Uttar Pradesh

A man speaks on the phone as a doctor tries to revive his wife inside an emergency ward of a government-run hospital, amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqu
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India's most populous state to spend up to $1.36 bln on Covid shots

The move by Uttar Pradesh, home to more people than Brazil, comes as many Indian states curtail vaccinations due to severe shortages amid a record surge in coronavirus infections

Indian hospital worker dies day after jab, official says unrelated to vaccine
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Indian hospital worker dies day after jab, official says unrelated to vaccine

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Uttar Pradesh criminalises 'forced' religious conversions by marriage

Photo: collected
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Indian physician duped into buying Aladdin’s lamp for $4,150

Priyanka Gandhi, a leader of India's main opposition Congress party waves during a protest after the death of a rape victim, in Noida, India, October 3, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Priyanka Gandhi shields congress activists during baton charge in India's Uttar Pradesh

Actor Akshay Kumar has called for the hanging of the rapists
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"Hang the culprits": Bollywood seeks justice for woman raped in India's Uttar Pradesh

"Disinfectant" sprayed on migrants on return to Uttar Pradesh
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"Disinfectant" sprayed on migrants on return to Uttar Pradesh

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Goldmine, 5 times bigger than India's reserve, found in Uttar Pradesh

Representational image: Collected
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7 including 3 kids die after gas leak in Uttar Pradesh

Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, addresses the audience after inaugurating power projects in Allahabad, India, June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
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Hardline leader in Indian state defends "strict" action to quell protests