Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 2 (PTI) A man allegedly attempted to rape an eight-year-old girl and thrashed her when she opposed him in Shamli district, police said Sunday.

According to a complaint lodged by the victim's father, the incident took place in Adarsh Mandi area Saturday, Circle Officer Ashok Kumar said.

The 19-year-old accused attempted to rape the victim and he thrashed her when she opposed him, the officer said, adding a case was registered and the man was arrested.

KANPUR: First Kanpur Literature Festival revived the forgotten memories of the city. If a famous writer Asghar Wazahat stressed on initiation of the dialogues, the historian R Mukherjee maintained that this city was founded by the British rulers. Otherwise, it was simply a rural area. They set up cantonment, mills, and railway lines.

KANPUR: Gorakhpur-Yashwantpur Express developed a technical snag due to knock with an animal near Unnao on Saturday evening. Not only was this hitch in the engine but the OHE line also damaged. This caused trains running on the railway line bring to a sudden halt.

KANPUR: The final nod on the part of the Railways Board has been approved for extending the length of platform number 2 & 3 of the Kanpur Central station. Giving this information the NCR chief public relations officer GK Bansal said the work would start soon.

This would help stand the train with 24 bogies at both these platforms. Owing to shorter length three to four coaches remain standing out of the platform precincts. This caused trouble to passengers in boarding the train, he added.

Gonda (UP), Dec 1 (PTI) A case has been registered against five people for allegedly raping a minor Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, police said Saturday.

On November 3, a youth managed to dupe the girl and took her away to an unknown place, where the girl was locked up in a room and the accused, along with his friends, raped her, said Superintendent of Police R P Singh.

After a few days, when the girl was able to reach her home, she narrated the entire sequence of events to her father, the SP said.

KANPUR: Alert gangman averted train mishap on the track of Kanpur-Lucknow route. His cautious eyes proved helpful in foiling any plot.  

While patrolling along the railways track on Thursday’s late night near Ganga Ghat railway station, he found five to six iron pieces placed on the railway track.

KANPUR:  As many as 63 schools have declined to hold the health department’s vaccination programme against measles and rubella in the wake of recent news of deterioration of the students’ condition behind administering the injection. They were even sent to hospitals for proper treatment. The parents looked disturbed with teary eyes at their respective wards' worsening condition.

Was it fear or reaction is still unclear? doubted several parents.

KANPUR: Underground cables for the electricity supply in densely populated areas have given a big impetus to the Kanpur Electricity Supply Company in the revenue collection. Not only frequent faults but illegal connections have also been lessened.

KANPUR: Delay in disposing of the public complaints registered on the IGRS Portal of the state government made the district magistrate a little angrier. He in his words of warning to the Kanpur Municipal Commissioner directed him to resolve the pending grievances within a day.

KANPUR: The city residents could reel under the water crisis if the Jal Nigam failed to deposit the power dues sooner.

In a strict notice issued to the Jal Nigam, the Kanpur Electricity Supply Co warned that if electricity bill, amounting to Rs 55.76 crore, was not deposited, the power supply to all 61 zonal pumping stations would be disconnected.