Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 3 (PTI) A man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a minor girl at Morna village here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place Wednesday evening when the 12-year-old girl had gone to attend a wedding event, SHO Sube Singh said.

The accused took the girl to a nearby sugarcane field and tried to rape her. The girl, however, raised an alarm and the villagers caught hold of the accused.

He was then handed over to the police, the officer said.

Noida (UP), Dec 2 (PTI) Farmers protesting against the new farm laws continued their sit-in at the Noida-Delhi border for the second day on Wednesday, leading to closure of a key route that connects Uttar Pradesh with the national capital.

The Noida Traffic Police has advised commuters travelling to Delhi to avoid using the Chilla route and instead take the DND or Kalindi Kunj route.

Bareilly (UP), Dec 1 (PTI) The body of a 23-year-old woman has been found in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, with her family members alleging that she was killed by her husband, police said on Tuesday.

Nisha, who had gone to attend a wedding function with her husband, was found dead in a lane in Gangapur on Monday night, they said.

According to police, her mother alleged that the husband and in-laws of Nisha had been harassing her over dowry. She accused Nisha's husband, Lakhan, of killing her, they said.

Aligarh UP), Dec 1 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind is likely to attend the online centenary celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) via video conferencing later this month, Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor said.

The date of the event will be finalised soon, he said.

In an open letter to the AMU community on completion of 100 years of the university, Mansoor noted that on December 1, 1920 the gazette notification for establishing this institution was released by the government.

Ballia (UP), Dec 1 (PTI) Three policemen have been suspended here for their alleged links with cattle smugglers, a senior official said Tuesday.

They have been identified as Head Constable Ramashray Yadav, and constables Dina Nath Yadav and Ranjit Yadav, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjay Yadav said.

A probe was being carried out by the ASP.

Fatehpur (UP), Dec 1 (PTI) A rape victim was allegedly kidnapped from a village here when she had gone to fields for some work, police said Tuesday.

The 18-year-old was also kidnapped in 2019 and raped, following which three people were arrested, Station House Officer Ravindra Shrivastava said.

The accused, Kuldeep Lodhi, Jai Singh and his wife Meena, were arrested in the case and all of them are out on bail, he said.

Kanpur, Nov 30 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped for more than two days by four people in Chakeri town here, police said on Monday.

The matter came to light on Sunday evening when the minor managed to escape from the clutches of the accused after two days and reached her house in Chakeri, said Superintendent of Police (East), Raj Kumar Agarwal.

The girl informed her parents that four people had raped her for two days at different places, the SP added.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 28 (PTI) There were protests in a town in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district over the alleged abduction of a girl by a youth, police said on Saturday.

The student, who was allegedly abducted when she was on her way to tuition in Khatauli, was found at a railway station, an officer said.

Family members and locals had protested on Friday alleging abduction and demanding arrest of the suspect, according to the officer.

Ghaziabad, Nov 28 (PTI) A large number of farmers staged a protest against the Centre's farm laws at the Ghaziabad's UP Gate on Saturday.

Led by Bharatiya Kisan Union's national president Rakesh Tikait, farmers said they will continue their stir till the Centre does not give a written assurance about the continuation of the minimum support price (MSP) system.

Tikait said farmers associated with the body will not go the Delhi's Burari ground, a place earmarked for protests by police.

Lucknow, Nov 28 (PTI) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said his party will oppose the state government's ordinance on religious conversions when placed in the assembly for passage.

The start cabinet earlier this week gave nod to the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 to curb forcible or dishonest religious conversions including those for the sake of marriage, which could land violators in jail for up to 10 years.