Uttar Pradesh

A UP Police personnel, identified as Sarvesh, has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing some women and shooting a man who objected to his actions. The incident happened when the women were en route to attend a marriage ceremony in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district. Reportedly, Sarvesh was drunk and accompanied by his friends. The injured man has been shifted to a Varanasi hospital owing to his critical conditions.

The Uttar Pradesh Police have taken a 15-year-old boy from Agra into custody after he allegedly threatened to "blow up" the state CM Yogi Adityanath. Reportedly, the accused had sent the threatening WhatsApp message on the state’s 112 helpline number. An FIR has been registered against the boy and he was presented before the Juvenile Board. Reportedly, the boy's family was unaware of this incident and they termed it "childish".

The ordinance bill for the 'Love Jihad' in the state of UP has been passed by the Governor Anandiben Patel on November 24. According to the law, a person is eligible for 10-years of prison or a fine of 15,000, if found violating the ordinance in any manner and comes in effect from November 28. However, Madhya Pradesh & Haryana were also contemplating to initiate love-jihad in their respective states.… read-more

Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district plans to cover the state-run cow shelters with polythene sheets and provide cows with jute-bag jackets during winters. While the district supply department will provide jute bags from ration shops, the coat and other arrangements will be made by gram panchayats. The 113 cow shelters lying in rural areas, which will shelter around 13,000 cows, are supervised by panchayats. The veterinary department will… read-more

The Allahabad High Court on November 24 declared choosing of partners as a fundamental right, ruling out two previous orders. The court held that the choice of partners is intrinsic to personal liberty and decision otherwise would be encroachment to freedom of choice. Moreover, the HC added, religious matters are irrelevant in the case of consensual matters. The decision surfaced amidst UP government touting for a law against love jihad.