Lucknow: A Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader on Tuesday tweeted a photograph of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Singh at an event and claimed they had formed an alliance against Raj Thackeray. Notably, Raj Thackeray has been facing stiff opposition from Uttar Pradesh BJP MP Singh, who has warned that the MNS chief will not be allowed to enter Ayodhya till he tendered a public apology for “humiliating” north Indians in the past.Thackeray on Sunday said he had deferred his visit to Ayodhya in UP as there was ploy to “trap” his party workers into legal issues.On Tuesday, MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande tweeted a picture of Pawar and Singh at a wrestling event and in a cryptic post said, "... both have formed an alliance against Raj saheb." However, Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil rubbished Deshpande's claim, saying the photograph of Pawar and Singh was from a wrestling event and had nothing to do with politics. Raj Thackeray, who recently called for removal of loudspeakers atop mosques, last week announced that his visit to Ayodhya, earlier scheduled on June 5, has been put on hold for now.He had also said that when he posted the message about deferring his Ayodhya visit, many people were happy, while some did not like it.—PTI

A Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader on Tuesday tweeted a photograph of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Bhushan Singh at an event and claimed they had formed an alliance against Raj Thackeray.

MNS hints at Sharad Pawar's role in opposition to Raj Thackeray's Ayodhya visit

Uttar Pradesh

Banda: A young girl ended her life because of her pimple problem in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. The girl was rejected several times by her alliance seekers and her marriage could not be finalised because of her pimples. The incident took place in Ajit Para Village under Bisanda police circle on Monday evening. When the mother and sister of the girl returned home after feeding the cattle, they found her hanging in room.Family members said that the girl was upset over her pimple problem which refused to go away even though she tried several treatments. “We had several marriage proposals but she was rejected when they saw her pimpled face,” said a family member. Bisanda police circle in charge K K Pandey said that the body has been sent for post-mortem and the matter was under investigation.—IANS

 A young girl ended her life because of her pimple problem in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. The girl was rejected several times by her alliance seekers and her marriage could not be finalised because of her pimples

Girl Ends Life Because Of Pimple Problem In UP

Varanasi: The Varanasi district court is likely to pronounce the verdict in the Gyanvapi mosque case on Tuesday. The district court on Monday completed the hearing of arguments in the case and reserved its order for today. Advocate Madan Mohan Yadav, representing the Hindu side, on Tuesday said that the Muslim side wanted the case dismissed. Speaking to ANI, he said, "Muslim side presented their arguments yesterday, they said that the matter doesn't meet the parameters of the Places of Worship Act. They wanted the matter dismissed. But we too presented our arguments before the Court."He further said that the court will hear the matter at 2 pm today. "The matter can't be dismissed just like that, it will sustain. It is not a matter of property but of the Right to Worship. The court will hear the matter at 2 pm today. The decision will be out probably by 4 pm," Yadav added.Varanasi District Judge Dr AK Vishvesha heard a civil suit in the case. The hearing began in Varanasi court after the Supreme Court said it would not interfere with the Gyanvapi mosque survey and transferred the case to the lower court while noting the "complexities and sensitivities involved in the matter" would require a "more senior and experienced hand".The bench said the District Judge should decide the maintainability of the civil suit in the case on priority as sought by Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Varanasi.After the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded, lawyers representing Hindu petitioners claimed that a Shivling was found in the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex.The claim was disputed by the mosque committee members who said it was part of the water fountain in the wazoo khana. On May 16, the Varanasi court ordered the sealing of part of the mosque.The Supreme Court ordered the Varanasi district magistrate to ensure the area where a shivling was purportedly found is protected without obstructing the Muslim community's right to worship.The Court had appointed an official and a team of lawyers to conduct an inspection at Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi in connection with a plea seeking access to a Hindu temple behind it.A lawyer had also filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court seeking impleadment in the Gyanvapi mosque case stating that a mosque constructed on temple land cannot be a mosque.The application was filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay who had earlier filed a petition challenging the Constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 (Act). Five Hindu women have sought round-the-year access to pray at "a shrine behind the western wall of the mosque complex". The site is currently made open for Hindu prayers once a year.—ANI

The Varanasi district court is likely to pronounce the verdict in the Gyanvapi mosque case on Tuesday. The district court on Monday completed the hearing of arguments in the case and reserved its order for today.

Gyanvapi Mosque case: Varanasi court to likely pronounce verdict today

Sultanpur: &nbsp;A 50-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her son here on Tuesday following which the accused was detained, police said.According to the police, Shani (22) beat his mother Asha Devi with a wooden club following an argument, killing her on the spot. The woman had suffered severe injuries on the head and leg, they said. The father of the accused told the police his son was mentally unstable and undergoing treatment, they said, adding an investigation was underway.—PTI

A 50-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her son here on Tuesday following which the accused was detained, police said.

Woman beaten to death by son in UP's Sultanpur

Bulandshahr: The driver of an ambulance was charred to death when the vehicle caught fire. Flames erupted all of a sudden in the ambulance and the driver could get no time to jump off the vehicle and was burnt to death inside the running vehicle.According to police, the 102 ambulance was on its way back to hospital after dropping a patient from Khurja town of the district, late on Monday evening. The vehicle caught fire from the back and before anyone could alert the driver, the fire reached the bonnet.Sandeep Singh, SHO Khurja, Kotwali police station, said, “Before the driver could stop the ambulance and try to get out, fire engulfed the vehicle. He even tried to submerge the vehicle in a roadside pond to stop the fire, but failed. The fire burnt the driver, identified as Prashant Kumar, 23, to death. We have sent his body for autopsy and how the accident took place is being investigated.”—IANS

The driver of an ambulance was charred to death when the vehicle caught fire. Flames erupted all of a sudden in the ambulance and the driver could get no time to jump off the vehicle and was burnt to death inside the running vehicle.