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  Maharajganj killing verdict: Court orders one death sentence, nine life terms after communal clash

  Uttar Pradesh | December 11, 2025 20:24 IST

  A UP court has delivered a decisive verdict in the Maharajganj communal violence case, sentencing one man to death and nine others to life imprisonment for the killing of a young devotee during a Durga immersion procession.

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  Uttar Pradesh: Man gets life imprisonment for killing wife over dowry

  Crime | November 13, 2024 11:46 IST

  Uttar Pradesh: The judge imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict and ordered that if the accused failed to deposit the fine, he would get six months of additional jail term.

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  Uttar Pradesh: Court sentences man to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for raping minor in Maharajganj

  Crime | July 07, 2024 14:37 IST

  Uttar Pradesh crime news: The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict. According to the prosecution, the incident took place on November 30, 2017 when Gupta abducted the girl and raped her.

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  Uttar Pradesh: 11-year-old boy mauled to death by stray dogs in Maharajganj

  Uttar Pradesh | April 12, 2023 9:28 IST

  Uttar Pradesh news: Police have said that his face and right arm were bitten off and the victim appeared to have put up a fight against the dogs. As the news of his death spread in the town, people expressed anger over the inaction of police and district authorities.

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  UP: Students consume poison in school over parents not accepting relationship, 1 dead

  India | January 18, 2023 14:29 IST

  The students were rushed to a nearby community health centre soon after the incident on Tuesday afternoon and were later referred to the district hospital where the 20-year-old student of class 12 died during treatment, officials said.

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  BJP leader shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj, one arrested

  Crime | March 23, 2022 12:04 IST

  The deceased BJP leader has been identified as Gaurav Jaiswal, 35. He was the former secretary of BJP's youth wing.

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  BJP's MLA from Bihar to contest polls as an Independent candidate

  April 08, 2019 19:40 IST

  "I will contest from Maharajganj as an independent candidate," Rai said.

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  Nepal Police gun down 'most wanted' Indian criminal

  World | November 23, 2014 13:27 IST

  Kathmandu: An Indian national, who was in the most wanted list of Nepal Police, has been killed in an encounter in southern Nepal, police said.  Sahasran Khan of Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh, was killed in