The Latest Breaking News from Lakhimpur Kheri

Setback for Naveen Patnaik as BJD faces 1st bypoll loss since 2009

NEW DELHI: BJP’s win in Odisha’s Dhamnagar seat marked former ally BJD’s first bypoll loss since 2009 and is being seen as a setback for CM Naveen Patnaik ahead of next month’s Padampur byelection and the 2024 state elections. While the party flag made its first appearance in Adampur following…

The Times of India · Nov 6, 2022

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC grants 2 weeks to UP govt to file response on Ashish Mishra's plea seeking bail

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted two weeks to the Uttar Pradesh government to file its response on a plea filed by Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, seeking bail in a case related to the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High…

The Times of India · Oct 17, 2022

Dainik Jagran journalist says he was assaulted for reporting on UP municipality

On October 2, Vikas Sahay, a reporter with the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran went to cover an event commemorating the birth anniversary of India’s second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. In attendance was Nirupama Bajpai, chairperson of the municipal corporation in Lakhimpur Kheri.

Newslaundry · Oct 4, 2022

Hearing on plea against Union Minister Ajay Mishra's acquittal in 22-year-old murder case deferred till October 17

The case pertains to the murder of Prabhat Gupta which took place in Lakhimpur Kheri in the year 2000.

The Hindu · Sep 27, 2022

Scheduled Castes panel meets Lakhimpur Kheri rape victims’ family

Last week, the bodies of two Dalit sisters were found hanging from a tree

The Hindu · Sep 19, 2022

Lakhimpur Kheri rape case | Dalit family mourns daughters, demands death penalty

Family has lost everything, say locals in Tamoli Purwa village of Lakhimpur Kheri

The Hindu · Sep 17, 2022

Lakhimpur Kheri | BJP-RSS trying to give communal colour to rape and murder case, says Congress

Congress seeks justice for the families of the victims

The Hindu · Sep 16, 2022

Lakhimpur Kheri: When religious identity of suspects is more important than the crime

The death of two Dalit girls, aged 14 and 17, in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on September 14 is ghastly enough to invite widespread condemnation. The two girls, who were sisters, were allegedly raped and murdered, and then hanged from a tree. But what is also revolting is the way…

Newslaundry · Sep 16, 2022

Lakhimpur rape-murder: Journalist manhandled ‘for trying to film police assault on mother of victims'

A journalist has alleged that he was manhandled by the police for trying to film an assault on the mother of the Lakhimpur Kheri rape-murder victims inside a police station in the district in Uttar Pradesh. In a video widely circulated on social media, police personnel can be seen pushing…

Newslaundry · Sep 16, 2022

BSP demands justice and financial support for family of deceased sisters of Lakhimpur Kheri

LUCKNOW: BSP national president Mayawati slammed the UP government for the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and said that criminals are fearless in the state because the government has its priorities wrong.

The Times of India · Sep 15, 2022