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Lok Sabha polls | Focus on Muslim outreach, BSP announces 25 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

BSP announces candidates for 16 seats in Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha polls, including Saharanpur, Kairana, and Muzaffarnagar.

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Child slapping incident: SC to examine implementation of Right to Education in Uttar Pradesh on March 15

Uttar Pradesh government ropes in child protection agencies for counselling after Muslim child slapped by classmates in Muzaffarnagar school.

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UP STF foils major conspiracy, one arrested with 4 time-bombs; Links up to Nepal

The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh has foiled a major conspiracy and arrested one person with 4 time-bombs. Read the full report of Dynamite News:

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Eyeing Muslim outreach, U.P. BJP’s minority wing to start ‘Qaumi Chaupal’ campaign from Muzaffarnagar

The BJP minority wing in Uttar Pradesh launches 'Qaumi Chaupal' campaign in Muslim-dominated villages to engage with the community.

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh Road Horror: Car rams into parked truck in Muzaffarnagar; 6 people killed

All the six deceased were residents of Shahdara, Delhi. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Muzaffarnagar slapping case: SC summons Education Secretary over lack of compliance

Court had given direction to provide expert counselling for a Muslim student whose teacher encouraged his classmates to slap him

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh: Baby with four hands & four legs born in Muzaffarnagar

MEERUT: People in large numbers thronged the house of Mohd Irfan, 35, in UP’s Muzaffarnagar after his wife Ruksana, 30, gave birth to a boy with four hands and four legs with the help of a midwife. While some villagers called the infant a "miracle", others hailed him as "god’s…

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SC slams UP govt for not counselling student in Muzaffarnagar Child Slap Case

The Bench noted that no counselling had been conducted for any of the children involved in the incident. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Muzaffarnagar slapping case: SC questions quality of school education in U.P., points to ‘watered-down’ FIR against teacher

A “watered-down” and delayed First Information Report (FIR) against a Muzaffarnagar school teacher, shown on video showering communal remarks on her seven-year-old Muslim student and goading his classmates to thrash him, raised questions in the Supreme Court about religious discrimination and quality of education in Uttar Pradesh. “This is very…

The Hindu

Supreme Court seeks status report on probe into the Muzaffarnagar slapping incident

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government on a plea by activist Tushar Gandhi for a time-bound investigation into a video that allegedly shows a Muzaffarnagar school teacher goading her students to slap their seven-year-old Muslim classmate, accompanied by communal remarks.

The Hindu

NHRC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh over attack on Muslim student

NHRC issues notice to UP govt over Muzaffarnagar teacher asking Hindu students to beat Muslim student.

The Hindu

NHRC sends notice to UP government over Muzaffarnagar student ill-treatment case

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a teacher of a private school allegedly referred to the faith of one of her students and ordered his classmates to beat him. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Pinarayi slams slapping of student in Muzaffarnagar

CM Pinarayi Vijayan slams classroom shaming of Muslim student in BJP-ruled UP. He says it erodes humanism, undermines principles of fairness and renders people cruel. Sangh Parivar seeks to divide citizens to gain political power. Kerala govt. offers assistance to victimised student, vows to protect secular values.

The Hindu

Zubair booked for ‘disclosing the identity’ of student slapped in UP school

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has been booked for allegedly disclosing the identity of a seven-year-old Muslim boy who was slapped by his classmates on the order of their teacher in a school in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Muzaffarnagar slap row: Muslim student taken to Meerut for checkup; likely to be admitted to govt. school for studies

The Muslim student, who was slapped by his classmates following the orders of a school teacher in Muzaffarnagar, was taken to Meerut for a medical checkup. Meanwhile, education department officials said the boy will be admitted to a government primary school.

The Times of India

Muzaffarnagar slap row: Student unable to sleep, taken to Meerut for checkup

LUCKNOW/MUZAFFARNAGAR: The Muslim student, who was slapped by his classmates following the orders of a school teacher in Muzaffarnagar, was taken to Meerut on Sunday for a medical checkup after he complained of being disturbed and not able to sleep last night.

The Times of India

Muzaffarnagar slap row: Student likely to be admitted to govt school

LUCKNOW: A Muslim student, who was slapped by his classmates following the orders of a school teacher in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, will be admitted to a government primary school provided his family agrees to it, officials of the education department said on Sunday.

The Hindu

Student slap incident throws light on poor quality of schooling in rural Uttar Pradesh

As urban media descended on Khubbapur village of Muzaffarnagar, where a Muslim boy was slapped by his classmates at the instigation of his class teacher Tripta Tyagi, it became an opportunity for the children to complain about the corporal punishment they face in schools, irrespective of gender and age.

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UP: Complaint registered and child under counselling, says Muzaffarnagar DM on video of children slapping classmate

The viral video goes on to show children taking turns striking the crying Muslim student at the instigation of their teacher, while the teacher looks on. Read further on Dynamite News:

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U.P. teacher booked for asking kids to hit Muslim classmate

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accused BJP/RSS of "politics of hate" after a teacher in Muzaffarnagar asked students to slap a Class 2 student from Muslim community. He demanded her immediate sacking and called her a "blot on teacher society." Police are investigating the incident and action will be taken against…

The Times of India

Eight-year-old Muslim boy slapped by classmates at teacher’s egging in UP

AGRA: In a disturbing video widely circulated on social media on Friday, a female teacher of a private school in UP’s Muzaffarnagar district can be purportedly seen encouraging students to slap their classmate, an eight-year-old Muslim boy.

The Times of India

Brother of Muslim bhajan singer stabbed to death in UP's Muzaffarnagar

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 17-year-old brother of a Muslim singer, who courted controversy for singing a bhajan, was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, police said on Sunday.

The Times of India

Nuh violence: Alert sounded in 3 UP districts bordering Haryana

An alert has been sounded in Saharanpur, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh bordering Haryana in the wake of communal violence in the neighbouring state.

The Hindu

NIA attaches two properties of ‘notorious’ drug trafficker

NIA attaches two properties of notorious drug trafficker in connection with 103 kg heroin seizure. Razi Haider Zaidi's residential plot in Muzaffarnagar and two-storey building in Delhi's Jamia Nagar.

Dynamite News

Uttar Pradesh: Two children die, 3 injured in house roof collapse

Two children were killed and three others were injured when the roof of a house collapsed due to incessant rain in Nai Mandi area of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News

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