Uttar Pradesh

KANPUR: Despite the divisional commissioner’s ultimatum at the city’s second big government Ursula Hospital for correcting the irregularities, nothing useful was available to the district magistrate during his visit on December 13.

It was most unexpected, almost shocking for him. From November 27, 2018 inspection by the divisional commissioner to the district magistrate’s ire at the persisting poor position at the hospital was worth understandable.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 13 (PTI) A POCSO court here has convicted a man for raping an 11-year-old girl and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the accused, Vedpal, after finding him guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 376 (rape) and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

KANPUR: The city roads’ beautification is certainly not confusing anyone. It is being planned at the administrative level. Various government departments are being engaged in smartening the dull roads. Smart roads are what considered being a necessity of the time. It can be nothing if the district officials are not wholly committed towards the goal.

KANPUR: In the past 24 hours as many as three people died and three injured in different road accidents in South city areas of Chakeri, Vidhnoo and Naubasta on Wednesday.

One Vishal s/o Ram Babu r/o district Unnao was attending a birthday party at Lal Bangla locality here. He attended the party with his mother Soni, father and brother Rajat. On his return, a truck hit the bike from the back side in Chakeri. He came under the moving truck’s wheels while Rambabu, Soni And Rajat were injured.

Ghaziabad, Dec 12 (PTI) A man was arrested here for allegedly killing a 26-year-old woman after being hired by her husband, police said Wednesday.

The accused, Deepak Panchal, was arrested near a soap factory in Loni. He was allegedly hired by Rinkoo alias Gyanesh to kill his wife, Kavita, as he had suspected him of infidelity, the police said.

He was on the run while her husband Rinkoo and his one of his accomplice were arrested earlier, the police said.

KANPUR:  Acting upon the complaints received from different college managements in the city, the district examination committee has cancelled as many as 18 UP Board examination centres. A total of 64 Higher Secondary & Inter Colleges have approached with objections on the centres fixed at a little long distance from the examinees’ place.

KANPUR: Was it a sheer slackness or half-hearted attitude in the sluggish running of the solid waste management plant that displeased the team members of the Clean India Mission who visited the plant site at Panki Bhav Singh here on Monday?

KANPUR: It was the state government cabinet minister’s arrival at the office of the Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Ltd at Fazalganj here on Monday morning. This department makes available the manpower in the government offices.

Balrampur (UP), Dec 10 (PTI) A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in a village in Utraula area here, the police said Monday.

According to the FIR lodged by the girl's family, she was playing outside her home when 33-year-old Paras took her to a secluded place and raped her.

The victim is recuperating in a hospital and her condition is stable, the police said.

The accused has been arrested and the matter is being probed, they added.

Gorakhpur (UP), Dec 10 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against an Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian on Monday for allegedly using fake documents to register a land here, police said.

Bansgaon MP Kamlesh Paswan, his businessman friend, Sateesh Nanglia, and four others have been accused of registering the Baldev Plaza shopping complex in their names by using false documents in February 2015.

Narendra Pratap, a resident of Golghar market, had claimed to be the original owner of the two-acre land.