Tag: Bijnor

Yogi Adityanath flags off five-day ‘Ganga Yatra’ from Bijnor culminating in Kanpur

At Kanpur, Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to address the two yatras.

January 27, 2020

‘Why should I go to rioters?’: UP minister declines to visit houses of Muslim victims

Minister Kapil Dev Agarwal went to meet a victim in Bijnor, Om Raj Shanti, who was injured during the violence in Nehtaur area last week.

December 26, 2019

IAS aspirant killed in CAA protests in Bijnor, UP police admits to firing

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also made an unscheduled visit to Bijnor and met the families of Suleman and Anis on Sunday.

December 24, 2019

UP Police release posters of rioters

These posters have been put up at different locations in the city.

December 23, 2019

Bijnor courtroom murder: Allahabad HC takes cognizance, seeks reply

The bench comprising Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice Sunit Kumar has said that the government must give a security plan for the court premises.

December 18, 2019

Murder accused shot dead inside courtroom in Uttar Pradesh

All the three assailants, Sahil Khan, son of BSP leader Haji Ahmed Khan, Akroz and Sumit were later arrested, told SP Bjinor Sanjeev Tyagi, adding that the injured court staff head Mohrrir Munish Kumar has been referred to a higher centre in Meerut for treatment.

December 17, 2019

Unable to pay bank loan, farmer commits suicide by hanging

According to Umakant Tiwari, Senior Sub Inspector of Heempur Deepa police station, the deceased, Ranveer Singh, 38, was a small farmer with a landholding of only 3 beeghas.

November 18, 2019

Class 11 student kills classmate over love affair

An FIR was registered and the two accused have been arrested, said the cops.

November 16, 2019

Arms recovered from Bijnor madarsa, six arrested

According to ASP Bijnor Viswajeet Srivastava, the police have arrested madarsa manager Sajid and his five aides on charges of supplying arms and ammunition in the garb of Unani Dawakhana running inside the Madarsa.

July 11, 2019

Angry over payment delay, farmers weld BJP office, house of party MLA

Contradicting the claims of the UP government of prompt payment of sugar cane dues in the state, the farmers here have been protesting over the issue for past several months but they say that their issues have not been resolved yet.

March 6, 2019

2019 Lok Sabha polls in sight, Bheem Army chief Chandrashekhar sets a political tone at Bijnor rally

Addressing the rally in Bijnor, Chandrashekhar targetted the BJP calling it a “party of liars” and announced that Army leaders and workers would take out a ‘padyatra' to expose the saffron party.

November 20, 2018

Man held on rape charge after complaint by acquaintance

On charges of alleged rape of a Mumbai woman who claims herself to be a lawyer, police have arrested Mohammad Faisal, a resident of Nahtore town of district Bijnor. The arrest was made on Sunday night.   Bijnor SP Prabhakar Chaudhary said interrogation of Faisal was going on. He said the duo was known to each other and …

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February 19, 2018

Why Bijnor communal villainy did not spread

I had the Muzaffarnagar riots of February 2013 at the back of my mind when I drove towards Pedda village on the Bijnor-Najibabad Road where three Muslims had been shot dead by Jats who fired with guns and pistols from the terraces of their homes. Trouble began when two Muslim girls were harassed at the …

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September 25, 2016