Uttar Pradesh

Mathura (UP), Nov 27 (PTI) A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenage boy in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The alleged incident took place on Thursday in an area under the Vrindavan police station limits, they said.

The accused, a 16-year-old boy, has been sent to a juvenile home, police said.

An FIR in this connection was lodged on the basis of the complaint of the girl's father, they said. Citing the FIR, police said the teenager lured the girl to a lonely place, where he raped her.

Muzaffarnagar, Nov 28 (PTI) A Dalit woman was allegedly sexually molested by a man here in a village under Chapar Police Station limits, police said on Sunday.

The woman was attacked on Saturday when she was on her way to the fields. A man dragged her in the fields and attempted to rape her, a police official said.

The woman escaped when hearing her screams for help villagers reached the spot and thrashed the accused.

Allahabad, Nov 25 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government how long would it take to provide biometric gadgets and CCTV camera-supported security in the state court premises.

A bench of justices Suneet Kumar and Samit Gopal posed the query on Tuesday while hearing a public interest lawsuit, instituted suo moto after a broad daylight firing in Bijnor district court in 2019.

Fatehpur (UP), Nov 26 (PTI) A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Friday by a teenager in a village in Khaga area here, police said.

The girl, a student of class three, was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy -- a student of class nine, Circle officer Gayadutt Mishra said.

The accused has been detained by the police, he said.

The girl has been admitted to the hospital, where her condition was stated to be critical, he said.

A probe is on in the matter.

Ghaziabad, Nov 26 (PTI) Hundreds of farmers in tractors started arriving at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as Friday marked one year of the ongoing farmers' protest against the central laws.

Many of them brought along vegetables, sacks of flour and lentils, spices and cooking oil on their tractor-trollies, saying they have come prepared for a long haul.

Mathura, Nov 25 (PTI) A 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man in a moving car while they were travelling from Agra, police said on Thursday.

A day after the incident, the woman allegedly attempted to end her life by consuming poison. However, her condition is now stable, a senior police officer said.

The incident took place on Tuesday, when the accused accompanied the woman to Agra for her to appear in a sub-inspector recruitment exam. She was allegedly raped while returning, he said.

Lucknow, Nov 26 (PTI) BSP president Mayawati on Friday asked the Central and state governments to seriously ponder if they are following the Constitution in the true spirit, and announced that her party will not take part in the programmes being organised on Constitution Day.

The benefits given to SC/STs by the Constitution have not reached these sections, she lamented.

Ballia (UP), Nov 26 (PTI) A 27-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly raping a minor on pretext of marriage, police said on Friday.

The arrest came on Thursday on complaint of a 22-year-old woman, who alleged that the accused raped her for two years beginning in 2014 promising her that he will marry her, they said.

She alleged she was 15 when the accused first raped her and he continued to do so for the next two years.

Kanpur: The very aspect on the opening day of the Test match that shortly caught the eye of most fans as well as the cricket players was the heavy fog and smog that engulfed the Green Park Stadium here.

Many fans expressed their deep concerns about the pollution.

The condition remains so worse over the stadium that led them to say the BCCI should be careful while organizing the matches in areas where smog and haze are quite heavy.

This is so because the welfare of the players and the spectators is of utmost importance.

Ballia (UP), Nov 24 (PTI) A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a close relative in a village in the Sahatwar area here, police said on Wednesday.

The accused was arrested on Wednesday, a day after he committed the crime, Superintendent of Police R K Naiyar said.

An FIR was lodged under relevant sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act based on a complaint by the victim's father, the police said.

The minor has been sent for a medical examination, and a detailed probe is underway, they added.