Uttar Pradesh

Ballia, Sep 12 (PTI) A 70-year-old woman was allegedly raped and beaten up by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia on Saturday following which the accused was arrested, police said.

The 25-year-old man forcibly entered the woman's house around 4 am and allegedly raped her, SHO of Haldi police station Satyendra Rai said.

The accused, who used to work in a house near the elderly woman's residence, also hurled abuses at the woman and thrashed her, he said.

Lucknow, Sep 11 (PTI) Former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati was on Friday remanded to 14-days judicial custody by a local court, a day after an FIR was lodged against him on charges of fraud, forgery and criminal intimidation.

A senior police official told PTI that Prajapati, who was granted interim bail for two months on September 4 by the Allahabad High Court in a gang rape case, was in judicial custody as he could not fulfil bail conditions.

Kanpur: Waterlogging problem bothers all those who are reaching out to the Chakeri airport. At the time of rains, this crisis  becomes more disturbing to the passengers as well as the staff there.

The waterlogging beginning from the airport's entry step extends up to the parking area and even the administrative area.

Undoubtedly the passengers face the menace painfully.

There is a need to lay down a 2-Km-long pipeline from the main gate to the road stretching towards the village. 

Gonda (UP) Sep 11 (PTI) Two minor girls, aged six and seven, were allegedly raped by a man in a village here, police said on Friday.

Banda (UP), Sep 10 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped at a colony in a city area here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place 10 days ago when the girl went to a hand pump to fetch water, Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Singh Chauhan said.

The accused, Birju Pandit, allegedly took her to a room and raped her, he said, adding the FIR was registered on Wednesday.

He said police is probing the matter and searching for the accused.

Aligarh, Sep 10 (PTI) Aligarh Muslim University will bury a time capsule recounting the institution's history during its centenary celebrations in December.

According to AMU spokesperson Shafay Kidwai, the celebrations were earlier scheduled to span several weeks, for which a number of dignitaries from India and abroad were invited.

But now, the either the date of the function can be pushed or a modified and truncated programme may be held, he said referring to the coronavirus situation, which according to him is still fluid.

Lucknow Sep 11 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Jails, Jai Kumar Singh Jaiki, said on Friday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.

The minister is in home isolation.

"After detecting primary symptoms of corona, I had got my test done on September 9 which has come positive. As per medical advice, I have isolated myself at home," he said in a tweet.

In another tweet, he requested all those who had come in contact with him in the past one week to isolate themselves and get tested.

Kanpur: As Anwarganj railway station will again share some of the passengers on its platform, the deputy CTM HS Upadhaya in his recent inspection directs his accountable subordinates to improve the condition of the station by Saturday.

Whatever deficiencies he found during his inspection on Wednesday he instructed the officials concerned to remove within two days.

Banda (UP), Sep 10 (PTI) A debt-ridden farmer allegedly ended his life by consuming poisonous substance in Pindaran village here, police said on Thursday.

Ram Narain (38) consumed poisonous substance on Tuesday and died during treatment at the district hospital on Wednesday, they said.

Chitrakoot (UP), Sep 10 (PTI) Two undertrials undergoing treatment at a COVID hospital here on Thursday managed to flee breaking the bathroom window, police said.

Rape accused, Rajju and Brijlal, escaped at about 4 am from the hospital, Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal said.

Both of them were admitted in the hospital on September 7 after they were found COVID-19 positive, he said.

The officer said attempts are on to arrest them, adding that separate police teams have been constituted for the purpose.