The Latest Breaking News from Saharanpur

Residents of violence-hit U.P. town wary to speak up, fear demolitions

LUCKNOW: At least 140 protesters were arrested after violence and stone-pelting in more than half a dozen districts of the state anti- after Friday prayers. In an emergency meeting, CM Yogi directed strict action against those involved in incidents of stone-pelting and violence, especially in Saharanpur and Prayagraj.

DEHRADUN: A special task force (STF) of Uttarakhand police claimed to have exposed a counterfeit drugs manufacturing racket on Sunday. The development came following overnight raids at counterfeit drug manufacturing factories in Haridwar and Saharanpur districts.

PRAYAGRAJ: Observing that it was unnatural in Indian culture that a man would rape his daughter-in-law, the Allahabad high court granted pre-arrest bail to a rape accused from Saharanpur district.

MEERUT: Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Saharanpur police on Friday arrested Mohammad Javed, absconding son of mining mafia and former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLC Haji Iqbal alias Balla. Notably, several cases have been registered against Iqbal’s family in land fraud and other charges.

BHOPAL: Nearly four months after a 17-year-old girl from Sidhi district was lured with a promise of job and sold to a man for Rs 70,000 police rescued her from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

SHAMLI/MEERUT: Holika Dahan, a fire ritual, marks the triumph of the good over the evil. It is accompanied by prayers offered by women, which takes place on the eve of Holi and is considered an integral part of the festival. However, a village in Saharanpur – Barsi - doesn't observe…

LUCKNOW: At least 1,000 members of Samajwadi Party have been booked for allegedly stopping and searching vehicles of officials, ahead of counting of votes on March 9. FIRs have been registered in districts like Varanasi, Ballia, Basti, Agra, Saharanpur and Hapur.

LUCKNOW: At least 1,000 members of Samajwadi Party have been booked for allegedly stopping and searching vehicles of officials, ahead of counting of votes on March 9. FIRs have been registered in districts like Varanasi, Ballia, Basti, Agra, Saharanpur and Hapur.

AMBALA: The residents of several villages blocked Ambala-Saharanpur railway track for nearly three hours at Tandwal village railway station in Ambala district on Sunday, demanding stoppage of trains at their station.

HARIDWAR: A 15-year-old girl from Jwalapur, Haridwar, who had left home in late January in a huff after her mother scolded her and then remained missing for the next three weeks, was allegedly gang-raped by four men in Meerut over 18 days.