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Uttar Pradesh: 13-year-old impregnated by her rapist struggles to get an abortion

In a corner of the maternity ward of Kaushambi District Hospital near Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, lies a 13-year-old girl, staring blankly at the ceiling. A shawl is all that shields her from the mid-November chill. She does not have a blanket or a pillow.

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Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Government Introduces Police Commissioner System In Three Districts

The Yogi government has implemented the police commissioner system in three districts including Ghaziabad, Agra and Prayagraj. Read on for details:

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UP: 6 Killed, 5 Injured In Road Accident In Prayagraj

According to the police, the incident took place at around 7 am Thursday near Handia Toll Plaza on Varanasi Road in Prayagraj. A Tavera car went out of control and hit an electric pole. Read on for details:

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Uttar Pradesh: Kaushal Raj Sharma again sent to Varanasi as DM, replacing S.Rajalingam within 24 hours

The UP Govt had transferred as many as 13 IAS officers including Kaushal Raj Sharma, who was shifted from Varanasi to Prayagraj as commissioner. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Bureaucracy: 21 IPS officers transferred in UP; SSP of Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Mathura shifted

The Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh has transferred 21 IPS officers. The SSPs of Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Mathura have been shifted. Full transfer list on Dynamite News:

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UP: Three arrested with cannabis worth over Rs 2.25 cr in Prayagraj

The STF recovered 9.29 quintal cannabis worth about Rs 2.25 crores, fake invoice, cash as well as credit and debit cards from them. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Supreme Court to hear pleas against “extra-legal” demolitions after protests in Kanpur and Prayagraj

The Jamiat had earlier filed another plea on the issue of demolition of buildings and other allegedly illegal structures in Jahangirpuri in the national capital

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Prophet remarks row protests: 415 arrested, 20 FIRs registered in Uttar Pradesh

At least 40 people, including 20 police personnel, were injured in the violence in Kanpur.

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Prayagraj police issue posters of 59 people allegedly involved in June 10 violence

The violence broke out in Prayagraj after the Friday prayers against controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad by now-removed BJP functionaries

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U.P. Police may not act against minors accused in Prayagraj

Arrest only of persons who ‘were actually involved’ in violent protests, ‘those who are hard core criminals’, says Prayagraj Police chief

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After bulldozing home of violence 'mastermind', authorities mull action against others on list

The Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) is trying to identify the homes of the 37 people allegedly involved in the protests over the recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad

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‘Bulldozing spirit of the law’, ‘illegal and immoral’: Editorials on UP’s demolition drive

On Sunday, the bulldozer came back into the newscycle after an activist’s house was razed in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj.

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India activist Afreen Fatima says her house bulldozed ‘illegally’

Activist’s house demolished as police arrest her father for being alleged ‘mastermind’ of protests over Prophet remarks.

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Dainik Jagran plays judge, jury and executioner as UP officials raze Afreen Fatima’s house

After the demolition of the house belonging to student activist Afreen Fatima’s family in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, several sections of the media appeared to be in a hurry to declare their crime and hail the “thunder” of bulldozers.

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Prophet remarks | Protests on, more people arrested

Mob attacks train in West Bengal; house of activist Javed Mohammad razed in Uttar Pradesh

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Protests against Prophet remarks | In U.P., BJP members seek ‘revenge by bulldozer’

Government razes down building in Kanpur

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UP: 227 people arrested so far after Friday prayer protests in different cities

Of those nabbed, 68 were arrested from Prayagraj and 50 from Hathras, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said in a statement on Saturday. More on Dynamite News:

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Two killed as Muslims and Hindus clash in India

Two teenagers were killed on Friday in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in eastern India that followed derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad by two ruling party officials, police said on Saturday.

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NGT clears decks for inland waterway project on Ganga river from Prayagraj to Haldia

The Inland Waterways Authority told the tribunal that the Allahabad High Court, in its April 28, 2016, order, allowed the project subject to receipt of all required statutory clearances

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UP: Two shot dead in Prayagraj over land dispute

Two men were shot dead over a land dispute in the Dhoomanganj police station area of the city on Wednesday afternoon. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Law and order situation worst in Uttar Pradesh, alleges TMC

TMC Rajya Sabha MP further alleged that except for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, there is no other Chief Minister as transparent as her. Full story

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Five of family killed in Prayagraj

How the killings took place will be known only after post mortem of the bodies, say police

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UP: Five of a family found dead at their home in Khevrajpur village of Prayagraj

Five members of a family on Saturday found dead in Prayagraj. More detail on Dynamite News:

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U.P. records 55% voter turnout in fifth phase

One killed in blast in Prayagraj

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692 candidates in the fray across 12 districts in crucial fifth phase of U.P. polls

The BJP’s Hindutva experiment will be tested as Ayodhya, Prayagraj and Chitrakoot vote on Sunday

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