticket of a Brahmin sitting minister. Bad optics. Modi is Ayodhya face.

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A man in UP was penalized for taking care of a Sarus crane. But govt officials + conservation experts have consistently stressed about the key role farmers and locals play in nurturing the bird+its population. The headline in the story below written by me in 2019 explains it all.

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Omar Rashid

9 months

The Bihar caste census data should be printed and pasted on the wall of every media house in India, especially in Delhi. So that next time a media house writes a story, they don't fabricate and over-estimate the population of UCs like they have been habitually doing.

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#BSP rally in Banda, Bundelkhand, #UP2022 Before I came to power this area was under the terror of dacoits. Village after village were emptied, people were forced to migrate. We wiped out the terror of dacoits and brought peace here too: @Mayawati

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Happy to announce that I have joined Outlook magazine. Looking forward to your support and love, and of course ideas and suggestions. :) @chinkis @Outlookindia

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Lucknow's iconic clocktower. At 2300 hrs.

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PM Modi with UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow today

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ECI should take note of this silent revolution! How else will votes be polarized?

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The Samajwadi Party-RLD alliance has ‘silently’ allotted at least 10 more tickets to Muslims for Phase 2 of Uttar Pradesh elections. @AmanKayamHai_ reports

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SP in Hardoi today

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@irenaakbar Yes, being bigoted, communal and practicing communal apartheid against living humans for their accidental faith in the name of an imaginary almighty is not hard to follow, indeed.

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered action against hospitals if they reported scarcity of 02 to "create fear." "Duly investigate all such incidents. If the scarcity was reported just to create fear, then strict action should be taken against the concerned hospital," he said.

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Terming it an "unwarranted interference in privacy of people" & violation of Article 21 of the Constitution, the Allahabad HC directs UP govt to remove controversial hoardings of CAA violence accused from Lucknow, gives admin till March 16 to file a report @the_hindu @abaruah64

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UP police have booked women protestors in Lucknow demonstrating against CAA-NRC for rioting, unlawful assembly, disobedience, etc. Three FIRs. Accused include daughters of renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana. 135 unidentified and 2 dozen ppl named in FIRs. No arrests yet.

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4 months

Hapur #moblynching case What happened on June 16, 2018? Survivor Samaydeen narrates at the crime scene:

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UP Court Convicts Ten Men for 2018 Lynching of Muslim Man on Fake Rumours of Cow Slaughter A detailed court judgment is still awaited. The assault, which took place in #UttarPradesh 's Hapur, also left a Muslim farmer badly injured. @omar7rashid ✍️

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🧵 Factors in first phase 1 UP 1. Saharanpur Internal division of Muslim votes by BSP Muslim candidate, who is rich. Hindu acceptance of Imran Masood as better representative than Brahmin Lakhanpal Sharma of BJP. If first doesn't happen & second does, INDIA is frontrunner.

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This is the story of Samaydeen-- a Muslim farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur who over 6 years battled serious injuries, police complicity, negligence, threats, lures and pressure to secure justice for himself and Qasim, a goat trader, who was lynched in front of him in June 2018.

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Lynching survivor Samaydeen battled threats, police negligence & attempted cover-up to get justice for himself & Qasim, murdered by a #Hindu mob over false rumours of cow slaughter in 2018. @omar7rashid on how his testimony led to exemplary life sentences

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There has been no "appeasement" of Muslims in UP but they have faced "deliberate discrimination" and "exploitation". All political parties are responsible for keeping them backward,says @asadowaisi releasing a report on the condition of the minority in UP @aimim_national

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Just in: BJP cabinet Minister and OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigns as a minister in UP. Writes to Gov. Says OBC, Dalits, youth being neglected. Says gave his all despite different ideology of the BJP/adverse circumstances. @the_hindu @vargheseKgeorge @abaruah64

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A joint action committee of BHU students (non-ABVP student groups) led a march in support of assistant professor Firoz Khan, whose appointment in the Sanskrit Faculty is being opposed by some students. His supporters want @VCofficeBHU to ensure his safety @the_hindu @abaruah64

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The hospital later managed to first get 20 cylinders from their own medical college in Barabanki and 80 through the UP govt in two slots. As of now they say no immediate shortage but delicate situation as 90 out of 117 COVID patients are on oxygen support, refuelling is slow

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Hospital in Lucknow has written to the govt saying it has oxygen backup of only 15 minutes left and asks family members of patients on oxygen supply to be urgently shifted out to other centres. Didn't get the promised 400 cylinders daily, it said.

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1. Some key aspects of UK UCC live-in relationship mandatory registration If you are under 21, the state will inform your parents about your live-in, in addition to sending a report to local police station. If 2 lovers break-up, they will have to inform the state in writing.

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In Lakhimpur Kheri, hundreds of farmers predominantly Sikh gathered at the site where four farmers were killed after being mowed down+shot. They came from neighbouring tehsils, districts as well as Uttarakhand. The bodies were later sent for autopsy. @the_hindu

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BSP leaders are having a mini-reunion in the SP via BJP.

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Two persons who allegedly 'stole' a tyre of a Mirage jet from a truck in LKo have returned it to the airforce station here, says @lkopolice They two claimed they found the tyre lying on the road close to a service lane and mistook it for a tyre of a truck and took it home.

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62 persons were killed in Muzaffarnagar communal violence in 2013 (official records). 52 have already died in Manipur ethnic violence. How differently the national media as well as politicians dealt with the two? The first one paved the way for regime change in 2014.

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Varanasi commissioner Kaushal Raj Sharma allegedly presided over the hurried puja conducted in the cellar of the Gyanvapi Masjid on January 31-Feb 1 night. @CVaranas sir must clarify if this was true or not and if this photo doing the rounds is real/fake.

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@sharmasupriya , a journalist working for news portal @Scroll .in was booked under various charges including the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Act in Varanasi for allegedly misreporting about the poverty of a Dalit woman in a village adopted by PM Modi.

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1. Qasim's family 2. Samaydeen, the survivor of the lynching. A UP court has convicted 10 men for lynching Qasim, a goat trader, on the false pretext of cow slaughter in Hapur in 2018. Samaydeen, who had tried to intervene, was injured in the assault. Photos by Omar Rashid.

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Just in: A court in UP's Hapur has convicted 10 men and sentenced them to life imprisonment for the lynching of a Muslim animal trader Qasim in 2018 on the (false) rumour of cow slaughter. Another man Samaydeen was brutally assaulted but survived.

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UP police denied me a blanket in the cold when I asked for it and didn't give me food during the entire detention, 76-year-old S.R. Darapuri, a retired IPS, told @the_hindu moments after being released from jail after two weeks. @abaruah64 @suhasinih

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‘You eat here but sing songs of Pakistan’, Congress worker told in police detention

Sadaf Jafar and ex-IPS officer S. R Darapuri and 12 others granted bail by a in connection with violence during protests against CAA in Lucknow.

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1. This was 2014. I was travelling from Lucknow to Varanasi on the Varuna Express train & ended up sharing a cabin with some Uttar Pradesh police personnel who were escorting a murder accused (or convict) back to Varanasi jail after a hearing in some district (not sure which).

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A Muslim boy--booked on Jan 2 for kidnapping a minor Hindu woman in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP--found dead in a canal, days after state bulldozers demolished an "illegal" construction outside his house. The girl is still missing. Her chappal, his mobile were earlier found near the canal

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Slaughtering a cow in the secrecy of one’s own house in the wee hours probably because of poverty, lack of employment or hunger, may be described as a case involving law and order but not a matter affecting public order, the Allahabad HC has noted, quashes NSA of three persons

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“I got married willingly. I am an adult, aged 22,” the girl said.

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“There are only 13 students opposing his appointment and they can’t be the representative of the university, which at present has 32,000 students," the official said.

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Protest against ‘Muslim’ faculty ends, BHU Sanskrit department reopens

The RSS has said it does not agree with the ABVP students protests.

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Activists gathered outside the office of DGP Karnataka to demand criminal action against right-wing leader Pramod Muthalik for allegedly inciting violence against Muslim women and the entire community.

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Fresh round of politics over O.P Rajbhar. After BJP UP VP DSingh meets him for tea, ruling party spreads perception that he could jump from the SP ship before voting. Rajbhar counter attacks and says BJP leaders/ministers had come to him to request ticket on SP-SBSP symbols! :D

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The principal of Kanpur Medical College Arati Lalchandani allegedly calls Tablighi Jamaat members terrorists, says they should be sent to dungeons, jungles & solitary confinement rather than being treated in isolation wards. She told @the_hindu that she made the comment in anger

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Imp: A week before Mukhtar Ansari’s hospitalisation due to abdomen pain & then death due to “cardiac arrest”, a court in UP had sought a report from jail officials in Banda over his alleged poisoning. Report was due today. Ansari died yesterday. My story

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Week Before Mukhtar Ansari's Death, Court Sought Report Over Alleged Poisoning

On March 21, special judge MP/MLA court Barabanki, Kamal Kant Srivastava – hearing an application by Ansari – had directed Jail Superintendent Banda to submit a report about Ansari's health and...

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There are 4 distinct trends among voters in UP 1. Content voter: landless, happy with free ration, welfare schemes, unaffected by job loss, land laws or stray cattle, emotional about Kashmir, Ayodhya. Expects little from life, happy with roti, kapda...Prefers status quo

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3 years

This is how bigoted Opposition MPs who win merely due to demography help majoritarian polarization climb a notch higher

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ANI UP/Uttarakhand

3 years

When India was under British rule, our country fought for freedom. Now Taliban wants to free their country & run it. Taliban is a force that did not allow even strong countries like Russia & America to settle in their country: Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal

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Just in: On Alldb HC directive on lockdown, UP govt says no to complete lockdown in cities. Along with lives we also have to save livelihood of the poor, says a senior govt official. Govt has taken some tough measures, will continue to take such steps @the_hindu @abaruah64

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Career update. The present journey comes to a halt after a decade with @the_hindu Thank you. With gratitude @nramind @MaliniP @abaruah64 @vargheseKgeorge @raman_anuradha @peejaygeorge @MandiraModdie @kv_ramanan @vrsrini @sriramvasan A note of thanks:

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In the world of English journalism, why is every piece of reporting done beyond Anand Vihar Metro Station in Delhi termed as "ground reporting"?

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Varanasi court orders sealing of portion of Gyanvapi Mosque after Hindu plaintiffs' lawyers claim "Shivling" was found in in its ablution water tank Caretakers of mosque said it was not a "Shivling" but a part of a stone fountain in the wazu khana (ablution tank) of the mosque

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Several policemen in Agra, UP injured after followers of Radhaswami Satsangi cult/sect attacked them with spiked lathis, stones etc when forces tried to evict them for allegedly illegally encroaching on govt land. Police lathi-charged the crowd

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राजस्व विभाग की मांग पर सरकारी भूमि से अवैध कब्जा हटवाने पहुंची पुलिस टीम पर पथराव एवं पुलिस-प्रशासन द्वारा की जा रही अग्रिम कार्यवाही के संबंध में @DCPCityAgra की बाइट।

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U.P. panchayat polls turned deadly for those on duty. While the Alld HC noted deaths of 135 polling agents on duty, teacher unions claim the figures are as high as 500-1000. 2.43+ lakh officials/staff were on duty; 12.96 cr voters @the_hindu @abaruah64

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U.P. panchayat elections turned deadly for those on duty

Polls were held in 4 phases with 12.96 crore registered voters and over 2 lakh voting booths even as COVID-19 infections were peaking

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Court found 5 counts of lapses by #UPpolice in Hapur #moblynching No identification parade was done CD of sting operation broken Video of lynching not submitted with valid certificate in chargesheet Murder weapon, stick, not sent to FSL FIR was written under police pressure

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Hapur Mob Lynching Conviction: Court Finds UP Police Guilty of Negligence in Investigation Victim Qasim’s brother Saleem said he hopes that the conviction would serve as “an example” in preventing “acts of mob lynching” in the country. @omar7rashid ✍️

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This is a police outpost in Uttar Pradesh. @etawahpolice say they have suspended the cop for making this man perform this.

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The Samajwadi Party is using this pic to question the treatment of OBCs under Yogi/BJP. Here BJP UP state president Swatantra Dev Singh is seen bowing in front of CM Yogi. The context is not clear but it has given fodder to the BJP's opponents.

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Tragic and shocking news of passing away of senior journalist @kamalkhan_NDTV in Lucknow today.

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A 22-year-old Hindu woman, three months pregnant, whose Muslim 'husband' was arrested under the new Ordinance against unlawful conversion in UP was admitted to a hospital in Moradabad after abdomen pain but did not suffer a miscarriage, said an official

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U.P. officials deny woman suffered miscarriage

Moradabad woman back in hospital.

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RLD and Apna Dal Sonelal are competing for 3rd largest party tag while Congress and BSP are competing for 6-7-8 position in UP. Both are national parties.

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"Several innocent lives would not have got lost in a most cruel, diabolic, barbaric, gruesome and inhuman manner allegedly by his very promising son and other accused," the court said of union min Ajay Mishra Teni while denying bail to 4 in Tikonia case

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Lakhimpur Kheri incident might not have occurred had Union Minister Ajay Mishra not threatened...

“Political persons holding high offices, should make public utterances in a decent language considering repercussions in society”

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It's a contest between 80 vs 20, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath in a not for subtle hint at majoritarian polarization

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बीजेपी को क्यों वोट देगा ब्राह्मण ? CM योगी बोले- ये लड़ाई 80-20 की है. #News18AgendaUP @AMISHDEVGAN @myogiadityanath @CMOfficeUP

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DM Ghazipur threatens FIR against those attending Mukhtar Ansari's funeral after she objects to locals attending the burial in large numbers. Here, she was arguing with MP Afzal Ansari, Mukhtar's brother, over who will be allowed to throw "mitti" at the burial site. Video recivd

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Officials in Lucknow have two days in a row visited and scanned the residence of retired IPS S. R Darapuri in a bid to recover damages to property during CAA protests last year. His family says officials have threatened to confiscate their property/re- arrest the septuagenarian.

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Is the Samajwadi Party+ led by Akhilesh Yadav trying to fill the 'Bahujan' space left vacant by Mayawati? Adopting the 'Bahujan' discourse, the SP chief is seeking to expand his acceptability across OBCs & Dalits. @the_hindu @abaruah64 @vargheseKgeorge

Akhilesh has a new language this time

Adopting the Bahujan discourse, the SP leader is seeking to expand his acceptability across OBCs and Dalits

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Under the new system, it is illegal for more than four blankets to assemble together. Hence, they were seized by cops. Makes sense.

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IMP: BJP's fall in popularity in UP was comprehensive. As voting moved east, towards Gorakhpur & Varanasi, things got worse for BJP BJP dropped 6.2% votes in West 4.6% votes in Rohilkhand 9.65% in Bundelkhand-Kanpur 8.28% in Awadh-Central 9.96% in Purvanchal (north & south)

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From Kairana to Kushinagar, the BJP Lost Popular Support in All Regions of #UttarPradesh The party lost popular support across the length and breadth of UP, with alarming drops in vote shares in the central, southern and eastern regions. @omar7rashid ✍️

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Join the dots: ** PM Modi today in UP said Muslim women are voting for him in large numbers, silently and without making much noise. **BJP writes to EC alleging that women in purdah (hijab, burqa) are casting fake votes by concealing their identity.

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Varanasi court removes original advocate commissioner Ajay Mishra from Gyanvapi inspection for leaking info to media through a private cameraman. Judge calls him irresponsible. Mosque committee had called Mishra biased on day one of the videography but court had overruled it then

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Chronology Ex MP Dhananjay Singh gets convicted after indicating he would contest election His Wife Shrikala gets BSP ticket. She was hurting BJP. BSP suddenly drops Shrikala after Dhananjay comes out on bail. Dhanajay asks supporters to back BJP. Shrikala meets Amit Shah

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath evades question on Bulandshahr violence. Video: Special arrangement. @the_hindu @abaruah64

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The Yogi govt in UP worked only for one caste (Thakur) & totally neglected Brahmins, insulted them,says @satishmisrabsp to @the_hindu He also justifies @Mayawati 's solo strategy in UP 2022, saying 'only the weak need alliances' @abaruah64 @vargheseKgeorge

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Yogi govt. working for only one caste, neglecting Brahmins, Dalits: BSP leader

BSP leader defends party’s do-it-alone strategy for U.P. polls

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A judge in UP, while indicting a Muslim cleric for 2010 riots, has held CM Yogi Adityanath as a modern version of Plato's Philosopher King, a theocratic ruler. The same judge had sealed the fountain inside Gyanvapi Masjid after Hindus called it Shivling.

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#Communalism | Ex Gyanvapi Case Judge Hails 'Philosopher King' Adityanath in Order Indicting Muslim Cleric Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar called Adityanath a great example of a “religious person” holding a seat of power. @omar7rashid ✍️

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Attributing the BJP's win in UP to hate, Hindutva & divisiveness is lazy work. Elections are won and lost over five years.

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The judge who handed over the basement of the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi to Hindus on his last day of work, A K Vishvesha, has been appointed the Lokpal of a university in Lucknow, claims the Gyanvapi Masjid management committee.

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Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari is dead. Due to cardiac arrest, say doctors. 2 days ago his brother exMP Afzal Ansari alleged Mukhtar was being poisoned in jail. Mukhtar's son Umar had approached SC alleging that the state govt was planning to kill him in jail. Matter was in court.

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Police said they put up the posters allegedly to spoil social harmony as part of a conspiracy. Booked them for intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public, whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the State/ public tranquility

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Robin Verma, activist and teacher, who was arrested by police on December 20 evening granted bail by a local court in the CAA protest case. He was picked up by police from a restaurant in Hazratganj along with me. @the_hindu @abaruah64 @suhasinih

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Former BSP Rajya Sabha MP from Muzaffarnagar Rajpal Saini joins SP. Several other OBC leaders, especially Kashyap, Nishad, join the SP from BSP and Congress

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Amid reports of patients and hospitals struggling oxygen supply, UP CM Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to take action under the NSA n seize property of ppl who spread “rumours” and propaganda on social media or blackmarket/hoard medicine. 42 arrested

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Wonder why you deleted this tweet, @News18UP ?

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Denied ticket as seat went to SP, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid expresses grief

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फ़र्रुख़ाबाद से मेरे रिश्तों के कितने इम्तहान का सामना करना पड़ेगा? सवाल मेरा नहीं पर हमारे सब के मुस्तक़ाबिल का है, आने वाली नस्लों का है। क़िस्मत के फ़ैसलों के सामने कभी झुका नहीं । टूट सकता हूँ , झुकूँ गा नहीं। तुम साथ देनेका वादा करो, मैं नघमे सुनाता रहूँ

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RLD complains to EC against Mathura BJP candidate Hema Malini saying her Kent water purifier ads violated code of conduct! @the_hindu @abaruah64 @nistula @vargheseKgeorge

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Meanwhile in UP, 2 lakh litre water spent on washing helipad for a deputy CM's visit to Banda, one of hottest districts in India, located in the drought-prone Bundelkhand.

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to contest Lok Sabha election from Azamgarh in Purvanchal. Senior SP leader Azam Khan will fight from Rampur. @yadavakhilesh @samajwadiparty @the_hindu @abaruah64

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Seems like @UPGovt has successfully defeated COVID-19. Because since Monday they have stopped giving out detailed chart on the cases. Yesterday, they did not even issue basic tabled information on daily deaths/cases district-wise.

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