Meerut
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Dalit converts to Islam on being denied access to temple
India | Mar 14, 2015, 01:19 PM ISTMeerut: A Dalit in Moga village of Meerut, earlier known as Shyam Singh converted himself to Islam a fortnight before, alleging that he was denied access to the nearby temple.Declaring himself as ‘Azad' now, Shyam
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Hashimpura massacre case: Court to pronounce verdict on Mar 21
India | Feb 21, 2015, 04:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Delhi court today fixed March 21 for pronouncing its judgement in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 42 members of the Muslim community were killed after being allegedly picked up by
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91 minor inmates escape from Bal Sudhar Grah in Meerut
India | Feb 02, 2015, 09:39 AM ISTMeerut: 91 minor inmates fled from a Bal Sudhar Grah (Children Reformation Home) in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut yesterday night.A senior police official said that inmates made a rope using clothes and jumped from the window
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UP government to award Rs 50,000 to encourage intercaste marriage
India | Jan 29, 2015, 07:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has taken a courageous initiative to encourage intercaste marriage.The government has promised to give such couples Rs 50,000 as reward. To bring this initiative into action the government will
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Surinder Koli's mother meets him in jail after eight years
India | Sep 11, 2014, 05:25 PM ISTMeerut: Death-row convict Surinder Koli's mother today met her son for the first time in eight years since he was lodged in jail for Nithari serial killings. 68-year-old Kanti Koli who travelled from Mangrukhlal village
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Road rage: Wife comes to husband's help, thrashes youths
India | Aug 21, 2014, 08:57 PM ISTMeerut: It is indeed back of ‘goonda raj' in Uttar Pradesh. No other thought will reflect in your mind after knowing how some youths misbehaved with a woman and her husband at a crowded chowk
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UP Police arrests ISI agent in Meerut
India | Aug 17, 2014, 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police has claimed to arrest an ISI agent from Meerut. The arrested person has been identified as Asif Ali, a resident of the Dehli Gate
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Karn Sharma, a journey from rejection to selection
Cricket | Nov 12, 2014, 09:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: Once a discard of the Uttar Pradesh state Ranji team, Karn Sharma, has received a call to be a part of team India's test side and that too against Australia in their home.
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Another furore in Nagma's meeting in Meerut
India | Jun 15, 2014, 09:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: A commotion broke out at a Congress meeting in Meerut where actress turned politician Nagma came to address people. The uproar started when some party workers opposed the sitting of some leaders on
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Uneasy calm in Meerut, schools remain shut
India | May 12, 2014, 08:04 AM ISTMeerut: Authorities ordered the closure of all schools in Meerut today even as cases against 200 persons were registered yesterday in connection with a communal clash that left seven injured.Security was beefed up in the
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Watch actor Nagma slapping a man in Meerut during campaign
India | Mar 28, 2014, 09:29 AM ISTMeerut: Congress candidate from Meerut Nagma on Thursday suddenly slapped a man who was closely following her during her campaign in a minority-dominated locality Jali Kothi here. A huge crowd was present in the locality
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Delhi Metro to connect Sonepat, Panipat, Alwar, Meerut
India | Mar 22, 2014, 10:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a major relief for people commuting in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Metro network is set to reach towns near Delhi – Sonepat and Panipat in Haryana, Alwar in Rajasthan and
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Read second list of 71 Congress candidates, Nagma from Meerut, Raj Babbar from Ghaziabad
National | Mar 14, 2014, 01:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress today released its second list of 71 candidates for Lok Sabha elections.The list includes film actor Nagma from Meerut, Raj Babbar from Ghaziabad, Minister of State V Narayanasamy from Puducherry, Rita
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Live: It's Congress and not BJP that is sowing seeds of poison, says Modi at Meerut rally
National | Feb 03, 2014, 01:32 PM ISTMeerut: Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today blasted Congress president for her ‘zeher ki kheti' remark and said that it's Congress that is spreading poison through its divisive politics.Modi said
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Army officers and jawans thrash one another in Meerut, 3 injured
India | Oct 11, 2013, 11:05 PM ISTMeerut: An altercation during a boxing match led to a clash between officers and soldiers of an Army unit in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, leaving three personnel including the second-in-command injured.Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh
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Meerut clashes: Mulayam blames BJP, RSS; assures action
India | Sep 29, 2013, 08:59 PM ISTLucknow: Taking a strong note of the clash in Meerut, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today alleged that BJP and RSS were trying to orchestrate riots in the state, and assured that strict action
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Seven drowned as car falls in canal near Meerut
India | Sep 14, 2013, 07:39 AM ISTMeerut: Seven persons were drowned and the driver survived when a Hyundai Accent car fell into a canal late Friday night. So far four bodies have been recovered. The car driver managed to swim ashore.
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Policeman hurt during patrolling, 7 arrested in Meerut
India | Sep 11, 2013, 07:43 PM ISTMeerut: One policeman was today hurt during stone-pelting in Kirthal village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh.“A patrolling team was passing through Kirthal village in the Ramala police station area when they were suddenly pelted
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975 held for Muzaffarnagar violence
India | Sep 11, 2013, 07:12 AM ISTLucknow: 975 people have been arrested in connection with the violence in Muzaffarnagar, in which 40 people lost their lives, police said yesterday."975 people have been arrested and 7,000 have been bound down in different
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Bullet will be replied with bullet, says Meerut SSP
India | Sep 11, 2013, 07:01 AM ISTMeerut: Warning of strict action against anyone taking the law into their hands, SSP Deepak Kumar yesterday said "bullet will be replied with bullet.""Those who fire shots will be fired at by police," Kumar said,