Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: The Khadi Cap which was once worn by Chandrasekhar Azad has been kept at the city's famous Ashoka Library on Maston Road here. This cap was brought into use by him during his escape on August 9, 1925. It was kept in a glass box.

A bulb continues to provide heat so that moisture could not harm the cap. It is dry cleaned every fourth month. It does not wash with soap. It is only dry cleaned.

This cap, which is almost 100 years old, has not been worn for 97 years.

Bijnor, Aug 9 (PTI) One person was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of an elderly priest, police said.

Additional Superintendent of Police, East, Omveer Singh, said on the morning of August 6, Begram, the priest at Manokamna Mandir in the Sherkot area of the district was beaten to death using a stick.

Police arrested Dinesh Kumar alias Bhutto on Tuesday, and have also recovered the stick used in the crime.

Singh said Dinesh has confessed to committing the crime over a property issue.

Kanpur: While standing on one side of the 150-feet wide road in the morning, one finds a locality’s name as Ram Rai Ki Sarai on a big board stuck by the brick wall of the girl’s school building in Jajmau.

The name was of course written but the younger generation scarcely knows of the site once existed here.

Those who are well aware of this older locality in Kanpur’s Tannery Town tell of the locale but fail to show its vestiges. 

When the person tried to enquire about the Sarai the other two accepted that its traces are not observed all over the area.

Lucknow, Aug 7 (PTI) The BJP has planned to expand its base among the Yadavs, Jatavs and Pasmanda Muslims as part of its strategy to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general election.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and former state BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya had also dropped a hint in a recent tweet, saying Yaduvanshi (Yadavs), Ravidasiyo (Jatavs) and Pasmanda Muslims will be brought closer to the BJP so that the lotus "blossoms" in every booth in UP.

Mathura (UP), Aug 7 (PTI) A woman was allegedly raped by four men here, who also made a video of the incident and sent it to her in-laws, police said

Police said on Saturday that three of the four accused have been arrested in the case.

The survivor had gone to a public service centre on May 28 to fill a form for the post of Anganwadi worker when the operator of the centre, a computer operator, a shop owner and another man sexually assaulted her.

Kanpur: Cloudy weather attracts more traffic on the roads as the vehicle riders find in the afternoon on the main wider road in Jajmau here on Saturday. 

The weather reports said that there will be mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm in a couple of spots this afternoon.

Real Feel will be at 41° C while Real Feel Shade will be at 40° Celsius. There will be quite hot weather.

The rush can be assessed by the fact that it takes time to cross the road in the middle of the road.

Kanpur: Two old people died tragically after being buried under the rubble when a wall collapsed during the rain. Three people have been injured in the accident.

The wall of Allahabad Bank located near Bada Chauraha in Kanpur collapsed during the rain on Wednesday afternoon.

Two people, including an old woman, died after being buried under the spilt rubble. Three people were reported to be injured.

Police reached out after getting the sad information and admitted the injured to Ursala Hospital here. After the incident, there was shouting on the spot.

Saharanpur, Aug 2 (PTI) A 25-year-old police constable has been arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a BSc student, police said.

Superintendent of Police (city) Rajesh Kumar told PTI that a police constable posted at a police station in Amroha district, and a resident of Deoband, has allegedly raped a BSc student after blackmailing her to post her edited photograph.

A case has been registered against the police constable at Deoband police station, and he has been arrested, he added.

Bhadohi (UP), Aug 3 (PTI) A statue of B R Ambedkar was defiled in Deegh village of the district, police said on Wednesday.

A local identified as Pawan informed police about the matter on Tuesday following which a police team reached the spot and got the 1.5-feet tall statue, which had fallen on the ground, reinstalled, Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said.

An FIR has been registered under IPC section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) and probe is on in the matter.

Ballia (UP), Aug 3 (PTI) An 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four people when she had stepped out to ease herself in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, police said on Wednesday.

The woman in her police complaint alleged that the incident took place on July 30.

The accused, aged between 25 and 35 years, and the woman are from the same village under Nagra police station limits, they said.