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Kanpur: A man and his friends allegedly attempted to rape a woman inside a moving car and threw her out when she resisted.

Reportedly, the accused was miffed as the woman had opposed his advances. The incident took place in the Chakeri area of Kanpur on Friday night.

The woman told the cops that the accused assaulted her and even tried to strangle her when she resisted the ravishment bid. The accused fled after pushing the woman on the highway.

Kanpur: The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to provide one lakh tablets to the skilled workers of the State for free under its Skill Development Mission.

The move will help skilled workers hone their skills further to do better in their jobs, said the UP government.

The Yogi government said it is providing a wide range of services to the people at large on the one hand and the skilled people on the other through web portal sewamitra.up.gov.in, app and call centre 155330.

It is hereby informed that the skilled workers can apply for a job through the portal.

Hamirpur, Sep 11 (PTI) A special POCSO court has sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl.

Special judge POCSO court Praveen Kumar Sonkar on Friday announced the verdict and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the convict, Gayadeen Prajapati, manager of a private school.

District government advocate Rudra Pratap Singh said Prajapati raped the girl on February 28, 2019 when she had gone to attend a coaching class.

Kanpur: A pharmacy at a Gurudwara in Kanpur has been providing the needy with medicines at affordable rates.

The Ratanlal Nagar Gurudwara Committee has initiated this noble deed for the people.

The medicines are being sold at a 'no profit - no loss' policy. The cost of the medicines is same as of its wholesale price. 

All  types of general use medicines are presently available here, it has been informed.

Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Atul Kumar laid emphasis on the need to make medicines affordable to all amid the ongoing pandemic.

Ahmedabad, Sep 11 (PTI) Opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday claimed that Vijay Rupani, who resigned as Gujarat chief minister earlier in the day, paid the price for the BJP's failures.

The saffron party can not cover up the failure of its "remote-controlled" government by simply changing the chief minister, the Congress said.

Lucknow, Sep 11 (PTI) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday held marathon meetings with party office-bearers here and said their views will be crucial in the distribution of tickets for next year's Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

Exhorting partymen to work round the clock for the polls, Gandhi said a strong Congress organisation is equally important for nation building.

The party also told prospective candidates to submit applications by September 26, a party leader said.

Srinagar, Sep 11 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government has terminated services of civil judge with immediate effect.

An order to this effect was issued on Friday by the secretary, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, on the directions of the J-K Lieutenant Governor.

New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the BJP-led Centre, saying they sold everything in seven years that the Congress-led governments set up in 70 years.

Addressing the national executive of the Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India (NSUI), he said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was dubbed a weak PM at the time of the Mumbai terror attacks but the media did not question Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the time of Pulwama attacks.

New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday attacked the government over the issue of employment, saying the difference between a week off and a working day has ended under this dispensation as "there are no jobs".

Taking to Twitter, Gandhi tagged a media report on US auto major Ford deciding to stop vehicle manufacturing in India which quoted an industry insider as saying that over 4,000 small firms could shut down.

New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was re-elected as the national convenor of the AAP at the national executive meeting of the party on Sunday, according to sources.

Party leaders Pankaj Gupta and N D Gupta were elected as secretary and party treasurer, respectively.

The national council of the Aam Aadmi Party had elected a new 34-member executive body, which included Kejriwal, on Saturday.