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Lakhimpur Kheri Row: After Netas Exit, The New Indian Team Does Post-Mortem On Ground

LAKHIMPUR KHERI: The October 3 deadly clashes in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh’s Terai region have forced opposition leaders to camp in the district and are vociferously demanding the arrest of Minister of state (MoS) for home affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish in connection with the death of farmers. The BJP, on the other […]

Lakhimpur Kheri: My Son Became Reporter 5 Months Ago; Wish Cops Took Him To Hosp, Not Mortuary, Says Father

LAKHIMPUR KHERI: Nestled inside the winding bylanes of Nidhasan in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, press reporter Raman Kashyap’s home wears an eerie silence. This even as a continuous stream of mourners visit his home where his family is in a state of utter shock. Kashyap was one among the eight people who died […]

Lakhimpur Kheri: BJP Workers Seek Martyr Status For Slain Members; Farmers Blame Them

LAKHIMPUR KHERI (UTTAR PRADESH) The violence on Sunday has left a lot of scars in Lakhimpur Kheri with BJP workers demanding martyr status for the deceased members of their party even as many others in the village hold the party responsible for the deadly clashes. Eight people lost their lives while several others were injured […]

Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers, UP Call Truce After Compensation Announcement

Lakhimpur Kheri/Lucknow: There was little doubt that after Sunday’s violent clashes that broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri that Lucknow or the rest of Uttar Pradesh will not see any political action.  After all eight people including farmers, a driver, young political workers of BJP and a journalist died in the eye to eye physical confrontation. Every political […]

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