Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: A goods train carrying an empty wagon from Central station got derailed at Ramwan station near Fatehpur on Sunday.

Train's eight wagons run over each other ruining the tracks.

As a result, rail traffic got disrupted on the Delhi-Howrah route upon the Up and Down railway tracks.

Twelve passenger trains, including Vande Bharat Express, have been affected due to the damage to the tracks.

The process of clearing the track and repairing the OHE line has started. The engineers expect the situation to return to normal by evening hours.

Maharajganj (UP), Oct 20 (PTI) A 12-year-old girl was found dead with a rope wrapped around her neck here, police said on Thursday

The incident happened in Lakshmipur village on Wednesday, they said.

According to the police, the teenager's parents had gone to work in the field when the incident happened.

After returning home in the evening, they found their daughter dead, police said, adding the girl appears to have died of strangulation.

The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, they said.

Sultanpur (UP), Oct 20 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men from her village here, police said on Thursday.

According to a complaint filed by the minor's family, the incident happened on October 17 in Dhammaur police station area, they said.

They alleged the accused even threatened the girl not to tell anyone about it.

The girl has been admitted to the district hospital for treatment, Dhammaur police station in-charge Shyam Sundar said.

Kanpur: "Today's boys are showing the least respect to their elders. They are impolite," said a tad bit hurtful father.

He was certainly letting out his emotional utterances like a normal healthy person. For him, this stands as a big problem of our society. 

Being a responsible individual his pain was not off the mark. Professionally he deals in leather related items yet he does not often conceal what he genuinely feels.

Kanpur: Dog's constant barking irked a man in the Juhi area here. The man appeared so tensed as he hit the stray dog on the head with hard things.

The police arrested the man. He told them that he killed the dog because he got irked by its constant barking and in a fit of anger he killed the stray dog by hitting it on its head with a brick.

The shocking incident was caught on CCTV of a shop in the area. The video shows the man, identified as Jackie.

Kanpur: Popular magician OP Sharma has passed away after a prolonged illness at a hospital here.

OP Sharma's Bhoot Bungalow was located in Barra locality. He belonged to Ballia.

He had contested the assembly elections from Govind Nagar on a Samajwadi Party ticket in year 2002.

However his entry in the BJP happened in the year 2019.

Deputy CM K P Mauraya has also expressed his condolence on his sudden death. 

Kanpur: A heart-wrenching road accident occurred in the Panki area here on Saturday.

A middle-aged cyclist was hit by a speeding truck at the crossroads leading to the Ratanpur tempo stand of the Panki police station area.

The elder cyclist came under the rear wheel and he died a painful death on the spot.

On getting information about the tragic incident, the police reached the spot from the nearest police station.

A thorough investigation will bring the exact cause of the accident.

Kanpur: The Kanpur Bar Association President Naresh Chandra Tripathi and General Secretary Anurag Srivastava conducted raids on the complaint of gambling in the court on Thursday evening.

Gambling was caught in the chamber of advocate n the Kachari campus here, as has been allegedly reported.

Bar Association President Naresh Chandra Tripathi said that on receiving the information, a sudden raid was conducted in Ashutosh Singh's chamber.

Kanpur: Five people including three women have been arrested in a raid conducted on a spa center at Aryanagar here.

The Colonelganj police raided the spa center in Arya Nagar organising prostitution.

Police have arrested five people, including three women from Mizoram.

Prostitution rackets are reported to be operating from these centers.

Under the directions of ACP Colonelganj Amarnath Yadav, SHO Ratnesh Singh raided the Spa Center in Arya Nagar.

Mainpuri, Oct 10 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl, pregnant after she was raped three months back, was allegedly set on fire by the mother and sister of the accused, police said on Monday.

After learning about the pregnancy, the mother-daughter duo took the minor to their house on the pretext of getting her married to the accused. However, later on Saturday night, they poured kerosene on the girl and set her ablaze, they said.