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Uttar Pradesh

In UP’s Hamirpur, FIR Filed Against 4 Men for Celebrating Periyar’s Birthday ( The Quint )

By ALIZA NOOR / The Quint In Kurara, Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, four Dalit men have been booked by the police for raising "anti-Hindu...

Pastor jailed 23 days for owning Bible; radical Hindus angered Christians aren’t ‘worshiping idols’ push for prosecution ( Christian Post )

NEW DELHI — Not even a judge’s reprimand of police spared an impoverished pastor in India from being jailed on baseless claims of fraudulent...

In India, Hindutva Schools Are Indoctrinating Poor Children ( The Diplomat )

By Tarushi Aswani  / The Diplomat On a scorching afternoon in Mishrikh, a remote village in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, children are gearing up to...

17 Christians held under India’s anti-conversion law ( UCA News )

Seventeen people, including seven women, have been arrested in a northern Indian state under the draconian anti-conversion law. Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested them during the Sunday...

UP Teacher Calls Dalit Student, 13, To His Room, Assaults Her: Cops ( NDTV )

Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh:  A teacher of an inter college here has been booked for allegedly molesting a minor student belonging to the scheduled caste, police...

UP: Two Arrested for Assaulting Muslim Youth Inside Temple in Bareilly ( The Clarion )

By Behzad Parvez / The Clarion BAREILLY – In a disturbing incident that unfolded in the cantonment area of Bareilly, two individuals have been apprehended by...

UP: Dalit Man Beaten to Death for Asking for His Wages, Kin Yet to Receive Body After 15 Days ( The Wire )

By Yaqut Ali / The Wire New Delhi: A Dalit man was killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur, allegedly for asking for his wages. According to the...

Violence and Assault Targeting Dalits Rock Uttar Pradesh ( News Click )

As September arrived, a number of new cases of violence against Dalits have arisen. Last month, Sabrang India brought its readers a number of...

How many lives did 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence claim? ( Maktoob Media )

By SHAHEEN ABDULLA / Maktoob Media In August 2013, deadly communal violence broke out in Western Uttar Pradesh killing dozens of people, overwhelmingly Muslims. Officially,...