Tag: Uttar Pradesh India

  • Indian man divorces wife over eyebrow threading

    Indian man divorces wife over eyebrow threading

    A man in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, divorced his wife after she shaped her eyebrows without permission. The matter came to the notice of the police as the woman went to register an FIR against her husband and in-laws.

    Gulsaiba and Saleem got married in January 2022. He left for Saudi Arabia on August 30, 2023, for an employment opportunity. Since then, the girl alleged, her in-laws were harassing her for dowry. In a statement given to the police, she told them that her husband is an extremely old-fashioned and orthodox person who has always raised objections over her fashion choices.

    During a video call on October 4, Saleem noticed that her eyebrows had been shaped and despite her explanations that she did it because her face looked unruly, he got angry and pronounced three talaqs. As per Gulsaiba, Salim said to her, “You went ahead and shaped your eyebrows despite my objections. From today, I free you from this marriage”. There has been no communication between the two since then.

    Gulsaiba stated in her complaint, “I had been married for only a year. My husband, who had previously disrespected me, has now given me triple talaq. I want the police to take appropriate action against him.”

  • Video: BJP minister’s son crushes protesting farmers with his car in India

    Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish has been named in the police complaint for running over protesting farmers and locals with his car, reports The Hindustan Times

    The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Lakhimpur Kher, which resulted in eight people’s death.

    A longer version of the video that emerged on social media on Tuesday shows an SUV mowing down people. According to farm groups, a Mahindra Thar owned by Mishra knocked down them.

    Farm leader Rakesh Tikai, while demanding the resignation of the minister, said, “The government has to dismiss the minister, arrest his son and fulfill its promises timely.”

    “It all happened in front of me. My father was knocked down by the vehicle from behind. I tried to hold him but couldn’t do anything,” said 14-year-old Rajdeep Singh, whose father Daljeet was one of the victims.

    However, the minister told NDTV that the vehicle which ran over the farmers was his but neither he nor his son was present at the spot when the incident happened.

    In his interview, the minister stated, “As far as the vehicle is concerned, I was clear that my driver was killed, two workers were killed. One worker escaped, three workers are injured, and after that, the car stopped there.”

    With the video being widely shared on different social media platforms, people are enraged and demanding strict action

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    The incident happened when a group of protesting farmers tried to block Mishra and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya from visiting Tikonia area of Kheri as they were reportedly upset over a recent speech by the Union Minister.

  • New Indian channel promises to present ‘only good news’

    New Indian channel promises to present ‘only good news’

    India’s leading TV Channel, India Today has launched a Hindi-language TV channel that promises to present only “good news.”

    The latest channel named ‘Good News Today’ “will showcase stories of hope, human triumph, innovation and inspiration from different walks of life, from different parts of India and the world,” India Today Group vice-chairperson Kalli Purie told Arab News.

    “We need to spread positivity, good stories and personalities no matter what the reality is,” she added.

    According to Purie, the slogan of this channel is Achi Khabar, Sachi Khabar (good news, authentic news).

    The country’s position has been falling rapidly on the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders. In 2016, it was 136th, but in 2020 it dropped to 142nd.

    Based in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India Today is a 24-hour English language television and has one of the largest viewerships in India. In addition, India has more than 160 national and regional news channels.

  • Groom’s mother beats him with chappal during wedding ceremony

    Groom’s mother beats him with chappal during wedding ceremony

    A groom’s mother beat him with a chappal during his wedding ceremony in India’s Uttar Pradesh.

    In a viral video clip, the bride and the groom can be seen exchanging garlands when the groom’s mother came on the stage. She pushed the photographer aside, removed her slippers and started beating her son.

    Her face was covered with a dupatta. A man wearing a yellow T-shirt stopped her and brought her down from the stage.

    The incident was reported from a guest house in Sumerpur in the Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

    As per reports, the groom’s mother beat him because he married a girl from another caste. His family was not in favour of this marriage. Thus he married the girl in court.

    Read More: ‘No mutton, no marriage’: Groom calls off wedding

    After the court marriage, the bride’s father organised a ceremony to celebrate the wedding at a district hall on July 3. He didn’t invite the groom’s family to the wedding.

    However, the groom’s mother reached the marriage venue and hit him on the stage in front of the wedding guests.

    The guests present there tried to stop her and sent her back home.

  • Man shocked after finding his father secretly married his ex-wife

    Man shocked after finding his father secretly married his ex-wife

     A young man in India’s Uttar Pradesh was shocked when he found that his ex-wife is now his stepmother and they even have a two-year-old child.

    As per reports, the son filed a Right To Information (RTI) at District Panchayati Raj Office to gather information about his father who had left the house and started living separately.

    The man had registered the RTI after his father who is a sanitation worker stopped giving him money.

    The son had got married to a girl when both were minors in 2016.

    The couple got separated after six months of marriage when the girl claimed that the boy was an alcoholic. The man then tried to reconcile but the wife refused.  

    When the son finally got to know that his father had actually married his ex-wife, he filed a complaint at Bisauli police station and both the parties were called for a meeting on Saturday.

    Read More: Irked elephant destroys wedding, forces groom to run away

    “We are trying for mediation though both, father and son were rather aggressive during the meeting on Saturday.

    “The complaint is under investigation and police are taking action as per the law,” a police official said.

    Meanwhile, the girl who is now the ‘mother’ of her ex-husband does not want to return to him and said that she was very happy with her second husband.

    “We have not been given any documents of the first marriage when both were minor. A case cannot be registered, as of now. Both the parties will receive notice for further sessions,” the officials said.

  • Marriage called off after groom fumbles with Urdu

    Marriage called off after groom fumbles with Urdu

    A marriage in India’s Uttar Pradesh was called off on Monday after the groom could not pronounce Urdu words correctly.

    As per reports, a man posing himself as a Muslim was exposed and handed over to the police when he could not pronounce Urdu words correctly during the marriage.

    The suspect hailing from  Siddhartha Nagar was in a relationship with a girl from the Kolhui area. They met online on a social media platform.

    The girl knew that the boy was not a Muslim but she did not tell that to her family and convinced him to marry her according to Muslim customs.

    During the marriage, the groom could not pronounce some Urdu words correctly and this made the girl’s family doubtful.

    Read More: Bride refuses to marry as groom chewed ‘gutka’

    When the groom fumbled over Urdu words, the girl’s family checked his PAN (permanent account number) card and his true identity was revealed.

    The groom and his friends tried to run away from the wedding venue but the bride’s family caught them and handed over to police. The marriage has been called off for now.

    Inspector in charge, Dilip Shukla, said that the groom and the bride were brought to the police station and were being questioned. The girl has confessed that she already knew about  the boy’s religion. He said the further action would be decided later.

  • VIDEO: Irked elephant destroys wedding, forces groom to run away

    VIDEO: Irked elephant destroys wedding, forces groom to run away

    An elephant has damaged the venue and four cars at a wedding ceremony after getting irked by the sound of crackers in India’s Uttar Pradesh.

    As per reports, the incident happened on Friday night when the groom named Anand Tripathi reached the wedding venue with an elephant.

    A video from the wedding recently went viral on social media that shows the groom arriving at his wedding venue, sitting in a carriage decorated with neon lights. The barat also included an elephant and some horses. The elephant then started destroying the venue and everything that came in its way because it was irked by the sound of the crackers.

    Read More: Bride refuses to marry as groom chewed ‘gutka’

    The groom fled away from the scene after the destruction made by the elephant.

    Later, a team comprising officials from the forest department and police was called for help who then managed to control the elephant.

  • Police arrest convict who pretended to be dead for 15 years

    Police in India’s Uttar Pradesh have arrested a wanted criminal who had escaped imprisonment for 15 years by pretending to be dead.

    According to reports, family members of the prime suspect, Aniraj Singh, had submitted a fake death certificate to the police showing that he had died in the fire tragedy in Meerut in the 2006.

    “During an inquiry, it was found that to avoid life imprisonment, he had made a fake death certificate and was working as a security guard in Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur with his wife and children,” the official said.

    Singh had come out of jail on bail for a few days in 2004 and then did not appear before the court on the scheduled day of his case hearing following which the police started a manhunt. However, authorities stopped investigations into his case after receiving his fake death certificate.

    The 2006 Meerut Fire tragedy happened on the evening of April 10, 2006. Around 67 people lost their lives in the tragedy. The fire spread through a consumer fair among about 2,000 people in Victoria Park in the city, creating panic and rush.

  • Girl from viral obscene video of Indian youngsters, her mother commit suicide

    Girl from viral obscene video of Indian youngsters, her mother commit suicide

    A 40-year-old woman and her 22-year-old daughter have allegedly committed suicide in India after an obscene video showing the latter went viral on social media in both India and Pakistan.

    Gonda police of India’s Uttar Pradesh (UP) said the incident took place in Nagrasen village. “The duo was upset ever since the video of the young girl and her lover went viral.”

    Villager Pappu Paswan told police that the 22-year-old had gotten married in December. However, Satyam, a former partner of hers from a caste deemed superior, used to harass the woman even after marriage. On the night of March 22, Satyam sent an obscene video of him and the woman to the her husband and made it viral on social media.

    The video also went viral in Pakistan with people on this side of the border widely sharing it.

    “This affected her relationship with her husband and the woman and her mother were devastated. They did not come out of their house all of Tuesday and on Wednesday, we spotted them hanging,” said the villager.

    Satyam has been arrested and booked for abetment of suicide and under the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 that prohibits discrimination, prevent atrocities and hate crimes against scheduled castes and tribes.

    “The accused was blackmailing the woman by saying he would tell the husband about their relationship. He also misbehaved with her and made an obscene video. Thereafter, he started blackmailing her with the video, asking her to live with him. When the woman refused, he sent the video clip to her husband,” said Gonda cop Shailesh Pandey.

  • Police arrest murderer of eight-year-old child via ‘spelling mistake’

    Police arrest murderer of eight-year-old child via ‘spelling mistake’

    Indian police identified an alleged murderer, who kidnapped and murdered his eight-year-old distant cousin, through a spelling test.

    According to details, the 22-year-old accused identified as Ram Pratap Singh, allegedly kidnapped the eight-year-old boy, from his grandmother’s house. He then used a stolen phone to send a ransom note to the family demanding Rs 200,000 for the release of the child.

    In the message, he wrote: “Do lakh rupay Seeta-Pur lekar pahuchiye. Pulish ko nahi batana nahi to haatya kar denge (Reach Sitapur with Rs 2 lakh. Don’t inform the police or your son will be killed).”

    The family approached police after more than a week and registered a missing complaint after which an investigation was initiated.

    “We swiftly formed teams to trace the kidnapped boy and called back on the same number but it was switched off. The cyber-surveillance cell was roped in and we detained the subscriber, who seemed illiterate and unable to write an SMS,” the local police said.

    The investigators detained 10 suspects, including the accused, from the area on the basis of clues gathered through the area’s CCTV footage and tip-offs.

    All of them were asked by the cops to write a sentence: “Main police main bharti hona chahta hoon. Main Hardoi se Sitapur daud kar ja sakta hoon (I want a police job. I can run from Hardoi to Sitapur).”

    Singh, who made spelling mistakes in his ransom note once again repeated them by writing ‘pulish’ for police and ‘Seeta-pur’ for Sitapur, resulting in his arrest.