In a video going viral over the social media an official of the Uttar Pradesh Police is heard saying, "Yeh BJP wale Bomb Laaye hain" (The BJP men have brought bombs). As per news reports the man heard in the video is the Supeintendent of Uttar Pradesh Police from the Poll Violence that erupted in Etawah district. Though BJP won the election, during this time there was a lot of ruckus in many parts of the state. Violence also took place during the election after the nomination. In various parts of Barabanki, Siddharthnagar and Aligarh, Agra, Unnao, Etawah and Chandauli, attempts were made to stop voting. Meanwhile, this video of Etawah SP is going viral on social media. In this viral video, the Etawah's SP City Prashant Kumar is seen pleading with folded hands to BJP leaders ...

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US-based organization, has called on authorities in Uttar Pradesh to drop criminal investigations into journalists Nidhi Suresh, Mannoj Shukla, Yashwant Singh, and cease harassing members of the press over their work. The Sadar Bazar police in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur have registered an FIR against Newslaundry journalist Nidhi Suresh after she reported on a woman named Ayesha Alvi who had petitioned the Delhi High Court on being “harassed” by the media after she converted to Islam. Reporter Manoj and the editor of another web portal, Bhadas Media, have also been named in the same FIR. “While criminal defamation codes should never be used against journalists, it is especially galling to see such laws wielded by fellow members of the press,...