Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: Cleaning of the polluted rivers is a big challenge these days. The National Green Tribunal is bent upon improving the poor health of the much-talked Pandu river originating from a lake in Farrukhabad.

Completing its 120-Km long journey through this industrial city it merges directly into the Ganges at Fatehpur district.

Greenish Pandu river requires a check on the free flow of the four drains carrying polluted, contaminated water into its depth. 

Lucknow/Mathura, Sep 1 (PTI) Following an order of the Allahabad High Court, Dr Kafeel Khan was released from Mathura jail late on Tuesday night, his lawyer said.

"Mathura jail administration informed at around 11.00 pm that Dr Kafeel will be released, and at around midnight, he was released," Khan's lawyer Irfan Ghazi told PTI.

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed Khan's detention under the National Security Act and ordered his immediate release.

Kanpur: On September 1 there was registered a big spurt in the registries in the district? As many as 416 deeds were completed in one day.

It was more than the total tally of 408 deeds done on August 31. 

A maximum number of registries were reported from Zone-3. It was 133 in number on one single day on Tuesday.

A large sum of Rs 4 Crore was collected which remained a very promising figure for the particular day.

While on August 26 there was reported a revenue generation of Rs 2.58 Crore with a tally of 338 registries.

Hardoi (UP), Sep 1 (PTI) A couple and their son were killed by unidentified persons in an ashram in the Tadiyawa area here, police said on Tuesday.

Hira Das (55), his wife Meera (48) and son Netram (20), who were living in the ashram built on their land, were brutally hit with stones, they said, adding the incident took place Monday night.

Senior officials, including Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar, inspected the spot and formed teams to crack the case, police said.

BSP supremo Mayawati said incidents like these were a matter of concern.

Lucknow, Aug 31 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohsin Raza on Monday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and asked everyone who had come in contact with him in the last few days to quarantine themselves.

Raza, who is the Minister of State for Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj in Uttar Pradesh, said on the advice of doctors, he has quarantined himself at his residence.

"In the past, some staff attached to me had tested positive for COVID-19. After having symptoms of COVID-19, I underwent test on Monday. I have tested positive for COVID-19.

Mathura (UP), Aug 31 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an adolescent in a village in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

The girl had stepped out of her house on Saturday to buy some groceries from a nearby shop when she was waylaid by the youth and raped in a lonely place, they said.

The youth is also from the same village.

An FIR has been lodged by the victim's father under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Allahabad, Sep 1 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act and ordered his immediate release.

The bench, comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh, passed the order on a petition filed by Khan's mother Nuzhat Parveen.

Raebraeli (UP), Sep 1 (PTI) Two more policemen have been suspended in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Dalit man allegedly in police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli district, officials said on Tuesday.

Earlier, the SHO of Lalganj police station in the district was suspended on Monday, after the deceased's mother alleged police brutality led to his son's death on Sunday.

Kanpur: In order to give a cleaner look of the city roads, the Nagar Nigam has come up with the idea of constructing ramps alongside the roads. It is from the ramp the garbage will be dropped into the RC Dustbin and afterwards the garbage compactor machine will take the garbage to the plant at Bhauti.

Noida (UP), Aug 31 (PTI) The body of a newborn girl was found along a road in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Monday, police said.

The infant's body was spotted by some locals at Chhijarsi in Sector 63 who alerted the Phase 3 police station officials, they said.

"It appears that the baby was abandoned at the spot by someone fearing public shame," a local policeman said.

It was not clear whether the baby was already dead when abandoned or she died after being left there, the official said, adding an investigation is underway.