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Kanpur: In a recent questionnaire by a popular agency Asianet News Mood of the Voters survey, which was conducted by Jan Ki Baat, it has been found that 70 per cent of the Yadav favour Akhilesh-led Samajwadi Party while only 18 per cent back the ruling BJP.

As is the case in other regions, here to non-Yadav OBCs (64%) stand with the BJP and 27 per cent come with the Samajwadi Party.

In Kanpur-Bundelkhand region, it becomes evident that Yadavs are backing cycle.

United Nations, Aug 18 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in Kabul in his bilateral meetings here, including with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Jaishankar arrived in New York Monday as the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, the second time in just over the 10 days that the powerful UN body met under India's Presidency for the month of August to discuss the unravelling situation in the war-torn country.

Rajnandgaon, Aug 17 (PTI) A police official has been arrested for allegedly raping the 15-year-old daughter of his domestic help in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district.

The accused had also allegedly attempted to kill the girl by setting her on fire, police said on Tuesday.

Assistant sub-inspector Narendra Gahine, posted at Chhuikhadan police station, was apprehended late Monday night after the girl's mother lodged a complaint, said G C Pati, Khairagarh Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP).

Nagpur, Aug 17 (PTI) Congress leader Mukul Wasnik on Tuesday said he would not like to comment on the PM Gati Shakti master plan announced by prime minister Narendra Modi, saying everyone knows how the schemes announced by him end up.

Modi announced in his August 15 speech that the Centre would soon launch a Rs 100 lakh crore master plan for infrastructure development.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 18 (PTI) A priest of a temple was thrashed by people for allegedly sexually harassing a girl in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday when family members of the girl accused the priest of misconduct and beat him up, they said.

Police said they are investigating the matter.

However, the priest has denied the allegations.

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) Domestic cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was increased by Rs 25 per cylinder - the second straight month of increase in rates.

Subsidised LPG now costs Rs 859 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi, according to a price notification of oil companies.

This is the second straight month of a price increase. Rates were hiked by Rs 25.50 per cylinder on July 1.

Non-subsidised LPG rates were increased on August 1 by the same proportion, and now the subsidised cooking gas prices have been raised.

Lucknow, Aug 18 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday presented a supplementary budget of Rs 7,301.52 crore in the state Legislative Assembly for financial year 2021-22 to meet additional expenditure.

The supplementary budget was presented by Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Khanna said the supplementary budget is very small and should be passed without any discussion.

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday alleged that there was total chaos and complete breakdown of law and order and constitutional machinery in the Northeast under the watch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

Senior party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala asked where is the Modi government when there are war-like hostilities between states ruled by BJP-NDA and when miscreants are attacking the convoy of Meghalaya Governor and militants firing through the streets.

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and the West Bengal government on a plea challenging the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry by the state to probe into the Pegasus snooping allegations

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana issued notices to the Centre and the West Bengal government on the plea and posted it for hearing on August 25

Ballia (UP), Aug 16 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl, who was raped multiple times by a man, gave birth to his dead child, police said Monday, adding the accused has been detained.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajkaran Naiyar said Gopal Patel has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for raping the minor on multiple occasions.

The girl gave birth to a dead child on July 27, her father said in the complaint.