Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: After completion of the half-yearly examinations the restrictions through the live classes seem to be increasing.

The students are told to maintain discipline during the class hour.

All the students are instructed to remain present online even after they have answered their attendance.

Ballia (UP), Oct 16 (PTI) An Uttar Pradesh MLA has come out in support of the main accused in Thursday's firing incident in Reoti area of the district that left a 46-year-old man dead.

Jaiprakash alias Gama was killed when Dhirendra Pratap Singh opened fire after a meeting called at Panchayat Bhawan for selection of ration shops was cancelled by the sub-divisional magistrate due to a dispute between members of self-help groups who had gathered there.

Kanpur: Samajwadi Party staged Halla Bol agitation to protest loot in the name of house tax at Nagar Nigam premises here on Thursday. The party workers were present in large numbers. The party's two MLAs were also present during the agitation.

Both the MLAs reached on foot as police barricaded the area completely.

The protesters were blaming the Corporation for an increase in loot and harassment cases against the traders during the Corona time

Lucknow, Oct 14 (PTI) Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the party said on Wednesday.

The 80-year-old leader is admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon.

"Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for COVID-19 and is being monitored by doctors. As of now, there are no COVID symptoms in him," it tweeted.

Banda (UP), Oct 15 (PTI) A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Thursday.

The incident happened on Wednesday when the girl was alone in her home in a village under Bisanda police station area. It came to light when the mother of the girl returned home late evening after which a case was lodged, a police official said.

Samsuddin (22), the neighbour, has been arrested, he said.

The victim has been sent to a government hospital for medical examination, he added.

Lucknow, Oct 15 (PTI) A 35-year-old woman, who had set herself on fire near the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, succumbed to the injuries at a hospital in Lucknow, police said Thursday.

The woman, from Maharajganj, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday with severe burn injuries and died last night, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Somen Barma said.

A person named Alok Prasad, also from Maharajganj, has been arrested on the charge of abetment to suicide, Barma said.

Barabanki (UP), Oct 15 (PTI) An 18-year-old Dalit woman was found dead in an agricultural field in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, police said on Thursday.

Police said the incident took place at a village under the Satrikh police station area and it seemed the victim was strangled.

Jhansi (UP), Oct 15 (PTI) A 21-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by two men in Mauranipur Police Station area here, police said on Thursday.

Kanpur: All the three main political parties have fielded its respective candidates in the fight for Ghatampur assembly seat which fell vacant owing to the death of the BJP MLA Kamla Rani. The election tempo now gradually picks up at the constituency with the filing of the nomination papers. The general public realises the value of voting power by politicians' distinctly changed behaviour with them. 

Rejecting all the guesses about the finalisation of the candidate's name the BJP gave the ticket to Upendra Paswan, a strong contender for the seat. 

Banda, Oct 13 (PTI) A man was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a court here for holding a teenage girl hostage for four days and raping her in 2013.

The additional district and session judge on Monday also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the 30-year-old convict Teerath Chaturvedi.