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SP leaders` reaction to rape cases – from weird to outrageous

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 17:32

Amid all-round attack on Akhilesh Yadav government over rape incidents, SP leaders Wednesday gave weird arguments, saying sometimes when relationship between girls and boys come out in open, it is "termed as rape".

Badaun gang-rape case: Commissioner faces women`s ire in Katra village

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 16:57

Demanding justice for the Badaun victims, a group of women on Wednesday protested in front of the Bareilly divisional commissioner in Katra Sadatganj village where the two teenaged girls were gangraped and later hanged from a tree, sparking a nation-wide outrage.

Scorching heat prevails in UP

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 14:42

Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under scorching heat today with weather continuing to remain dry.

Allahabad HC notice to UP govt over its power policy

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 14:30

Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to file their replies on a PIL seeking direction for the 24-hours uninterrupted power supply in the state like in some VIP cities.

UP police officer writes to centre against arbitrary transfers

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 12:32

A senior Uttar Pradesh Police officer has written to the Union Cabinet Secretary, seeking to make public the recommendations of the Civil Services Board constituted for the transfer of Indian administrative, police and foreign service officers.

Muzaffarnagar riots` inquiry panel records statements of 33 victims

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 12:09

The one-member inquiry commission constituted by Uttar Pradesh government to probe the Muzaffarnagar riots, has recorded fresh statements of 33 victims here.

Badaun gang-rape: UN chief appalled, Centre says situation in UP deplorable

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 13:28

While the United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday said that he is appalled by the brutal rape and murder of two teenaged girls in India`s Badaun district and demanded urgent action in the case, the Centre also said that the law and order situation in Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh is deplorable.

UP chief secretary`s appointment challenged in court

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 11:15

The appointment of senior Indian Administrative Service officer Alok Ranjan as the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh has been challenged in the Allahabad High Court.

Google search will show Badaun-type incidents in other places too: Akhilesh

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 08:39

Under intense criticism over Badaun gang-rape and murder incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said a Google search would show such crimes occurring across the country.

UP Cabinet takes slew of measures to improve law and order

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 23:46

Reversing its own order, the Uttar Pradesh government has abolished the system of transferring head constables and constables of police in their own or neighbouring districts.