Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: Just on the Nai Chungi road in the Jajmau area, there squats the vegetable vendors on one side of the road. It is so because they find ample raised space to put their various vegetables and also adjusts themselves at the gap.

Passers-by stop to buy vegetables of their respective choices. Generally, sharp-voiced women arrange different vegetables like onions, potatoes, ladyfinger, gourd, and other varieties.

Kanpur: A police officer has been suspended after a minor girl, who was being questioned by him in a case, consumed poison.

The girl's mother alleged that her 14-year-old daughter attempted suicide following her harassment by the Rajpur Station officer.

She also alleged that there were scratch marks on the girl's body, which suggested that the police officer had even tortured her physically.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Keshav Kumar Chaudhary said that Vinod Kumar, station house officer, Rajpur, has been suspended with immediate effect.

Amethi, Sep 1 (PTI) A minor girl was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old youth in a village here, police said on Wednesday.

In a complaint, the 10-year-old girl's family members alleged that she was playing on August 30 when the youth took her to the fields and raped her.

The family members also said that she was bleeding for three days and narrated her plight to the doctor.

Circle Officer Ajay Kumar Singh said a case has been registered in this regard and the matter is being probed.

Banda (UP), Sep 2 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped at a village in the Girwan area here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on August 26 when the girl was returning home. She was raped by three men, all aged around 22-23 years, Girwa Station House Officer (SHO) Arjun Singh said.

An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on August 31 on a complaint from family members, he said.

Kanpur: This is the only place in the state where intranasal vaccine trials against Covidvirus are being done, as news reports said.

As many as 30 adult volunteers including doctors, their family members and others have administered the first dose of the intranasal vaccine. The second dose will be given after 28 days to the volunteers.

Another 20 people will be administered this vaccine over the next few days.

Kanpur: There was a throng of the students outside the senior secondary school in the afternoon here. 

They were readying to return from school. Some of them even got on the four-wheeler, while others were mounting on the two-wheeler. A few were moving onward on their bicycles respectively.

As the road was not wider the gathering of a few students presented a view of the crowd. The moment vehicles passed there was ample space.

Kanpur:  Three persons, including an employee of the social welfare department, have been arrested by the Barra police here. They have been held in connection with the marriage scheme scam. They were allegedly found to be involved in the misappropriation of the funds.

According to the news reports, a clerk of the social welfare department and the in-charge of the marriage grant, a fake applicant and a middleman have been nabbed.

All of the three persons have been booked under the relevant sections of IPC and sent to the jail after being produced before the magistrate.

Lucknow, Aug 31 (PTI) Netherlands Ambassador to India Marten van den Berg paid a courtesy call on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence here on Tuesday, an official statement said.

Discussions were held to further strengthen the relations between India and the Netherlands, it said.

During the meeting, Adityanath asserted that the two countries have strong relations and are working together in many areas.

Gorakhpur, Aug 31 (PTI) A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing his seven-month pregnant wife in a village in Maharajganj district over dowry, police said.

The incident took place in Bhagwatnagar village under the Farenda police station area on Monday night, and a case was registered based on a complaint by the victim's father, they said.

Ballia (UP), Sep 1 (PTI) A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by a man in a village here, police said on Wednesday.

The girl was abducted on August 25 by a man identified as Sultan, SHO, Sukhpura, Gagan Raj Singh said.

According to the girl, Sultan allegedly raped her and freed her on August 30 after which she reached home,

The victim's father had earlier lodged an FIR alleging that his daughter was abducted. Rape charges were included later.