Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: Bus ride is quite easy for all those Jajmauites boarding from Nai Chungi crossing.

But how are the humble passengers duped by the roadways employee deputed to issue the ticket on different routes?

They charge the full fare but do not print the small thinly ticket showing the complete amount taken in the name of fare.

If a passenger happens to complete the journey up to the crowded Bada Chauraha, a fixed sum of Rs 14 is charged but the conductor rarely returns the balance if the amount exceeds.

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) With parked DTC buses sealing main entry points, multi-layered security arrangements and check points -- both by police and farmers' union volunteers -- Ghazipur, the new focal point of the ongoing farmers' agitation, witnessed heightened restrictions on Monday.

Jaunpur (UP), Feb 1 (PTI) Unidentified assailants shot dead a Nagar Palika corporator in Line Bazar police station area here late on Monday night, police said.

Bala Yadav (50) was shot dead by unidentified assailants who fled from the scene, CO (City) Jitendra Dube said.

Yadav was involved in plotting of land because of which he had rivalry with some people, the CO said, adding this could be the reason behind the murder.

Banda (UP), Feb 2 (PTI) A court here has sentenced a man to 10 years imprisonment for raping his teenage cousin in 2016.

Additional District Session Court (POCSO) Judge Pawan Kumar Sharma on Monday also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on 26-year-old Lakhanlal.

The girl was raped on August 22, 2016. She was 13 years old then, Public Prosecutor Ramsufal Singh said.

He said a case was registered on August 25, 2016, at Girwan and Lakhanlal was arrested three days later.

Sultanpur (UP), Feb 2 (PTI) A youth was arrested for allegedly collecting money in the name of the prime minister's brother, police said on Tuesday.

Police had received information from the Prime Minister's Office that one Jitendra Tiwari alias Jitu was involved in forgery in the name of the PM's brother, Station House Officer, City police station, Bhupendra SIngh said.

Kanpur: I felt nothing extraordinary. So I went to the factory's gate for another pursuit on a holiday. Luckily I found the woollen apparel looking after. As it was a holiday I did not browse online sales but waiting to make hay on a sunshine day.

Lucknow/Kannauj, Feb 1 (PTI) A man set himself on fire outside the Chief Minister's Office in Lucknow on Monday to draw the attention of the authorities to a land dispute case, police said.

Umashankar, 36, a resident of the Indragarh area in Kannauj district, suffered 30 per cent burns and undergoing treatment Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital, they said.

Bulandshahr (UP), Feb 1 (PTI) A 16-year-old boy has been apprehended for allegedly raping his minor cousin in a village here, police said on Monday.

The accused has been kept in police custody, Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said.

The five-year-old girl lives with her mother in a village here as her father, who is a cab driver, works in Delhi.

Noida (UP), Jan 31 (PTI) A farm owner was arrested in Greater Noida for allegedly raping and assaulting a 12-year-old Dalit girl, who was taken there by her maternal aunt for work, police said on Sunday.

The aunt, who works at the farm and had taken the girl there with a bad intention, has also been arrested as a co-conspirator in the case that took place in Dankaur police station area on Saturday, officials said.

Unnao (UP), Feb 1 (PTI) A teenager has been booked for alleged rape in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district after a 15-year-old girl gave birth to a child, police said on Monday.

According to a complaint by the girl's grandfather, the boy, who lives in the neighbourhood, allegedly raped the girl when she was alone in the House. The complainant said he did not lodge an FIR earlier due to social stigma.

The boy, around 16 years old, was held on Friday by the police and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and sent to a juvenile home, an officer said.