The Wire collected testimonies of women and men who were married off young, talking about how they continue to struggle.

Year after year, residents of 400 villages surrounding the Ghagra river face the ordeal of spending monsoon on the rooftops to escape floods. There is little hope that this will change anytime soon.

Many of the over 4,500 families who have been termed ‘encroachers’ and ordered to leave the Muslim-majority Banbhoolpura area after a legal tussle with the North Eastern Railway possess ownership documents for their homes.

According to locals, political leaders influenced by RSS and other Hindutva outfits instigated the violence. The perpetrators of violence have attacked Christians, vandalised their properties and driven them out of their homes, they added.

The filing of nominations for the state assembly elections has seen rapid developments in the houses of BJP, Congress and the newcomer, AAP, affecting various resignations and joinings.

Activists associated with the 'Campaign against State Repression' wondered why the acquittal granted to the accused in the case by the Bombay high court was overturned within 24 hours.

The activists claim that they were attacked with stones, lathis and rods.

Ten Christians are currently in jail and arrest warrants have been issued against others. Members of the community say this is a targeted campaign against them by Hindutva forces.

"There is a clear pattern which suggests that incidents of hate crime against religious minorities have occurred largely in BJP-ruled states," the report by the US-based NGO CMRI adds.

The absence of a refugee law and bureaucratic red tape have left Samah Ameen's family helpless more than a year after they arrived in the country.

The activist was planning to attend the chief minister's meeting and talk about the land claims of various Adivasi groups.

"They are claiming that our house is on Jindal's land, but we have been living on this land for the past 20 years. This is our jal (water), jangal (forest) and zameen (land)," said Charana Samal.

Residents have alleged that DDA officials stormed into their locality without prior notice.

While police acknowledge that a meeting took place prior to the attack and that there is a conspiracy behind Dawood Ali Tyagi's murder, they deny the 'political angle' that the victim's family has alleged.

Members of the Muslim community claimed that a mosque was also vandalised, adding that the police investigation is biased.

As election date approaches, the Uttar Pradesh CM's claim of having destroyed the land mafia appear untrue.

Reports of custodial deaths and police brutality in custody continue to surface from Uttar Pradesh which tops India's states when it comes to deaths in police custody.

Back to back incidents in Uttar Pradesh have seen Muslims face police action for offering namaz in public.

Those detained were Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey, Noorjahan Diwan, Tanushree, Nitesh Gangaramani, Kausar Ali, T. Gopal Krishna and Hanif Kalandar. Panchmahal district police called the detention "preventive action."