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‘Gunda Act has become a weapon of oppression’: Allahabad High Court reprimands UP police and bureaucracy, orders fines to be deducted from officers’ salaries

Ground Report (Special Correspondent, Prayagraj): The Allahabad High Court has taken a very strict stand on the increasing misuse of the ‘UP Control of Goondas Act, 1970’ in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain, while hearing a petition, remarked that the state government and police officers were using …

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Demolition of ‘Illegal’ Mosque in Saharanpur Triggers Political Storm; Opposition MP Claims House Arrest

Tensions flared in western Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district following an anti-encroachment drive by the local administration that resulted in the demolition of a mosque built on contested government land. The pre-dawn administrative action sparked sharp political pushback across the state, with Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders alleging preventative house arrest, while …

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