Uttar Pradesh

Delhi; 13 Aug 2020 (UMMN): Ajay Srivastav aka Ajju Hindustani, a Leader of UP CM Yogi Adityanath's Hindu Yuva Vahini, who offered a cash reward of Rs 11,000 for ‘catching’ Tablighi Jamaat members, has died of COVID-19.

His mother and a sister too have died of Covid-19.

KANPUR: Thursday remains a rainy day for the residents of Jajmau. The rain commences since the morning and continues to long hours in the day. The air has now turned out to be comfortably cooler. There is a marked difference between the previous day and today. The minimum temperature has lowered to a considerable degree. The hourly temperature at 5 pm was recorded at 28° Celsius.

As usually, the rains brought power cut in the morning that persisted till afternoon. Luckily the power supply was restored after 2 pm. 

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 123 (PTI) A self-styled godman arrested for sexually exploiting children in his ashram at Shukartal near here was denied bail on Wednesday by a special court trying cases of crime against children.

Special Judge Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari denied bail to Swami Bhakti Bhushan Maharaj, saying that the charges against the accused are serious and he deserves no bail at this juncture.

KANPUR: As many as 22 students remained absent in the morning class on Wednesday. They were ignorant of the timing as they said.This tendency on the next day furthermore. However, this number could be recorded as the largest in an online class.

Their absence shows the same tendency as was followed by them in normal days, some asserted adding that getting up in the early morning hours seems to be their main difficulty. Their habit has not been changed yet. They feign to attend online study despite staying at the home.

Bhadohi (UP), Aug 11 (PTI) A woman was allegedly raped by two people, including a village development officer, in Bhadohi's Survaya area, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on June 22 evening when a married woman (18) was allegedly called by village development officer Santosh Kumar and Banwari Bind at a school to sign papers for a house under a government scheme, SHO Vijay Pratap Singh said.

In the FIR, which was registered on August 9, the woman alleged that both were in an inebriated state.

Lucknow, Aug 11 (PTI) An aide of gangster Vikas Dubey has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police from Chitrakoot district, officials said on Tuesday.

The arrested aide, Bal Govind Dubey alias Lalu, carried a reward of 50,000. He was an associate of key accused of Bikru case gangster Vikas Dubey, an STF spokesman said on Tuesday.

KANPUR: When marks do not come as expected, the students find their mood swaying."Tell me your marks which you have secured in Unit Test," asked class lXth student from another student of class VIIth. He gave him a detailed information at once. But the amazing thing was that the senior student did not obtain marks in Maths as he specifically expected.

Noida (UP), Aug 10 (PTI) Noida police on Monday arrested a 33-year-old man after he called up the emergency number '100' and threatened to harm Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Harbhajan Singh, who lives in Sector 66 and hails from Haryana, they said, adding the man appears to be a drug addict .

Baghpat (UP), Aug 11 (PTI) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district on Tuesday morning, police said.

Bareilly (UP), Aug 10 (PTI) At least 56 inmates of two prisons in Bareilly of Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.

"Reports of 51 inmates of central jail and five inmates of district jail have been found positive for COVID-19" District Surveillance Officer, Ashok Kumar said.