Uttar Pradesh

India: 20-yr-old Dalit woman gang-raped in UP's Fatehpur

Fatehpur (UP), Oct 9 (PTI) A Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped in a village in Lilauli area here, police said on Friday.

"A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by two people in a village in Lilauli area on Thursday evening when she was returning home after attending nature's call," Additional Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Kumar said.

Acting on the victim's complaint, an FIR was registered against the accused -- Aman Yadav (25) and Guddu Yadav (24) and they have been arrested.

India: People rush to cull petrol as tanker turns upside down

Kanpur: There was a competition to rob petrol flowing freely from a damaged tanker capsized on the highway near Barra on Friday morning.

The police used mild force to quell them away. The driver and the helper got injured badly. Both were sent to the Hallet hospital.

According to the reports, a tanker was coming from the filling station at Bhauti. Suddenly the tanker near Barra bypass elevated highway lost its control and hit a truck. Ultimately it banged with the bridge safety wall. As a result, the tanker turned upside down.

India: Woman gang-raped in UP's Aligarh

Aligarh, Oct 7 (PTI) A married woman was allegedly raped by four men on Wednesday when she had gone out to relieve herself in a field outside her village in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, police said.

A family member of the woman said the accused, who have been identified, also recorded the act and threatened her that they would circulate the video if she approached the police.

India: Agriculture university in Kanpur to set up weather station

Kanpur: The automatic weather station will be set up at the weather monitoring section of CSA University here. It will inform you about the weather forecast all the 24-hour.

Giving information about this costly device, CSA University vice-chancellor Dr D R Singh said the state government and a few other institutions will help establish the gadget.

He also added that the university administration will soon establish a large-size LED screen on the city's respective places such as Rawatpur, Company Bagh crossing and etc.

India: Flower business fades its aroma during lockdown

Kanpur: The business related to the flower decoration has stopped in the city. The decorators large in numbers have even left it. They are either selling vegetables or eggs or running tea stalls. The main reason behind leaving the work was the borrowings taken from the moneyed. The little prospect stays because the sale of bouquets goes on.

According to an estimate, more than 500 flower traders exist in the city but as many as 100 have said goodbye to this business.

India: AAP demands removal of UP women's commission chief over her silence on Hathras rape

Noida (UP), Oct 7 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party workers in Gautam Buddh Nagar have questioned the silence of Uttar Pradesh Women's Commission chief Vimla Batham over the Hathras case and demanded her removal from the post.

Around 50 AAP workers, including district unit president Bhupendra Jaduan, on Tuesday tried to gherao Batham's residence here over the issue but were stopped midway by police, party office-bearers said.

India: UP govt extends time given to SIT probing Hathras case

Lucknow, Oct 7 (PTI) The UP government has given an additional 10 days to the three-member SIT investigating the alleged gang rape and killing of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras as the "probe is not complete", a senior official said Wednesday.

The special investigation team, constituted on September 30 and led by Home Secretary Bhagwan Swarup, was initially given seven days to submit its report.

India: UP farmer ends life after stray cattle destroy crop

Fatehpur (UP), Oct 6 (PTI) A 60-year-old farmer killed himself Tuesday allegedly after stray cattle destroyed crop at his field in a village here, police said.

Harishchandra Nishad, a resident of Walipur Ramsagara village here, had left home early morning to guard his crop against stray cattle but he was found hanging from a tree in the field, Station House Officer of the Kishanpur police station Pandhari Saroj said.

His son Chavinath told police that Nishad was dejected after stray cattle destroyed the crop.

India: Doctors treating Covid patients develop amnesia

Kanpur: Not only senior and junior doctors but the paramedical staff and other health workers treating the Covid patients also suffer from dehydration, giddiness, amnesia and headache due to their hectic eight-hour schedule.

More than 50 doctors and health workers of Gnesh Shankar Vidyarthi medical College are facing such sort of symptoms. This topic has been referred to in the medical college. 

They neither take anything to eat nor avail of the air-conditioning nor the electric fan air during the duty hours.

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