Uttar Pradesh

Mahrajganj (UP), Oct 17 (PTI) Four masked men allegedly robbed over Rs 13 lakh from HDFC Bank in Anand Nagar area here on Thursday afternoon, police said.

The robbers entered the bank in the morning when six employees and eight customers were present, police said.

They took away over Rs 13 lakh from the cash counter, they said, adding that no security personal was present at the time of the incident.

The robbers, who were having pistols, fled on two bikes, police said quoting a witnesses.

Police are probing the matter. No arrest has been made so far.

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 18 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly molested by two men when she was on her way home from an intermediate college here, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Barla-Baseda road on Thursday, they said.

The two men accosted the girl and tried to forcibly take her to nearby sugarcane fields. They fled the spot after she raised an alarm, police said.

The girl's family lodged a police complaint against the accused, they said.

Kanpur: Despite tough traffic rules the road accidents are not going downwards. Deaths and injury cases are increasing day by day. If we look at the figures of deaths from the year 2015 to 2019 it gives us a clear rising trend. The number of deaths was 468 in the year 2015 which increased to 531 in the year 2019.

Various reasons were given for deaths occurring on the roads. Potholes, stunts and negligence towards the traffic rules are normally defined for death cases on the road. 

Lucknow, Oct 17 (PTI) A 27-year-old woman from the US was allegedly molested by a bike taxi driver in Lucknow's Hazratganj area, police said on Thursday.

The woman, who is on a one-year visa, was on her way to work when she was sexually harassed by bike taxi driver Vijay Kumar, Hazratganj Circle Officer Abhay Kumar Mishra told PTI.

She had booked the bike taxi from Sikandar Bagh to New Hyderabad here when Kumar (28) touched her inappropriately and indulged in sleazy talk, the circle officer said, adding that the driver was later arrested.

Kanpur: In view of the increasing level of air pollution the district administration has decided to confirm the causes and the exact condition of the air pollution in different localities. 

The District Magistrate Vijay V Pant has asked the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board regional officer to conduct a test of the air pollution level in prominent localities.

For this purpose, he suggested bringing in use installed pollution measuring gadgets under the Smart City project.

Aligarh (UP), Oct 16 (PTI) A local Congress leader has been shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district over an alleged property dispute, police said on Wednesday.

The men, who are yet to be identified, reached Mohamed Farouk's office near Shamshad market under Civil Lines police station limits on two motorcycles around 8 pm on Tuesday, said Superintendent of Police (City) Abhishek Kumar.

The attackers then barged into the office and fired several shots at Farouk, he said.

Lucknow, Oct 16 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled leave of all officials posted on field duty in the state till November 30.

An official order issued here Wednesday attributed the decision to the coming festival season.

Incidently, the order was issued on a date that coincided with the last day of hearing on the vexed Ayodhya dispute case in the Supreme Court.

New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday appointed 51 district and city presidents in Uttar Pradesh, days after it revamped the state unit.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi gave approval to the appointment of the district and city presidents, a statement issued by AICC general secretary organisation K C Venugopal said.

Ramraj Gond, the young tribal leader who facilitated the meeting between the family members of the victims of those killed in a clash in Sonbhadra and Priyanka Gandhi, was made district president of Sonbhadra.

Bareilly (UP), Oct 15 (PTI) A newborn girl, who was admitted to the district hospital after she was found buried alive, is in a critical condition, doctors said on Tuesday.

The police have registered a case against unidentified persons but are still trying to trace her parents, Senior Superintendent of Police Shailesh Pandey said.

The infant was rescued last Thursday by a trader who had gone to the cremation ground to bury his daughter, who died minutes after being born prematurely.

Bareilly (UP), Oct 15 (PTI) A two-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 40-year-old man in a village here following which he was arrested, police said on Tuesday

On Monday evening, when toddler was playing outside her house, Yadaram Sahu lured her, saying he would buy eatables for her, Senior Superintendent of Police Shailendra Pandey said in a village here

When the family came to know that the accused had taken the girl with him, they reached his house where found the toddler bleeding, the SSP said