Uttar Pradesh

KANPUR: Tuesday remained partially cloudy and partly sunny throughout the day. Rains did not occur in spite of the patches of the clouds splattered over the blue sky.

In the early morning, there were showers but it did not continue a little longer in Jajmau area.

Though the residents remained quite optimistic of the downpours the situation appeared to be not conducive for the required amount of rains in this part of the business City.

Ballia (UP), Aug 4 (PTI) A married woman was allegedly raped in a village in Sukhpura area here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on the night of August 2 when the woman, aged around 27 years, was asleep and one R Singh (25) entered her house and raped her, SHO Sukhpura Virendra Yadav said.

The FIR was registered on Monday, he said, adding that the woman has undergone a medial examination and police is probing the matter.

No arrests have been made so far, he said.

Noida (UP), Aug 2 (PTI) A man practicing as a doctor allegedly on forged documents was arrested from a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida Sunday, police said.

The accused, a resident of Ghaziabad, had got the documents forged in 2017 and was practicing the allopath branch of medicine at the hospital in Bisrakh area, they said.

Kanpur, Aug 2 (PTI) Another alleged criminal was arrested on Sunday in connection with the Kanpur ambush last month, the Uttar Pradesh police said.

Ram Singh Yadav, a resident of Chaubeypur, was carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000, Special Task Force Inspector General Amitabh Yash said.

Yadav is being interrogated by a team of senior officers to gain information about those who were behind the ambush, Yash said.

Lucknow, Aug 2 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh minister Mahendra Singh has tested positive for COVID-19, a state government official said on Sunday.

"He tested positive for COVID-19 around two-three days ago," he said.

The news of Singh, the Jal Shakti minister of Uttar Pradesh, testing positive for COVID-19 comes on a day when Kamal Rani Varun, the lone woman member in the state cabinet, succumbed to the disease.

Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh has also tested positive for COVID-19.

Kanpur (UP), Aug 3 (PTI) A couple was found murdered at their home in Rail Bazar area here on Monday and the police is trying to find out if there was an attempt to sexually assault the woman, an official said.

According to the police, Vishnu Nishad (23) was reportedly battered to death, while his wife Sheela (22) was strangled.

The police suspect that there was an attempt to sexually assault the woman as her clothes were in disarray and the household items scattered all over the place, Superintendent of Police (East) Raj Kumar Agarwal said.

KANPUR: Festivals bring rains indeed. As a result, the city is drenched wholly. Thus, the people get relief from the humidity and the higher temperature.

The tragedy is that there is a lack of heavy rain in this city. The time the rains suddenly stop owing to delayed clouds cooling the people start feeling the same discomfort of hot, humid weather

Slight rains can not solve the problem, said a resident in Jajmau area adding that we require heavy rains at this time of Sawan month when drizzling continues.

Lucknow, Aug 1 (PTI) Like previous three years, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) will provide free rides to women in all categories of buses on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.

KANPUR: Intermittent power failure has brought sharp resentment among the residents in Jajmau area on the second day of the Eid festival.

Some were resenting at the disruption in the electricity supply because the gadgets would ruin in the process of disturbance in electric currents.

Others were annoyed at non-functioning of the lift due to the power break. Those who have to reach the fourth storey in the building were puffing after scaling so many stairs. They felt no remorse in cursing the department concerned.

KANPUR: Like the past years, the festival of Bakrid was also observed traditionally here today. Simplicity marked the occasion. It was a heyday for the butchers who did not compromise with their rate. They even asked for more than normal daily charge.  

What was worth astonishing was the absence of persons who used to collect the goatskins on such a special occasion.