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Ballia (UP), February 23 A pastor was arrested on Monday from the Sikandarpur area for allegedly inducing religious conversion through promises of money and jobs, and for causing offense to religious sentiments, an officer said on Monday.Acting on a complaint by Gautam Gaur of Jalpa Chowk in...

Ballia (UP), February 23 A criminal with a reward of ₹25,000 was arrested after a brief encounter here, police said on Monday.Ballia SP Omveer Singh said that a joint team of local police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) was conducting a check near the Husainabad turn around 11:45 pm on...

Ballia (UP), February 22 A sub-inspector from the Forest Department here has been booked for allegedly having physical relations with a woman under false pretenses of marriage, police said on Sunday.According to police sources, a 33-year-old woman from a village in the Rasra area lodged a...

Ballia (UP), February 22 The body of a 12-year-old boy, who was allegedly kidnapped three days ago, was recovered from an abandoned house in a village in the Rasra area here, officials said on Sunday.The deceased, identified as Rizwan, was found in a dilapidated building on Saturday afternoon...

Ballia (UP), February 21 Six people, including the branch manager of Canara Bank, have been booked on charges of criminal intimidation, police here said on Saturday.The action came following a complaint by Asha Mishra of Tagore Nagar in the Ballia Kotwali Police Station area, they said.The...

Ballia (UP), February 21 A court in Ballia on Saturday sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment in a murder case that dates back 21 years, related to a rivalry, police said.The prosecution stated that on November 3, 2004, around 11 pm, Lallan Pandey and his son Jitendra Kumar Pandey...

Ballia (UP), February 21 The "owner" of a purportedly non-existent firm was booked here for causing a revenue loss of Rs 6.59 crore by claiming input tax credit, police said on Saturday.The FIR was filed against Akhilesh Sharma, owner of Sharma Enterprises, which was reportedly located in...

Ballia (UP), February 19 A man hanged himself in the Bairia area here after allegedly killing a 65-year-old transgender person who had gone missing, police said on Thursday.The transgender person, identified as Rekha, had gone missing on Tuesday, they said.Members of the transgender...

Ballia (UP), February 19 The bodies of a 30-year-old man and a 65-year-old transgender person, who had been missing for two days, were recovered from a house in the Bairia area here on Thursday, with police suspecting that the man killed the latter before committing suicide.Police officials...

Ballia (UP), February 19 A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in the Ballia district in connection with a double murder case dating back 18 years, a senior police officer said on Thursday.Superintendent of Police Omveer Singh said that the court of Additional Sessions...

Ballia (UP), February 19 A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five men from her own village here, officials said on Thursday.An FIR was registered based on a complaint by the survivor's father on Wednesday, they said.According to the complaint, the girl had gone out of her home to...

Ballia (UP), February 18 A local court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor Dalit girl in 2025, and imposed a fine of ₹75,000 on the convict, officials said on Wednesday.Public prosecutor Vimal Kumar Rai said that in February 2025, the convict lured the...

Ballia (UP), February 17 Unidentified individuals damaged the statue of Sant Ravidas in a village here, police said on Tuesday.The incident took place in the Bandheta village in the Phephana area on Monday night. After villagers discovered the damage in the morning, they gathered around the...

Ballia (UP), February 16 A local court on Monday convicted a couple from Bihar's Gopalganj district and sentenced them to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.Additional Sessions Judge Pratham Kant delivered the verdict after the trial, which was completed four...

Ballia (UP), February 15 Five men, including three named accused, were arrested following a police encounter in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old Dalit man in the Rasra area here, officials said on Sunday.Two of the accused sustained bullet injuries to their legs during the exchange...

Ballia (UP), February 14 A 30-year-old Dalit man was allegedly stabbed to death following an altercation near a liquor stall in this Uttar Pradesh district on Saturday, police said.Satya Prakash Ram, a resident of Gurgujpur, was on his way home when he was allegedly attacked with a knife by...

Ballia (UP), February 14 A couple has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man's father to death over a family dispute in a village here, police said on Saturday.According to police, the incident occurred when Mukesh Yadav (24), who works in Surat, Gujarat, returned home in Bhagwanpur...

Ballia (UP), February 13 A six-year-old boy was killed after allegedly being crushed under a tractor while he was traveling to the fields with his uncle in Ballia district, police said on Friday.The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Sarangpur village, under the Bansdih Kotwali area of...

Ballia (UP), February 13 A case has been registered in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh after a man was allegedly cheated of Rs 63 lakh under the pretense of high returns through a fake online trading application, police said on Friday.According to police, an FIR was lodged on Thursday at the...

Ballia (UP), February 11 A station house officer was suspended on Wednesday for allegedly registering a theft case under sections related to theft, officials said.Superintendent of Police Omveer Singh said that Inspector Vipin Singh, in-charge of the Chitbadagaon police station, has been...