Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: In a dispute over an e-rickshaw in Cantonment's Badlipurwa locality here on Tuesday morning, the infuriated uncle poured petrol on his nephew and set him on fire reportedly.

Seeing this scene, two women including his wife got burnt while saving the young man. After the incident, the accused fled from the spot reportedly.

The police on getting the information teacher the spot and admitted all four burnt people to the Burn ward of Ursala Hospital here.

Ramkumar (40), a resident of Badlipurwa in Cantt, lives with his wife Sapna (35).

Lucknow, May 14 (PTI) A day after results of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh were announced, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Sunday accused the ruling BJP of misusing government machinery, and said her party will not sit silently over it.

The BJP on Saturday swept the mayoral elections, winning the posts in all the 17 municipal corporations in Varanasi, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jhansi, Bareilly, Mathura-Vrindavan, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Firozabad and Meerut.

Lucknow, May 14 (PTI) Children of labourers and those orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh will soon get access to state-of-the-art educational facilities, with the state government starting the admission process for the maiden session of the Atal Residential Schools.  The residential schools named after BJP stalwart and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will provide free education to children from classes 6 to 12. Students will also get full residential facilities.

Prayagraj (Allahabad), May 5 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has asked judges of all district and sessions courts in the state to dispose of bail applications within two weeks in light of the recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs CBI.

The directive was issued in a communication by the registrar general of the high court, addressed to all district and sessions judges in Uttar Pradesh.

Kanpur: City Health Officer Dr Amit Singh said that tenders could not be held due to the code of conduct.

However, he added that the company engaged in the Municipal Corporation's panel tender has been entrusted with the task of cleaning the drains from May 4 to June 30 this year.

He made it clear that tenders could not be called due to the code of conduct. But the company has been entrusted with the task of cleaning the drains. 

Kanpur: As the civic elections comes near, the talk about the different political parties contestants goes all around.

The BJP has reportedly fielded its as many as 17 candidates in the Muslim dominated wards in the city for the first time.

Strangely enough all the male candidates are pinning hopes on the women voters in all these Wards.

Some said why has the BJP not thought of extending tickets to women candidates?

Issues like triple talaq, general status are said to have been raised in an influential way in the local polls.

Kanpur: Plans are afoot to prepare wholly a new lawn tennis court at the Green Park stadium here.

With the construction of a new lawn tennis court at Green Park stadium, the tennis players will have to complete their dreams of improving in the popular tennis game.

This will help the city's tennis players to get another high-quality facility to practice and prove their playing skills.

There are also considerations to provide comprehensive lawn tennis training to aspiring or budding local players at the new tennis court.

Pilibhit (UP), Apr 28 (PTI) A 45-year-old man who was serving a five-year jail term at the district prison here died after his health suddenly deteriorated, officials said on Friday.

His family members, however, alleged that he was murdered by the jail authorities. The wife of the deceased, Satyendra, has sent a complaint to the district magistrate in this regard.

Meerut (UP), Apr 28 (PTI) A man was arrested from an ashram in Hastinapur area here on Friday for allegedly killing a Delhi Police head constable, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Ganeshanand alias Ganpat, they said.

Superintendent of Police (rural) Kamlesh Thakur said that Delhi Police Head Constable Gopichand went missing on March 26. His wife Rekha lodged a police complaint on March 27 at Sardhana police station, following which an FIR was registered.

Mathura, Apr 27 (PTI) A fast-track court here on Thursday could not hear arguments in a case related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute due to paucity of time and posted the matter for hearing on May 9.

Civil judge (senior division) of the fast-track court was scheduled to hear arguments on sending Amin (a revenue department official) to the mosque but it could not take place due to paucity of time and the court posted the matter for hearing in May, District Government Counsel Sanjai Gaur said.