Barabanki

UP Police makes second arrest in Barabanki gangrape-murder case, adds POCSO charges against accused

The Dalit girl was reported missing by her father on Wednesday after she did not return home from the fields. She was later found dead by her family members

Eighteen-year-old Dalit girl found dead in field in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki; family suspects rape

Police said the incident took place at a village under the Satrikh police station area in Barabanki and it seemed the victim was strangled

In Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, man decapitates wife, walks with her severed head for 1.5 km before being arrested

In a horrifying incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh' Barabanki district on Saturday decapitated his wife and walked with her severed head for almost one and a half kilometres before he was arrested

Leadership vaccuum, economic oppression, demonisation pushed Indian Muslim into corner, ex-RS MP Mohammed Adeeb tells Firstpost

Over the course of this conversation with Firstpost, former Rajya Sabha MP Mohammed Adeeb explains how Uttar Pradesh turned into a communal battleground and why the Muslim community has little to no political representation in the state

Books of the week: From Viswanathan Anand's autobiography to The Great Nicobar Island, our picks

Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.

Uttar Pradesh: 14 dead, 8 injured today in rain-related incidents today, North Eastern Railway services disrupted

As many as 14 fresh rain-related deaths were reported from across the state, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Sunday.

Unnao rape case: Priyanka Gandhi says UP women want to know if 'influential' people will be held accountable for actions

Amid uproar over the accident case of the Unnao rape survivor, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the question on the minds of all women and girls in Uttar Pradesh is whether voices against an "influential" person, who has done wrong, will be heard.

Yogi Adityanath announces ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to victim's families who died in Uttar Pradesh’s rain-related incidents

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the 14 people who have died due to rain-related incidents. According to official data from the state government, 133 buildings collapsed due to rain-related incidents from 9 July to 12 July.

Cattle dying due to lack of ‘proper fodder’, say locals in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki; authorities to probe issue

Locals in Safdarganj in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district alleged that some cows at a cow shelter died due to lack of fodder and water. Last month, over a dozen cows allegedly starved to death in Jalalabad cow shelter of Uttar Pradesh.

Ten killed, 8.5 lakh affected in Assam floods; heavy monsoon triggers landslides in Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh

Heavy monsoon showers triggered landslides and house collapse in parts of the North East, claiming at least 10 lives and leaving over 8.5 lakh in Assam.