Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, May 22 (PTI) The condition of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is stable, the hospital treating him said in a statement here on Saturday.

Khan and his son Abdullah were shifted from the Sitapur jail to Medanta Hospital here on May 9 for coronavirus treatment.

"On May 22, SP MP Azam Khan (72) was given two litres of oxygen. His condition is stable," the hospital said.

The condition of his 30-year-old son too is stable and he has been kept under the observation of doctors, the statement said.

Agra, May 23 (UP) A 12-year-old girl here was allegedly raped by two youths, who also made a video of the incident, police said on Saturday.

Police have arrested the accused.

The girl was alone at her home when her neighbour Sonu (20) turned up there and took her to his home by making an excuse, said police.

At Sonu's residence, the other accused, identified as Krishna (19), was present and they raped her, said police.

Agra, May 22 (PTI) A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three men at a village here, police said on Saturday.

Police have arrested two of the accused while the third is on the run.

The girl was taken to an abandoned ashram by one of the accused where she was raped by all three, police said.

She was alone at home when one of the accused turned up there, police said, adding that her parents had gone to attend a marriage function.

The girl told her parents about the incident when they returned home on Friday.

Kanpur: What disturbs is a paucity of blood in the city's three main blood banks. The blood group of B and O negative are no longer existing in these blood banks.

The three blood banks are at Ursula Hospital, IMA Charitable Blood Bank and GSVM College.

Pregnant women, Thalassaemia patients, Anaemia patients, Chronic Kidney Disease patients on dialysis are most impacted by the paucity. 

Kanpur: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh government has taken a big decision and has prohibited schools of all boards operating in the state from increasing the fees for the academic session 2021-22. 

This decision has been welcome by the parents. As the decision covers all the educational boards, it becomes important for the schools of other boards to reconsider their conclusion on fee.

It would not be wrong to say here that the CBSE borad schools have already issued fee book with increased fee. 

Ballia (UP), May 20 (PTI) BJP leader and former MLA Anil Kumar died at a Varanasi hospital after suffering from a liver ailment, family sources said here on Thursday.

He was 59.

According to the family sources, the former MLA died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Varanasi. He was suffering from a liver ailment.

Resident of Gurgujpur (Sanvara) of the Rasra region of the district, Kumar was elected as MLA from the Rasra seat in 1996.

He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.

New Delhi/Lucknow, May 18 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Revenue and Flood Control Vijay Kashyap died from coronavirus at a Gurgaon hospital on Tuesday.

Kashyap (56), who was an MLA from Muzaffarnagar's Charthawal Assembly seat, died at Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital.

He is the third UP minister who has succumbed to the virus.

Last year, Uttar Pradesh ministers Kamal Rani Varun and Chetan Chauhan had died from the infection.

Pratapgarh (UP), May 18 (PTI) A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls in a village here, police said on Tuesday.

A case was registered under relevant Sections of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Kotwali police station on Monday.

Station House Officer (SHO) Ravindranath Rai said the victims aged, 9 and 7, were sent for medical examination after a complaint was received from their family.

Kanpur: Issuance of the driving license whether learning or permanent is still not attended at the regional transport office here. What has begun is a fitness test of the vehicles by the official concerned.

According to the news the office was opened with as many as 33 per cent of staff on Monday and the fitness of vehicles was also checked. At the head office in Panki there were done fitness test of more than two dozens of vehicles by following defined guidelines.

Even the cash counters were also started functioning. 

Amethi (UP), May 17 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by a youth in the past one year, police said here on Monday.

The crime came to light when the girl complained of pain in her stomach and was found seven-month pregnant, police added.

When questioned, the girl said she was raped by the youth several times in the past year had taken a pill from a local chemist to abort pregnancy, resulting in pain in the stomach.