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  UP teacher arrested for forcing 'mere allah burai se bachana' prayer in a school run by VHP I WATCH

  India | December 25, 2022 11:34 IST

  Though the VHP accused the teacher of hurting the sentiments of the Hindus, the prayer was later found to have been written by famous Urdu poet Allama Iqbal, who is also known to have written ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan Hamara.’

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  Two killed during panchayat to settle marital dispute

  India | May 23, 2021 10:00 IST

  A panchayat meeting convened to settle a marital dispute took a violent turn, leaving two dead and several injured in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident took place on Saturday at Jareli village.

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  In trial that lasted 29 years, 5-year jail to two in UP for looting Rs 370

  India | July 19, 2017 11:41 IST

  They regret the “gross mistake” they committed back then and now say that the real punishment for them was the trial and not the jail term they have been given now

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  Rapist marries victim under pressure, sells child born from marriage for Rs 25,000

  India | October 18, 2016 10:11 IST

  a 25-year-old woman has alleged that a man, who raped her in 2014 and later married her when pressurised by the elders of the society after she gave birth to a child, later sold the infant to a childless couple for Rs 25,000.