Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad, Apr (PTI) Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws blocked both sides of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway near Dasna town here on Saturday.

The call for a 24-hour blockade was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the agitation.

The blockade started at 8 am and will last 24 hours till Sunday morning.

Kanpur: Sunny weather keeps us feel intensity of the higher day temperature on second Saturday of the ongoing month. The sun, as weather news informed, brightens at 40 degrees Celsius in the afternoon.

The real feel stayed at 41° Celsius, according to the weather report.

None denies that the temperature is all the more unbearable. What will be the condition in the next two months? They questioned.

Mathura, Apr 8 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government has renamed Mathura's Mahmudpur village as Parasauli, an official said on Thursday.

Confirming it, District Magistrate Navneet Singh Chahal said a gazette notification has been issued, renaming the village in Goverdhan tehsil.

The village is associated with Bhakti saint Surdas, who had spent over seven decades here, an office-bearer of Surdas Braj Ras Sthali Vikas Samiti said here, adding that they have been demanding a change in the name since 1982.

Lucknow, Apr 8 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board said on Thursday that it would challenge in the high court the Varanasi court order on the disputed premises claimed both by the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Gyanwapi mosque.

The order, given by a senior division civil court, asked the state government to get the disputed premises examined by a five-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at its expense.

Mahoba (UP), Apr 9 (PTI) A special court here has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a teenage girl here in 2019.

Special Judge, Additional district and session court (POCSO), Santosh Kumar Yadav on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 35 lakh on the convict Aziz Khan.

The girl went missing on August 17, 2019 from her village in Kharkhari area following which her father registered a case against Aziz Khan, Arsheed Khan and A Khan.

The two other accused were later set free.

Kanpur: As the month of Ramazan approaches fast, the devouts are thinking of additional prayers in this pious month.

Obligatory prayers five times a day remains a must for every devout Muslim but he has to offer an extra prayer of Taraweeh in the whole month.

Given the second surge of coronavirus, the restrictions are imposed during the night. So after the Isha prayer, the time for extra prayer has lessened.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 8 (PTI) A 12-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by two men here, police said on Thursday.

According to a complaint lodged by the minor's father, the two men took the boy to a secluded place on Wednesday and allegedly sodomised him.

The accused also threatened the boy with dire consequences if he told anyone about the incident, police said.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered at Civil Lines Police Station and one of the two men was arrested.

Kanpur: Emotionally furious at inefficiency prevailing at the city's various vaccination centres the elder people have urged the health department officials to think of some disciplines in the arrangements.

They have indicated that they cannot suffer the long wait for the first dose. Worse, it is suddenly warned that the mandatory dose has been over so come tomorrow.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 7 (PTI) A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a labourer in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.

The girl, daughter of a brick kiln labourer, was rushed to a hospital in an injured condition on Tuesday, they said.

According to a complaint filed by her family, the accused raped the minor at a place near the brick kiln.

A case was registered against the accused and he has been arrested, police said.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 7 (PTI) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Priyamvada Tomar resigned from the party on Wednesday in support of the farmers agitation.

She also resigned as member of the Uttar Pradesh Women Commission ahead of the panchayat polls in the state.