A gangster wanted in a high-profile murder case in Bihar was killed in an encounter with police in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, a senior officer said here on Monday.

The stampede erupted after an electric shock in the temple premises, causing panic among devotees and resulting in a stampede.

The wife of a police constable in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow died by suicide allegedly over harassment by her in-laws.

A man allegedly killed his parents and sister with an axe, reportedly over a land dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district. The accused fled the scene after the attack, and police have launched a manhunt to track him down.

A seven-year-old boy was electrocuted in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow when he came in contact with a transformer in his neighbourhood, the damaged gate to which had not been repaired despite repeated complaints by residents of the area.

Top officials in the Uttar Pradesh electricity department are not receiving distress calls from the public during power supply disruptions, the power minister has said

The Balrampur district administration in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday demolished an illegal structure belonging to Sabroz, nephew of Chhangur alias Jalaluddin, who is accused of running a large-scale religious conversion racket.

In a shocking incident in Firozabad's Ulau village, a young man named Sunil succumbed to poisoning, allegedly administered by his wife and her lover.

A 62-year-old woman was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs while she was working in her field in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday, police said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pulled the leg of actor and BJP MP Ravi Kishan over building a house on top of a drain in Gorakhpur. The comment made at an event where Mr Kishan was also present drew laughter from the audience.

He followed his friend's girlfriend on social media, but it enraged his friend, who hatched a plan to kill him. The boy was stabbed to death in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad by his friends for sending a follow request.

A 7-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, police said on Thursday. Tanika was playing outside her home in Mandoura village late Wednesday when a leopard dragged her away into a field nearby.

The Uttar Pradesh Police in a post on X borrowed a scene from the film Saiyaara to promote the importance of wearing helmets while riding two-wheelers.

Uttar Pradesh Police made significant strides in cracking down on unlawful religious conversions, arresting 14 individuals involved in a syndicate operating across multiple states. This was a part of Mission Asmita by the Uttar Pradesh government.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday recalled its order on compensation awarded over a land in Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh acquired by the Noida authority, saying it was obtained by fraud and has to be erased from the records, being a nullity.

A 25-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband in Delhi's Nihal Vihar, with the police en route to Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly to question his cousin over a suspected extramarital affair, an official said on Wednesday.

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A 35-year-old man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Noida in connection with the robbery of Rs 60 lakh at gunpoint at the residence of a retired NSG personnel in Delhi's Chandni Chowk, an official said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the decision of the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand government directing the eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all hotel owners along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to display their licences and registration certificates in accordance with statutory requirements.

An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Monday accepted for hearing a petition filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statement on Sikhs during his visit to the United States.

The Supreme Court, in an interim order passed on Monday, granted protection from arrest to Bollywood actor Shreyas Talpade, following multiple FIRs filed against him in different states for allegedly duping people of crores through a chit fund scheme

Thirteen school children and a driver were injured on Monday when a school van had a head-on collision with a truck in the Saurikh area here, police said.

One kanwariya was killed while two others were seriously injured after their motorcycle hit a road divider near the Bhojpur toll plaza in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, police said on Monday.