Uttar Pradesh

Ballia, May 6 (PTI) A man was sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment by a court here for raping a 17-year-old girl three years ago.

Additional District Judge Onkar Shukla on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on the convict Ramesh Rajbhar.

Rajbhar had raped the girl at her residence on April 22, 2019, according to joint director of prosecution department Suresh Pathak.

Kanpur: In a bid to revolutionise the water purification process, a novel device has been devised by IIT Kanpur.

This device is able to produce inorganic contaminant-free water at a cost as low as 2 Rs per litre.

There is no maintenance cost even. It has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology here.

The device was developed by IIT Kanpur researchers in collaboration with those at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

It will help overcome the challenges in both water availability and water quality monitoring.

Kanpur: Divyendu Tripathi alias Munna Tripathi has received tremendous applause from fans.

According to Divyendu, his character Munna Tripathi became a hit. Fans of UP and MP used to gather outside his vanity van.

They would then shout enthusiastically, “Munna Bhaiyya”, he maintained.

Divyendu said that it was an overwhelming experience.

However, he added that many also create a ruckus, which is not good.

He feels that this ruckus leads to unwanted incidents.

Kanpur:  It remains a heart warming story of a police officer here.

Buying all the colourful balloons from a street vendor for he appeared to have read his mind.

What he wanted at the time was to go home early to celebrate Eid with his family. But two parallel thoughts got crashed.

However, the entry of police officer got his burden reduced and he relaxed.

A video depicting the scene had gone viral.

Gonda, May 2 (PTI) The district administration has freed a 56-bigha enemy property from encroachers in Akauni village here, officials said on Monday.

An enemy property is the one which is left behind by the people who took the citizenship of Pakistan and China during and after the partition.

Bijnor (UP), May 2 (PTI) A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 18-year-old uncle who works as a labourer at a brick kiln here, police said on Monday.

They said the incident happened at Shivalakala Kalan when the girl's parents had gone for work at the same brick kiln.

They said the accused was arrested after an FIR was filed against him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act.

Kanpur: A strange occurrence was reported here on Sunday with UP Public Works Minister Jitin Prasada.

During the address to the villagers in Chaubepur block in the district, his mic started going off several times in between.

Upon this, he quipped that the people who put the mike may be either of SP or BSP. As soon as the minister spoke, there was panic among the officers present there.

Along with the DM, other officers also moved towards the control room of the mic and sound system. But, till then the technician present there fixed the problem.

Kanpur: An old mother beseeches the DM to get her 19-year-old girl traced. She used to cook utensils in the houses in Chakeri Deviganj here.

She had filed a report 12 days ago accusing K Balmiki of the area of ​​kidnapping her young daughter.

He alleges that the police are negligent in finding his daughter.

DM Neha Sharma had also joined the cabinet minister Jitin Prasada's arrival in the office of Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana here.

Shahjahanpur (UP), May 1 (PTI) A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped by five men, who also recorded the act and made the video viral, police said on Sunday.

The woman, in her complaint, alleged that on April 22, five men dragged her into a hut outside her house and took turns to rape her.

An FIR of gang rape was registered on Saturday based on the complaint of the woman, resident of a village in Madanapur police station area, Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Sanjay Kumar said, adding that a probe into the matter is on.

Lucknow, May 1 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday directed officials to set up cow shelters at the block level and make arrangements to save the bovines from the heat.

Speaking on the power crisis, the chief minister said during his recent Delhi visit, the Centre has assured that the state will get more electricity as well as additional rakes to transport coal.