Masuri violence: Congress seeks report from Rashid Alvi
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Monday visited Masuri in Ghaziabad, where violence last week left six people dead. The Masuri police...
View ArticleDasna violence may have been planned on Koran derogatory comments
DASNA (UTTAR PRADESH): As riots go, the conflagration in Dasna, in Ghaziabad, was fairly typical. A few pages of the Koran with derogatory comments were mysteriously found at Adhyatmik Nagar railway...
View ArticleCurfew relaxed in violence-hit Ghaziabad area
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet GHAZIABAD: Curfew was relaxed for five hours Monday in Ghaziabad's Masuri area where six people were killed in police firing three days ago and the kin of two victims sought...
View ArticleTwo Ghaziabad policemen in serious condition
Tweet Ghaziabad, Sep 19 (IANS) Two policemen viciously attacked by a frenzied mob after the desecration of the Koran remain in serious condition, police sources said Wednesday. Head constable Roop...
View ArticlePolice clueless about what triggered Ghaziabad violence
Video Click to play video Ghaziabad: Silence and tension hang in the air, three days after the mob violence left six people dead in the capital region of Ghaziabad, after alleged desecration of a holy...
View ArticleAfter the violence, the unease
For decades, Masuri in Ghaziabad had known neither communal tension nor violence. Local leaders would take pride in the fact that even after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 and during the...
View ArticleDesecration sparks mob violence, NH-24 traffic hit
A mob went on the rampage in Masuri, Ghaziabad, on Friday night, over the alleged desecration of a religious book at Adhyatmik Nagar railway station, where torn pages of the text were reportedly found...
View ArticleMilk van crushes 3 Ghaziabad cops
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet GHAZIABAD: Violence-hit Masuri village of Ghaziabad witnessed another tragedy on Thursday night when a milk van driven by a sleepy minor ploughed into a police checkpost — set...
View ArticleHeads start rolling in Ghaziabad violence
Tweet Ghaziabad, Sep 16 (IANS) Two intelligence officials of Uttar Pradesh Police have been suspended while another official may face the same fate over failure to provide intelligence inputs in...
View ArticleGhaziabad violence: Two intelligence officials of UP Police suspended
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet GHAZIABAD: Two intelligence officials of Uttar Pradesh Police have been suspended while another official may face the same fate over failure to provide intelligence inputs...
View ArticleGhaziabad violence: Two intelligence officials suspended
Ghaziabad: Two intelligence officials of Uttar Pradesh Police have been suspended while another official may face the same fate over failure to provide intelligence inputs in Friday night's violence...
View ArticleCurfew in Ghaziabad area after desecration of holy book
Curfew was tonight imposed in Mussouri police station area of Ghaziabad following violence and arson marred protest...
View ArticleUP government orders probe into Ghaziabad violence
Tweet Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday ordered a probe in the violence in Ghaziabad's Masuri area where six people were killed in police firing, to ascertain...
View ArticleGhaziabad violence: 2 police officials suspended
Ghaziabad: Two intelligence officials of Uttar Pradesh Police have been suspended while another official may face the same fate over failure to provide intelligence inputs in Friday night's violence...
View ArticleIrate mob sets fire to police station in Ghaziabad
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet GHAZIABAD: A mob went on the rampage and set fire to a police station in Masuri area of Ghaziabad late on Friday night after they found a religious book near the Dasna railway...
View ArticleGhaziabad violence: UP govt acts against policemen
New Delhi: A day after blaming the Ghaziabad Police for not being able to control the violence that left six people dead, the Uttar Pradesh government has taken action against several district and...
View ArticleGhaziabad violence: 6 killed during protest against desecration of scripture
Ghaziabad: Six people were killed as police opened fire to break up a rampaging mob denouncing the desecration of a holy book, police and witnesses said on Saturday. The violence erupted in Masuri...
View ArticleUP: Akhilesh Yadav blames police for Ghaziabad violence
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has blamed the Ghaziabad police for not being able to control the violence that left 6 people dead on Saturday. He has alleged that the police...
View ArticleGhaziabad violence: Three police officers suspended
Three police officers were suspended today for their "failure" to provide intelligence inputs and control the situation during Friday night's violence in Masuri area here in which six people were...
View ArticleCurfew in Ghaziabad after desecration of holy book
Ghaziabad, Sep 14 (PTI) Curfew was tonight imposed in Mussouri police station area of Ghaziabad following violence and arson marred protest against alleged desecration of...
View Article6 killed in Ghaziabad unrest
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet A jeep set on fire by a mob during violence at NH-24 in Ghaziabad on Friday night. GHAZIABAD: The magnitude of the violence in the Masuri area of Ghaziabad on Friday became...
View ArticleDetails emerge from Ghaziabad violence: At least 6 killed in mobs clash...
A day after the violence that followed the alleged desecration of a holy book in Ghaziabad, it emerged that at least six people were killed in the rioting that also gutted several shops and perhaps...
View ArticleGhaziabad violence: Akhilesh Yadav orders probe
Ghaziabad: Six persons were killed and 12 injured, including two critically, in violence and arson during a protest against alleged desecration of a holy book in Dasna on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh...
View ArticleSix killed during protest against desecration of holy book in Ghaziabad
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet Mob setting fire to a police jeep in Ghaziabad on September 14, 2012. LUCKNOW: Curfew was imposed in Dasna area of Ghaziabad after six people were killed and 12 injured,...
View ArticleUP on a short communal fuse
What the demolition of the disputed structure at Ram Janmabhoomi could not do in 1992, stray rumours did in Faizabad 20 years later on October 24 this year. It was Dussehra day and the processions...
View ArticleUP under Akhilesh was on a short communal fuse this Dussehra
LUCKNOW: What the demolition of the disputed structure at Ram Janmabhoomi could not do in 1992, stray rumours did in Faizabad 20 years later on October 24 this year. It was Dussehra day and the...
View ArticleMasuri violence partof larger cospiracy
MASURI (GHAZIABAD): It has been over a month since Mohammad Arif died after a bullet severed a major artery in his thigh, but the pool of dried blood on his roof is yet to wash off. Arif was one of...
View ArticleFIR filed against BKU farmers
GHAZIABAD: An FIR has been filed against Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) farmers upon a complaint from the Wave Group for hampering collection of toll on the Masuri-Dasna highway during their month-long...
View ArticlePolice probing blast in Ghaziabad mosque
Tweet Ghaziabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Police Tuesday said they were probing an explosion at a mosque in Ghaziabad district and a forensic team was checking the site. The blast in the mosque in Dasna town...
View ArticleClass XII girl abducted near Ghaziabad's Shipra mall, gang-raped
GHAZIABAD: A class XII student, returning to Delhi from Indirapuram's Shipra mall, was abducted by the driver and two other men in the auto she was travelling in and allegedly gang-raped at Dasna in...
View ArticleClass XII girl abducted from Ghaziabad's Shipra mall, gang-raped
GHAZIABAD: A class XII student, returning to Delhi from Indirapuram's Shipra mall, was abducted by the driver and two other men in the auto she was travelling in and allegedly gang-raped at Dasna in...
View ArticleUP cop’s body found in Ghaziabad canal
GHAZIABAD: The body of an Uttar Pradesh Police constable was fished out of a canal in Masuri area of Ghaziabad on Saturday. The deceased was...
View ArticleCommunal violence a conspiracy against my government: Akhilesh Yadav
LUCKNOW: Facing flack for deterioration in law and order and rise in communal violence in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during his seven months rule so far, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed that...
View Article2437 murders in 6 months, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav admits crisis
Lucknow: Akhilesh Yadav has completed six months as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. But the initial euphoria has been replaced by a fear of the return of 'gunda raj' and the Chief Minister has...
View ArticleMuzaffarnagar is not the only blemish on UP govt
If it was the virtual collapse of the law and order situation which proved to be the undoing of the Samajwadi Party government in 2007, this time, it is the Akhilesh Yadav regime’s poor show on the...
View ArticleBJP, Congress in tight contest in Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD: An Army general whose tenure was rocked by controversy, a film star who earned both box-office rewards and acting awards, and a television anchor with spunk - the premier contestants in...
View ArticleSix die in Muslim-police clash
Tweet Ghaziabad, Sep 15 (IANS) Six people were killed as police opened fire to break up a rampaging mob denouncing the desecration of a holy book, police and witnesses said Saturday. The violence...
View Article22-year-old man shot at in Masuri, critical
GHAZIABAD: A 22-year-old man was shot at in Masuri area of Ghaziabad leaving him critically injured due to the close range of firing. Police said that the victim's family has held his wife's kin...
View ArticleChief ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Six months on, too many in the SP wield power without accountability Last Saturday, on completing six months in office, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav patted himself on the back for taking...
View ArticleFrom the embers rose a saviour - Victims thank pradhan IMRAN AHMED SIDDIQUI A...
Muzaffarnagar, Sept. 10: Dilshad still feels a shiver remembering how “50-60 people” raided his village on Saturday evening, armed with revolvers, petrol bombs and swords. But his eyes shine when he...
View ArticleStray dogs maul school boy to death in Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD: A 12-year-old boy was mauled to death by stray dogs in a village in Ghaziabad on Tuesday. The boy, Mohammed Shoaib, a student of Class V in Sikroda Primary School, in Sikroda village under...
View ArticleFour UP cops arrested after prisoner flees from custody
GHAZIABAD: Four policemen, including a sub-inspector, were arrested on Tuesday after an undertrial fled from their custody while he was being taken back to jail. The...
View ArticleFrom mid-July, extra Ganga water for Ghaziabad houses
NOIDA: Supply of potable Ganga water to Indirapuram in Ghaziabad is expected to increase from July 15 following the successful commissioning of the last phase of the Ganga Jal project undertaken by the...
View ArticleProtests after cow carcasses found in Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD: Tension gripped Loni area of Ghaziabad after carcasses of two cows were found in the area on Sunday morning. Even as the news spread like fire, enraged local residents staged a protest and...
View ArticleAnother defaced religious book found in Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD: Twelve days after violence erupted in Masuri, which saw six people dead and the Masuri police station being destroyed, defaced pages from another religious book were found in Ghaziabad in...
View ArticleSP govt draws flak for Ghaziabad violence, Alvi demands probe
The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh was at the receiving end on Monday from both Congress and BJP over the violence in Ghaziabad in which six people were killed. Senior Congress leader...
View ArticleMasuri violence: Majority of those
Police are collecting photographic evidence of the attack on the police station The Uttar Pradesh said of the 5,000-odd persons booked for the Masuri mob violence, many were youngsters aged between 15...
View ArticleFive police station officers transferred in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: Five police station officers and some chowki incharges have been transfered in Ghaziabad, officials said today. According to SSP Ghaziabad...
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