Uttar Pradesh

Sambhal (UP), Jun 29 (PTI) A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a village in this district when she had gone to a forest to collect fodder, police said on Tuesday.

The alleged incident took place on June 26 and the accused also recorded the act and circulated the video on social media, they said.

A complaint regarding the incident was lodged by the woman's father.

Kanpur: In order to bring improvement in the unmanageable traffic on the city roads, the ring road project appears to be a better option. 

Giving details about the proposal, the divisional commissioner, Dr Rajsekhar said that there was a plan for the four-lane road construction and ring road project.

The ring road alignment project has been passed. What is being awaited is approval from the road transport and highways ministry.

Kanpur: The President of India Ram Nath Kovind returns with a bitter experience of a poor traffic system in the city. His entourage had to pass through an intense traffic jam while comming from Civil Aerodrome to the Circuit House here.  

A painful experience about traffic control may remain alive in his memory for a long.

His convoy to Circuit House turned to a different side from Seven Airforce Hospital here.

In such circumstances his convoy was not only stranded but also entered into other route therefore entwined into a jam.

Banda (UP), Jun 27 (PTI) A minor mentally-challenged girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped here, police said on Sunday.

Ballia (UP), Jun 27 (PTI) Criticising the handling of the COVID-19 crisis in Uttar Pradesh, a ruling party leader has claimed that at least 10 people died in every village during the second wave as no lessons were learnt from the first one.

State BJP working committee member Ram Iqbal Singh, who made the remarks on Saturday, is the latest among the party's leaders who have questioned the management of the coronavirus infection in the state.

Bijnor (UP), Jun 27 (PTI) Police in Bijnor district on Sunday arrested a man in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old girl, with officials saying a search is underway to nab a second accused.

The action came on a complaint filed by a resident of Seohara, who said his minor daughter was gang-raped by the two accused, Munawwar and Faisal, on June 19, Bijor Superintendent of Police Dharamveer Singh said.

Lucknow Jun 28 (PTI) BSP president Mayawati on Monday said that her party has decided not to contest the zila panchayat chairman elections as it wants to channelise its energy on strengthening the organisation before the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls next year.

Kanpur: The weather does not last tolerable on Monday's afternoon. This led the people to curtail their movement during the daytime.

The real feel of the day temperature was felt at about 43 degrees Celsius while the maximum temperature was registered at 37 degrees Celsius today.

Undeniably it was warm weather with a blend of sunshine and clouds that pervaded on Monday's afternoon. There was not enough traffic on the road though mostly four-wheelers were running on the road at this desolate time.

Kanpur: To control air pollution in the city areas, the steps will be undertaken to minimise dust pollution on one-and-a-half dozen roads here.

A sum of Rs forty crores will be spent, a news report has suggested.

As the city is supposed to have received Rs seventy-five crore for bringing improvement in city's air quality, this has  been deduced.

The work on installing charging stations for the electrical vehicles will also be initiated. This will aim at reducing the air pollution created by petrol-run vehicles.

Lucknow Jun 26 (PTI) The Samajwadi Party on Saturday sacked the presidents of its 11 district units with immediate effect, the party said here on Saturday.

In a statement, SP's state unit president Naresh Uttam said presidents of Gorakhpur, Moradabad, Jhansi, Agra, Gautam Budh Nagar, Mau, Balrampur, Shravasti, Bhadohi, Gonda and Lalitpur districts have been removed with immediate effect.

The action has been taken on the directives of the party president Akhilesh Yadav, he added.