Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur :Taking cognisance of rising Zika virus cases in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is expected to visit here on November 10.

As many as 89 people tested positive for the Zika virus here. Out of the 89 infected, 55 are men and 34 are women. While, 23 are those having age below 21 years.

Yogi Adityanath had directed officials to run the special communicable diseases control campaign and the 'Dastak' campaign in a proactive manner.

Cleanliness, sanitisation, fogging and anti-larval spraying have been done to control the Zika virus.

Ballia (UP), Nov 7 (PTI) A 60-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping an 8-year-old girl in Rasra police station area here, police said on Sunday.

The man is the victim's distant relative, they said.

Circle officer Shiv Narayan Vais said the incident took place on Saturday when the girl was lured by the accused.

A case was registered following a complaint by the girl's father, he said.

Farrukhabad (UP), Nov 7 (PTI) A prisoner was allegedly killed and about 30 policemen injured in a clash at a district jail here on Sunday after the death of another man due to dengue.

The prisoners allegedly hurled stones at the policemen and started a fire in the jail after hearing about the death of an inmate, identified as Sandeep Yadav, in Saifai Medical College due to dengue.

The police, however, claimed that another prisoner, Shivam, who died later, was also suffering from an ailment and lost his life while being taken to the hospital on Sunday.

Kanpur: Unaware of the crocodile into the canal water, how did a boy rescue himself from its hold? His brother's ready- mindedness worked at that critical time.

The incident was reported from the Madho Tanda area in the Pilibhit district.

Two boys namely Vikas and Neeraj, 16, were washing their hands at an irrigation canal after working on the farm on Friday.

Vikas suddenly felt a pull on his right leg. It was a crocodile that was dragging him towards the canal.

Kanpur: Three children aged 3,4 and 5 years have died at Baraatbhoj village in Pilibhit district.

Veerpal's younger son, Naresh, 3, died of fever. His nephew Govind, 4, also fell ill and was taken to a private hospital in Bareilly where he died during treatment the next day. On Saturday evening, Veerpal's daughter Laxmi, 5 years, suddenly suffered a seizure after drinking milk. She also died within a few minutes. A team of health officials sent Laxmi's body for autopsy.

The other two children's bodies had been cremated soon after their death.

Kanpur: This district has become a hotspot for the mosquito-borne disease.

An alert has been sounded in the city and a massive vector control drive has also been launched by the local authorities to curb the spread.

Health teams have collected samples of 525 people who were in close contact with the infected people and living in the radius of 3 km of the IAF station hangars for testing.

The first case of the virus was reported in the Kanpur city on October 23 when a warrant officer of the IAF tested positive for the infection.

Aligarh (UP), Nov 6 (PTI) A 35-year-old cattle trader was shot dead at point blank range in front of his three-year-old child at Marris Road here, police said on Saturday.

Kamal Khan, the victim, was on his way back home with his child after attending a wedding on Friday night. As he stopped his car to buy a bottle of water, a few men overtook him and pumped bullets into him even as bystanders could come to terms with the incident which took place under Civil Lines police station limits, police said, adding that the men seemed to be inebriated.

Lucknow, Nov 6 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday sought to defend his Muhammad Ali Jinnah remark as he hit out at his detractors, asking them to read history books again.

Kanpur: Expressing concern at the rapidly rising cases of Zika virus in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chaired a high-level meeting on Saturday, instructing officials to speed up sanitisation work.

Infection of Zika virus is spreading rapidly in Kanpur. Considering the seriousness, special caution is required," he said.

Meanwhile, Kannauj district has reported its first Zika virus case, Chief Medical Officer Dr Vinod Kumar told ANI.

Sultanpur (UP), Nov 6 (PTI) Former Union minister and Sultanpur MP Maneka Gandhi on Saturday welcomed the cut in petrol and diesel prices and also called for lowering the LPG cylinders rates.

Maneka Gandhi made the request to the Union government while touring her parliamentary constituency on a four-day visit.

The petrol and diesel prices have come down. The Union government should consider lowering the prices of other things, like gas (LPG cylinder), too to provide relief to the people, she said during a programme in her constituency.