The Latest Breaking News from Ambedkarnagar

Uttar Pradesh: Woman accuses husband, in-laws of forced conversion, harassment

LUCKNOW: A woman has accused her husband and in-laws of forcing her to convert to Islam and subjecting her to physical and mental torture in Ambedkarnagar.

The Times of India · May 19, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: In Kanshi Ram's caste lab, Dalits mum on pol leaning

AMBEDKARNAGAR: A black rugged cloth wrapped around his head, Jwala Prasad hesitantly points at a cluster of brightly coloured houses at a distance. "Woh Brahmanon ke makan hain... (those are the houses of Brahmins)," he says. Prasad's distinct caste assertion stems from his own social background - he's a Dalit.…

The Times of India · Mar 2, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Once BSP's seat, Ambedkarnagar now set for a keen battle of castes

AMBEDKARNAGAR: In mid-May 2007, when the BSP stormed to power with absolute majority in UP for the first time, Lalji Verma was heading the party's state unit. He had already won the Tanda assembly seat in Ambedkarnagar for the fourth consecutive time and was being projected as BSP's key Kurmi…

The Times of India · Mar 1, 2022