Uttar Pradesh

Ballia (UP), Nov 11 (PTI) A 22-year-old man has been arrested for reportedly sexually assaulting and killing his minor cousin, police said Sunday.

"The incident took place on November 8 in Garhwar police station area. The accused was arrested on Saturday," Superintendent of Police Sriparna Ganguly said.

The body of the 8-year-old has been sent for postmortem, the officer said.

Shahjahanpur (UP), Nov 11 (PTI) A case has been registered against a quack for allegedly raping the minor daughter of a woman who works at his clinic in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad district, police said Sunday.

The accused, Vinod Kushwaha, came to the woman's house at Khajuria Nagla village in Shahjahanpur district last Wednesday and took her daughter to the clinic, where he raped the minor after holding her up as a hostage, said Avnish Yadav, station house officer, Allahganj.

KANPUR: Though power consumption has reduced with the onset of wintry weather, KESCO has chalked out a plan to change rickety electricity lines in different divisions. It has undertaken the work in Hanspuram and Kalyanpuram divisions respectively.

KANPUR:  Busy as usual, the Ghantaghar crossing finds people’s ample movement every day. But they never look high at the clock tower because its hands do not move. It remains calm in the tower.  

As told by the shopkeepers there, the machine of the clock had lost its function several years ago. Even authorities concerned did not care about its functioning. But lately there rang a buzz in their ears suddenly.

KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh Board examination centres for Kanpur Nagar district have been set up by ignoring defined rules. As many as eight objections were made online so far.

If complaints will be found correct, a complete report would be sent to the Board Headquarters at Allahabad, said Deputy Inspector of Schools SK Tiwari, adding that the Board has to finalise everything.

KANPUR: Though power consumption has reduced with the onset of wintry weather, KESCO has chalked out a plan to change rickety electricity lines in different divisions. It has undertaken the work in Hanspuram and Kalyanpuram divisions respectively.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 8 (PTI) Three persons were arrested for allegedly stabbing a Dalit youth to death and dumping his body in a field in Nawla village here on Thursday, police said.

Mohan Kumar (20) was murdered over an old enmity. A case has been registered against four persons -- Rahul, Jagpal, Saurabh and Kallu -- based on the FIR lodged by the deceased's brother, said Circle Officer Rajeev Kumar Singh.

Abhinandan Pathak looks and speaks like PM Narendra Modi. He starts his speech with ‘Mitro’ and says “achche din nahin ayenge”.

Abhinandan Pathak, vice-president of BJP-led NDA constituent Republican Party of India (Athawale) in Uttar Pradesh, has left his party and joined the Congress.

KANPUR: To keep the Ganga River clean and clear, the city’s thirteen nullahs are being tapped on a war footing. Besides, as many as 7000 cusec waters will be released daily in order to increase the water level of the river. There will also be endeavours to minimise pollutants in the water flow.

Bioremediation process is considered to be amply used in order to treat the contaminated water by altering environmental conditions to stimulate the growth of micro-organisms and degrade the target pollutants.

Lucknow, Nov 6 (PTI) Skipper Rohit Sharma's record-breaking fourth T20 International hundred powered India to a comprehensive 71-run win over West Indies in what turned out to be another one-sided series victory for the hosts.

India, thus, took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. The last T20 will be played in Chennai on November 11.

The legend of Rohit in white ball format continued to grow exponentially as his unbeaten 111 off 61 balls helped India score 195 for 2 after being put into bat.