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Kanpur: A show-cause notice has been issued to both the CMS Dr A K Singh and Chief Medical Officer Dr Nepal Singh respectively of Ursula hospital here.

In his spot inspection on Tuesday morning, District Magistrate Vishakhkji Aiyyar has found various flaws in the hospital.

Both the officers were asked to respond within the prescribed  time. He has asked them various pointwise questions.

It was reported that he reached the hospital like a common man in the morning. As he was wearing a mask on his face he started reading the poor administration of the hospital. 

Kanpur: Much like other centres, much of the conversation in Kanpur in the five OFB units, Field Gun Factory, Small Arms Factory (SAF), Ordnance Equipment Factory (OEF), Ordnance Parachute Factory (OPF), and Ordinance Factory (OF), is actually about the right to protest itself.

On August 3, the government passed the Essential Defence Services Act 2021, and a gazette notification on this was issued on August 12, barring employees working in the sector from protesting.

Pune. Oct 3 (PTI) A badminton coach in Pune was arrested for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old player at a sports facility, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place on Saturday when the 36-year-old accused followed the victim into the locker room where she had gone to place the shuttle cock after a game, an official said.

He first struck a conversation, then held her hand and refused to let her go out when she tried to, the Hinjewadi police station official said.

Dehradun, Oct 3 (PTI) A mob on Sunday vandalised a church in Uttarakhand's Roorkee, alleging that religious conversion was being carried out there, police sources said.

The mob broke pots kept inside the church and also damaged fans and furniture, they said.

Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar police personnel have been deployed at the spot.

Lucknow, Oct 3 (PTI) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has left for Lakhimpur Kheri, a Congress spokesperson said, after the party expressed apprehension that she may have been put under house arrest in Lucknow to prevent her from going there.

The Congress general secretary will meet the farmers injured in the violence that erupted during a protest over Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday.

According to officials, eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the incident.

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Oct 4 (PTI) Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait along with several supporters reached here early Monday in wake of the violence during an anti-farm laws protest that claimed eight lives.

We will first meet the farmers and villagers and discuss the situation with them. The future course of action will be done on the basis of the discussion with the villagers and farmers. Their decision will prevail, Tikait told reporters at Banbirpur village.

Lucknow, Oct 4 (PTI) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav was detained on Monday as he sat on a dharna outside his Vikramaditya Marg residence in Lucknow after he was not allowed to go to Lakhimpur.

The SP chief had announced plans to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people were killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers' protest ahead of a visit by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Oct 4 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar city, police said on Monday.

According to a complaint lodged by the minor's mother, the accused, identified as Kartik, raped the girl in a village here on Sunday and recorded a video of the incident.

He threatened the girl of posting the video on social media if she told anyone about the incident.

A case was registered against Kartik at Kotwali police station and efforts were underway to nab him, the police added.

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind, demanding that Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra be sacked in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.

Eight people were killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri, claiming the lives of both farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit by UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Guwahati, Oct 4 (PTI) The Assam Congress on Monday suspended its MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed with immediate effect for repeatedly violating the party's discipline, a senior leader said.

APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah, by an order, suspended Ahmed from the Congress, party general secretary Bobbeeta Sharma said.

Ahmed was arrested from his official residence on Saturday for allegedly making provocative remarks in reference to the recent eviction drive in Darrang district.