Uttar Pradesh

Fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a pharmaceutical unit in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli district

India has a confusing halal certification regime, with several companies offering service, but only a few registered

Uttar Pradesh schoolteacher calls for student's eviction due to his religion, reveals viral video

More than 500,000 farmers attended the rally in Muzaffarnagar, according to local police

Daily Covid cases expected to peak at 500,000 in mid-May, and may subside b/w June and July, according to local media

The husband was convinced by a local priest his wife was carrying a girl

State govts announce compensation of $5,300 for the next of kin of each of the dead

Uttar Pradesh has seen millions of migrants return home during an extended nationwide coronavirus lockdown

Millions of workers have been stranded in India's densely populated cities

India has seen string of attacks on Muslims coupled with rising Islamophobia

UP government accuses 57 people depicted in posters of rioting in December

As protests continue, Modi is now trying his hand at damage control

Flash floods after heavy rains killed at least 17 people in western India's Maharashtra state earlier this week

Long queues formed outside polling stations in eight northern states electing the final 59 candidates

Has so far given India nine prime ministers

As BJP and other Hindu conservatives call for a legislation to allow a temple to be built

Cheap, locally-made liquor is common in parts of rural India

Triggering a crackdown against bootleggers

UP sends 80 lawmakers to the Indian parliament, most for any state in India

UP’s Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party say they would set aside differences to jointly fight Modi

Hindu crowd tore down Babri mosque in 1992, triggering riots that killed about 2,000 people across India

Uttar Pradesh is notorious for communal tensions and crime

Police arrest four of 27 men named in complaint after police officer and a man are killed in Uttar Pradesh

The man who was unemployed targeted community kitchens such as those distributing free food to the needy

Uttar Pradesh state government forms medical teams to look into cases and central team to look into deaths

The plane is owned by Uttar Pradesh state government, Indian media reported

Officials blamed foggy weather conditions prevalent during morning hours for the accident.

Girl claims her father, brother and two uncles raped her for eloping with a man

Video of the incident draws social media ire

One survivor described being engulfed by burning hot steam when the explosion occurred

PM Modi wants a ‘new India’ by 2022 but, corruption and casteism are not going anywhere until then

Photographs and television footage showed scores of mangled coaches lying sideways

Says mosque should be relocated to nearby Muslim dominated area to conclude dispute

The student self-immolated at the Central University for Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state

The 35-year-old mother was gang-raped in 2008 over a property dispute and later forced to drink acid

Clashes between castes have left two dead and at least 20 injured

The Valmikis of Sambhal in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh warn they'll embrace Islam if discrimination doesn't stop

This is the first time that the councillors are facing tough action

Tunday Kababi opened shop in 1905 in Lucknow

Court has advised the different parties to sit together and sort out the Babri Masjid dispute through negotiations

Uttar Pradesh in north India is the world’s fourth largest democracy

These quotes make us question how can such a venom-spewing politician can become a CM in a democratic country

The recent BJP win in UP is thought to have made a return to power of Narendra Modi in 2019 inevitable

Yogi Adityanath has been accused of inciting violence against Muslims

Dozens of posters appeared in UP's Jianagla village overnight

Hindu nationalist BJP is trying to consolidate its grip on power by seizing control of India's most populous state

In Uttar Pradesh opponent CM Akhilesh Yadav has been repackaged as a youthful and media-savvy go-getter

Decision follows considerable discussions with the Pakistan Hockey Federation

Hundreds of people were detained over the violence, including 124 who have been formally charged with rioting.