Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur (UP) Nov 15 (PTI) A six-year-old girl, who had gone missing on Diwali night, was found killed in a jungle near her house in Ghatampur area on Sunday morning, police said.

The police, which earlier suspected that the child was killed by some people practising black magic , later, after the arrest of two youths, said she was killed by the duo for resisting their attempt to outrage her modesty.

Bahraich, Nov 16 (PTI) A 23-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by a group of people in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district for urinating in the open, police said on Monday.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 14 (PTI) A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a youth in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Saturday.

The teenager was alone in the house in Kairana when Rizwan came on Saturday and took her to his friend's house on the pretext of some work, according to a complaint.

The woman was raped by the friend, Aftab, and she was threatened with dire consequences if she tell anyone. A case was registered against the two suspects, who are absconding, police said,

Bulandshahr, Nov 14 (PTI) The 30-year-old son of a senior BJP leader here allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself on Saturday morning, police said.

Mahesh, the son of three-time MLA from Jewar Horam Singh, was found dead by his family members after a shot rang out from his room, they said.

When the family members rushed inside, Mahesh's body was found lying on the ground with a gun next to it, they added.

Police reached the spot after receiving information about the incident and sent the body for postmortem.

Kanpur: The festival is just spreading joys but this happiness mars at the market. Nothing is affordable at the time. 

Even a string of decorative lights with a length of ten metres sells at the cost of Rs 60 per piece. The price gets higher with the increase in the length of the string.

One reacted: Previously we abandoned the earthen diyas and toys owing to hike in the cost of making these items. Presently the cheaper electronic items are also becoming dearer and thereby beyond our reach.

Lucknow, Nov 12 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday suspended senior IPS officer Anant Dev after a probe by a special investigation team pointed at a nexus between police and gangster Vikas Dubey, allegedly responsible for the death of eight policemen.

The Deputy Inspector General (DIG)-rank officer is a former police chief of Kanpur, the district in which the policemen were ambushed shortly after midnight on July 2.

Kanpur: Crowd surges on the road adjacent to Lal Bunglow in Jajmau here. This is truly because of the festival purchasing.

On the road turning to the main market through Gurudwara side becomes inaccessible in the evening. 

This is because of the electronic items shops have extended its frontage for display and this contracts the width so the jam remains inevitable.

One said: If the road does not look crowded the people do not take the value of the festival in the true feeling.

Kanpur: Some surprising things were seen at the counting of Ghatampur bye-election votes. The counting was done at Naveen Galla Mandi premises here. As many as 1554 votes were counted at none of the above (NOTA) that left far behind two candidates fighting independently. Counting was completed in a total of 36 rounds.

Despite leading in the initial two rounds the BSP candidate ended at third position. It remained a shocking experience for the contestant. 

Lucknow, Nov 10 (PTI) The BJP retained six seats and the SP hung on to its Malhani constituency in the bypolls for seven assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, the 6:1 outcome indicating Tuesday that the ruling party continued its hold over the Populous state.

BJP candidate Sangeeta Chauhan won in Naugawan Sadat, Usha Sirohi in Bulandshahr, Prem Pal Dhangar in Tundla, Shrikant Katiyar in Bangarmau, Satya Prakash Mani Tripathi in Deoria and Upendra Nath Paswan in Ghatampur, according to the Election Commission.

Lucknow, Nov 10 (PTI) The ruling BJP appeared set to retain six seats while the Samajwadi Party may get re-elected from the one it held earlier as counting of votes in the bypolls for seven Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituencies continued on Tuesday.

BJP's Usha Sirohi was leading in Bulandshahr, Prem Pal Dhangar in Tundla, Shrikant Katiyar in Bangarmau, Satya Prakash Mani Tripathi in Deoria, Upendra Nath Paswan in Ghatampur and Sangeeta Chauhan in Naugawan Sadat, according to the latest trends .