A statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar was found desecrated in a village here leading to tension in the area this morning, police said.

A 75-year-old man, serving a life term in a dowry death case in Muzaffarnagar district jail, died in a hospital here, police said today.

Dharamdas, who was awarded life imprisonment in October last

Two persons were arrested while a case has been registered against 100 others in connection with a clash over a land dispute between two groups at Kairutu village in the district, the police said on M