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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Visits Farmers' Families Who Died Due To Fertilizer Scarcity
Priyanka Gandhi, Congress general secretary in authority of Uttar Pradesh, travelled to Lalitpur by train on October 29 to visit families of farmers who perished as a consequence of a fertilizer scarcity. She told them that she would comply with their requests. Congress stated, the whole state of Bundelkhand, including Lalitpur, is suffering from extreme fertilizer scarcity. One farmer killed himself, while another died waiting in line for… read-more
Tags: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Lalitpur, farmer protest, fertilizer
Courtesy: United News Of India
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Allahabad HC Frees Man Who Spent 20 Years In Jail In False Rape Case
The Allahabad High Court on February 24 acquitted a 43-year-old man from UP's Lalitpur district, who spent 20 years in jail in a false rape case. The man, Vishnu, was serving the life imprisonment in Agra jail after a Dalit woman falsely framed him for rape in September 2000. Reportedly, Vishnu had challenged the session court's judgment in the high court in 2005 but the case remained defective till now.
Tags: Allahabad High Court, Lalitpur, Agra Jail, life imprisonment
Courtesy: The Tribune
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UP Police Detains State Congress Chief For Protesting Without Assent
For conducting a 'Gai Bachao, Kisan Bachao' march without prior permission, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and 50 party members have been detained by the police. Congress' Lalitpur District President Balwant Singh Rajput has stated that over 200 party workers were arrested and about 24 were injured by the police. The six-day march was initiated by Congress to question cows' death because of the state government's '… read-more
Tags: Ajay Kumar Lallu, Indian Politics, Uttar Pradesh, Lalitpur
Courtesy: The New Indian Express
