India

Kanpur:  Although the scorching sun has been playing havoc yet the denizens are enjoying the shooting of a film in the streets of the city. 

The actor Varun Dhawan is shooting here. A set showing Lucknow has been set up in narrow streets like Anand Bagh.

When the shoot started at eight in the morning, the people were astonished to see Varun Dhawan's shooting.

Precisely, he had arrived here for the film shooting.

It was said that this shoot was previously to be held in Lucknow, but permission was not granted so the shooting takes place in the city areas.

Kanpur: Soaring prices are presumed to be a cause behind lemon stealing from orchards.

The lemon growers are even staying at their orchards to protect their costly produce. 

But, the soaring prices appear to have no marked effect on the minds of parents who are making arrangements for the marriage of their sons.

When a father was apprised of the number of sweets packets on his son's engagement he quickly asserted that the number was not enough.

Kanpur: What kind of a theft! We have known about mango stealing, but lemon looting is unique. Was it occurring due to the cause of soaring prices? Lemon thieves are at it in Shahjahanpur. Now, they have struck in Kanpur.

According to the news, the thieves have taken away 15,000 lemons weighing 750 kg or 7.5 quintals from orchards in the past four days from Kanpur.

Keepers are reportedly maintaining a record of each single lemon. As many as 15,000 lemons have been stolen from various orchards in Ganga Katri," said one lemon grower C. Nishad in this belt.

Budaun (UP), Apr 13 (PTI) Police here on Wednesday booked a man for allegedly making indecent remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Purulia, Apr 13 (PTI) The CBI on Wednesday arrested a TMC leader in connection with the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu in West Bengal's Purulia district, a senior officer said.

The man, a non-teaching staff at a primary school, was arrested in the early hours of the day after he was interrogated for around 21 hours by officers of the central agency, he said.

Kannauj (UP), Apr 13 (PTI) An "illegal" structure constructed by a Samajwadi Party leader allegedly after encroaching upon government land was razed here on Wednesday.

Additional District Magistrate Umakant Tiwari told PTI, "The illegal structure belonging to Rajnikant Yadav was constructed after encroaching upon government land. The action was taken following due process."

Rajnikant Yadav is a former zila panchayat member from the Samajwadi Party. A complaint regarding the structure was lodged in 2017.

12 April 2022; MEMO: Earlier this year, when a group of Muslim school girls in the southern Indian State of Karnataka were barred from entering the classroom wearing the hijab, or headscarf, no one expected the issue to snowball into a series of hate campaigns against the Muslim community in the State, Anadolu News Agency reports.

In recent weeks, right-wing groups in the State have launched anti-Muslim campaigns, including the exclusion of Muslim traders from fairs near Hindu temples and a push to ban halal meat.

Kanpur: Hot with hazy sunshine remained the highlight today while the real feel of the temperature was recorded at 42° Celsius.

Though schools in Jajmau are over at 12 in the day, the students are mostly irritated with the scorching heat of the sun.

One class 9 student Saad said that it was too tough for him to return from school at the noon. He was too much disturbed by the severity of unbearable sunshine. 

Telling of his ordeal he stated though he got an e-rickshaw timely he could not bear the brunt of the hot sun on the way.

12 April 2022; MEMO: The Indian film Beast, due to be released tomorrow, has been banned in Kuwait and Qatar after government disapproval of the film's reportedly stereotyped depiction of Muslims as terrorists and a few dialogues against Pakistan.

NEW DELHI, Apr 12 (NNN-PTI) – Six persons were crushed to death, after being run over by a speeding train, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said today.

The accident took place last night, in Srikakulam district, about 461 km north-east of Amaravati, the main city of Andhra Pradesh.

According to officials, the accident took place when some passengers in the Secunderabad-Guwahati Superfast Express, got down onto the adjoining railway track, after the train stopped due to a technical glitch.