Uttar Pradesh
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| Chief minister | Yogi Adityanath |
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| Land area | 243300 |
| Population | 204. 2 million (2012) |
| Districts | 75 |
| Capital | Lucknow |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 834465 |
About Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With roughly 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh during British rule, and was renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950.
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... Mr Chaudhary, 50, who goes by only one name, had travelled 600km (372 miles) from his village in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, to be closer to his son...
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... According to a survey of 900 trans people in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh by the National Human Rights Commission in 2017, 96% had been denied jobs or forced into begging and sex work...
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... " Among my relatives in my ancestral village in Etawah district in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh, a 25-year-old is considered an old woman in the marriage market...
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... He identified the accused as Sahil and said he was arrested from near Bulandshahr district in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh...
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Delhi murder: Indian man held after brutally murdering girl in public
By Geeta PandeyBBC News, Delhi
Police in The Indian capital, Delhi, have arrested a 20-year-old man for brutally stabbing and murdering a 16-year-old female friend in public.
Footage of The Assault shows The Man repeatedly stabbing The Girl and crushing her head with a huge stone.
The video, which has gone viral and led to outrage in India, shows many people watching The Assault or walking by.
Police have romantically linked the couple and say they had quarrelled hours before the murder on Sunday.
The Girl was going to attend The Birthday party of a friend's son when she was attacked, senior police official Ravi Kumar Singh told news agency ANI.
He identified The Accused as Sahil and said he was arrested from near Bulandshahr district in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh .
Mr Singh added that The Investigation was going on and that The Police couldn't reveal more details at The Moment .
After the footage of the gruesome murder went viral, many took to Social Media to express anger and outrage.
Hashtags such as Delhi murder and Delhi Crime were trending on Twitter along with Shahbad Dairy, the name of the locality where The Crime occurred.
In a tweet, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the murder as " very sad and unfortunate" and said that " criminals have become fearless, there is no fear of The Police ".
" The Crime was captured on CCTV. Several people saw this, But did not pay heed. Delhi has become extremely unsafe for women and girls, " news agency ANI quoted the Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal as saying.
The chairperson of The National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma said The Crime showed the " insensitivity" of The People of Delhi.
" There were several people at The Spot when The Incident took place But No One took any action to help The Girl . The case should be heard in a fast-track court and The Verdict should come as early as possible, " she.
This is not The First gruesome crime in India where bystanders have been. In The Past too, citizens have been criticised for watching or making videos instead of helping victims of crime.
There was similar outrage and much introspection after the December 2012 gangrape - and the subsequent Death - of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a bus in Delhi.
Her Male Companion , who was also assaulted But survived, later recounted how they lay injured and bleeding - But no-one stopped to help them for 25 minutes.
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