Azamgarh

Lok Sabha bypolls: Voting in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh, Rampur underway; 19 candidates in fray

The bypolls to the Azamgarh seat were necessitated by the resignation of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, who was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly as an MLA in the elections earlier this year

Azamgarh by-polls: You have got the opportunity to turn this 'Aatankgarh' into 'Aryamgarh', says Yogi to voters

Uttar Pradesh's chief minister attended a public meeting in Akbelpur and Baghila villages for the by-elections of Azamgarh parliamentary seat on Sunday

UP polls: Will contest elections after taking permission from people of Azamgarh, says Akhilesh Yadav

Elections for the 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting 10 February

Three minor sisters burnt to death as cylinder catches fire in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh

The cylinder leaked when Dipanjali (11), Shivansi (6) and Shrejal (4) were in the kitchen while their mother had stepped out to get some water

Islamic scholar and Padma awardee Maulana Wahiduddin Khan passes away aged 96 in Delhi

Through the course of his lifetime, Khan wrote 200 books that advocated spirituality and prophetic wisdom. He also established the Centre for Peace and Spirituality in 2001 in a bid to promote interfaith dialogue and peaceful co-existence in a multicultural society.

UP govt's name and shame campaign: Police removes posters of Sengar, Chinmayanand put up by SP-linked outfit, files FIR

The posters also had a photograph of self-styled godman Ram Rahim and read: "On the orders of chief minister, pictures of rapists have been put up in Azamgarh"

Pilot dies as four-seater training aircraft crashes in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh

The aircraft, which belonged to the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademi, crashed into an agricultural field in Kushaha Fariuddinpur village around 11.30 on Monday morning due to bad weather conditions

AMU alumnus Sharjeel Usmani arrested by UP Police for 'inciting' 15 Dec anti-CAA protest in varsity

Reports said that Sharjeel Usmani was arrested by five or six plain-clothed policemen while he was out for some tea. his laptop, books and a set of clothes have been confiscated from his home.

Arrested for sedition in UP's Azamgarh district, maulana says he tried to defuse CAA, NRC protest, not instigate it

Events are related to the sit-in protest called by a group of women in UP's Azamgarh district to protest against CAA and NRC. The FIR contradicts Rashadi’s version. Dubbing the protesters 'rioters', the FIR said that in spite of warning them about the Section 144, which prohibits gathering of more than 3 people, they did not withdraw the protest.

UP Police arrests 12 under NSA for thrashing Dalits in Azamgarh's Sikandarpur Aima village; local SHO suspended

Twelve people were arrested after they thrashed youths in a Dalit locality in Azamgarh and charged under the stringent NSA, a senior officer said on Saturday