Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Jun 11 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday claimed there is no hope left for the people in Uttar Pradesh as the BJP government is engaged in 'bandar baant', a Hindi word which suggests that the ruling party only looks after its own people.

Yadav also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state of mishandling the Covid crisis, alleging costly treatment of coronavirus, negligence in treatment of black fungus, shortage of life-saving medicines and stalled development works.

Kannauj (UP), Jun 11 (PTI) An eight-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by her father's friend, who later left her in a field thinking that she had died, police said on Friday.

The incident took place at a village in the Gursahaiganj area, where the girl was found unconscious, police said.

The girl told police that the accused took her away on the pretext of giving her toffees and some money but raped her and left her in the field thinking that she has died.

Balrampur (UP), Jun 10 (PTI) Five people were arrested here after a video went viral on social media in which they were seen molesting a 16-year-old girl in a cane field, police said on Thursday.

Udayraj, Saurabh Verma, Ram Lagan, Pillu and one other were arrested from a village here on Wednesday for making the video in which the minor girl is semi-nude, they said.

The purported video shows the accused removing the girl's clothes and threatening and abusing her.

Mathura, June 10 (PTI) An idol of Lord Ram and cash worth thousands of rupees were stolen from a temple here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday night at Holikeshwar Mahadev temple in Holiwali Gali that falls under Kotwali police station, they said.

According to the FIR lodged on the basis of the complaint received from the temple's priest, the burglars also took away some utensils and costumes.

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 9 (PTI) A woman died under suspicious circumstances at her house in Khedi Sarai village here on Wednesday, police said.

According to police, they have lodged a case on the complaint of her parents, who alleged that she was killed by her in-laws.

Puja's parents told police that she had married Manoj Kumar around two years ago and her in-laws were harassing her.

They told police that Puja's in-laws informed them that she died from coronavirus.

Kanpur (UP), Jun 8 (PTI) Two social media promoters were arrested in connection with a case registered over a doctored audio clip allegedly defaming the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and the state government, police said on Tuesday.

The arrested persons were identified as Ashish Pandey, a resident of 'Dilkusha Mantri Awas' and Himanshu Saini, a resident of Bazar Khala, Lucknow, they said.

Ballia (UP), Jun 9 (PTI) A 55-year-old farmer died after being attacked by a cow in a village here, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday in Badka Sufal area of Tola Jai Prakash Nagar village when Kishore Bind was working on his field, they said.

He died on the spot.

Bairia Station House Officer (SHO) Rajiv Mishra said the victim's body has been sent for postmortem.

Moradabad, Jun 9 (PTI) Moradabad former mayor and senior journalist Humayun Qadeer died of COVID-19 in a hospital here on Wednesday. He was 73.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.

Qadeer's younger brother said he was suffering from lungs and kidney ailments for the last two years, was also found corona positive recently and was undergoing treatment in a private hospital here.

Humayun Qadeer was the founder and editor of Urdu daily Aain-e-Aalam' and was elected the first mayor of Moradabad on a Samajwadi Party ticket in 1995.

Lucknow, Jun 8 (PTI) With active COVID-19 cases below the 600-mark in all 75 districts of the state, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to give relaxations in the coronavirus curfew.

"There will be relaxation in coronavirus curfew in all the districts of the state from Wednesday onwards, from 7 am to 7 pm, for five days as the active Covid cases have come below 600," an official spokesman said.

Kanpur: Years old Kath Ka Pul linking Cantonment to Babu Purwa area  here will now not be closed for the convenience of the public. A decision to this effect has been taken by the railways authorities. 

A team of Allahabad Division inspected the aged bridge recently on the directive of the Chairman, Railway Board S Sharma. It was reportedly decided that the Kath Ka Pul will not be dismantled eventually.

What was decided is that a road with a width of ten-metre will be laid out under the bridge. The bridge exists at railway loco north colony here.