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A controversy has surfaced from Bilari town in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh after a video began circulating online showing a Hindu schoolgirl allegedly being forced to wear a burqa by her Muslim classmates while returning from a tuition class.

In January 2026, the district of Mirzapur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh—a region historically celebrated for its carpet industry and the sacred Vindhyachal shrine—became the epicenter of a harrowing criminal investigation that exposed the dark underbelly of the city's burgeoning fitness culture. What began as individual complaints from two women spiraled into a massive police crackdown on a sophisticated syndicate accused of operating a "Love Jihad" racket through a network of popular gyms.

ALWAR/JAIPUR — On January 23, 2026, the Hindu festival of Basant Panchami heralded the arrival of spring, a day traditionally associated with the color yellow, the goddess Saraswati, and the blooming of new life. In a secluded hotel in Alwar, far from the prying eyes of the media, a wedding ceremony took place that offered a jarring counter-narrative to the day's purity.

Police have informed the Kunnamangalam court that Simjitha Musthafa, a resident of Vadakara, recorded seven videos of Govindapuram native U Deepak while travelling on a private bus. According to the police, these recordings later became a key factor in the chain of events that led to Deepak’s death. The investigation has found that the videos were taken during a routine bus journey and were later circulated widely, setting off serious consequences.

The annual Hindu festival of Saraswati Puja witnessed repeated disruptions across several parts of West Bengal, a state governed by the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress. These incidents, reported from different districts, point to a troubling pattern where religious celebrations were interrupted due to political infighting, threats, and administrative restrictions.

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday took a sharp swipe at the Congress as reports of internal disagreement within the party continued to surface. The attack came after a senior Congress leader made remarks that were widely seen as indirectly calling party MP Shashi Tharoor “irrelevant,” adding fresh fuel to an already simmering situation. Seizing the moment, the BJP portrayed the Congress as a party caught in constant internal conflict rather than focused on public issues.

PUNE: A tragic incident shook a residential community in Pune after a five-year-old boy lost his life when a car hit him inside a housing society in Loni Kalbhor on Monday evening. The accident, which took place within what is meant to be a safe residential space, has left residents deeply disturbed and angry.

In a disturbing case that reads like the script of a dark crime thriller, a woman in Lucknow orchestrated a chilling and meticulous conspiracy to send her husband to prison, not once, but twice. Driven by a desire to remove him from her life and unite with her lover, Amaan, she weaponized the law against her own spouse.

The Chitrakoot district, situated on the rugged borderlands of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has long occupied a unique position in the annals of Indian criminology. Historically revered as a center of religious pilgrimage, the region’s topography—characterized by the ravines of the Yamuna basin and dense Vindhyan forests—simultaneously served as a sanctuary for organized banditry, locally known as dacoity. For decades, gangs led by notorious figures such as Dadua, Thokia, and more recently, Gauri Yadav, dominated the criminal landscape, operating parallel administrations that challenged state authority.

A renewed whirlwind of political and media controversy has swept through Jammu and Kashmir, triggered by the police’s decision to summon several journalists. These summonses were issued following news reports that questioned a security-driven initiative aimed at collecting data on mosques and madrasas across the Valley.