The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill for a new tough law — UPCOCA (Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act) — to deal with the mafia, land grabbers and goons in the state. The state police mooted the proposal that is in line with the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999. …
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December 13, 2017The BJP on Saturday targeted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her poll campaign in Rae Bareli for the Congress-SP alliance, saying it was unfortunate that she was seeking votes for those accused of "rape and murder". BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma referred to the rape charge against Gayatri Prajapati, a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP …
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February 18, 2017The BJP on Saturday targeted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her poll campaign in Rae Bareli for the Congress-SP alliance, saying it was unfortunate that she was seeking votes for those accused of "rape and murder". BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma referred to the rape charge against Gayatri Prajapati, a minister in the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP …
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February 18, 2017Attacking BSP for inducting gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari into its fold, BJP on Thursday said the Mayawati-led party is trying to grab power on "back of musclemen" and "such politicians" will create communal tension in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party already have musclemen like Atiq Ahmed and Azam Khan and now Mayawati has inducted Ansari. This …
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January 26, 2017