Uttar Pradesh

Fatehpur, Apr 15 (PTI) A 42-year-old man allegedly axed his orphan niece to death in a village here after she spurned his sexual advances, police said on Friday.

Accused Ramgopal Singh attacked his niece late Thursday night after she objected to him when he molested her, Ghazipur police station's SHO Sangamlal Prajapati said.

The accused has been arrested, he said.

The 14-year-old girl's parents had died long ago and she had been living with her aunt in Rae Bareli and had come to her uncle's place a few days ago, the SHO said.

Kanpur: Jajmau is today wholly different from what it used to be about forty years ago. Quite strange it looks how the barren, desolate place has turned out to be an area with all the modern-day conveniences.

Talking to a few residents of the area, it was learnt that even salt was not available forty years ago in this tannery town.

Not only this factual point there was no shop, nor even a Gumti. It appears exclusively startling.

Kanpur: Local people waded through a dirty pond to garland the Dalit icon's statue in the city's Juhi Bamburahiya on the auspicious occasion of the 131st birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

Dr Ambedkar's statue was reported to be erected in the middle of the pond for the past several years. There remained no attempt to remove to a better spot up to the day.

Every year on Ambedkar jayanti, the local councillor and his supporters have to brave the stench of the dirty water to lay wreaths and garland the statue of Dr Ambedkar.

Kanpur: Troubled by knee pain, Minister of State, Labor and Employment Department, Manohar Lal reached the orthopaedic OPD of Hallet Hospital here.

Receiving a one-rupee prescription he asked the surgeon about his knee pain. His treatment was reportedly continued for about three hours.

Dr Sanjay Kumar looked at the minister's knee. Seeing the pain, his MRI and blood tests were also done. He was then taken to Artho's OT, where he was relieved by a small operation.

Noida, Apr 14 (PTI) A statue of B R Ambedkar, the key architect of India's Constitution, was found disfigured in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on his birth anniversary Thursday, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter.

The disfigured statue is located in Chhijarsi village under the Sector 63 police station limits area and the incident was reported by locals in the morning, officials said.

A police spokesperson said a new statue was being installed to replace the disfigured one with the help of residents.

Kanpur:  Although the scorching sun has been playing havoc yet the denizens are enjoying the shooting of a film in the streets of the city. 

The actor Varun Dhawan is shooting here. A set showing Lucknow has been set up in narrow streets like Anand Bagh.

When the shoot started at eight in the morning, the people were astonished to see Varun Dhawan's shooting.

Precisely, he had arrived here for the film shooting.

It was said that this shoot was previously to be held in Lucknow, but permission was not granted so the shooting takes place in the city areas.

Kanpur: Soaring prices are presumed to be a cause behind lemon stealing from orchards.

The lemon growers are even staying at their orchards to protect their costly produce. 

But, the soaring prices appear to have no marked effect on the minds of parents who are making arrangements for the marriage of their sons.

When a father was apprised of the number of sweets packets on his son's engagement he quickly asserted that the number was not enough.

Kanpur: What kind of a theft! We have known about mango stealing, but lemon looting is unique. Was it occurring due to the cause of soaring prices? Lemon thieves are at it in Shahjahanpur. Now, they have struck in Kanpur.

According to the news, the thieves have taken away 15,000 lemons weighing 750 kg or 7.5 quintals from orchards in the past four days from Kanpur.

Keepers are reportedly maintaining a record of each single lemon. As many as 15,000 lemons have been stolen from various orchards in Ganga Katri," said one lemon grower C. Nishad in this belt.

Budaun (UP), Apr 13 (PTI) Police here on Wednesday booked a man for allegedly making indecent remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Kannauj (UP), Apr 13 (PTI) An "illegal" structure constructed by a Samajwadi Party leader allegedly after encroaching upon government land was razed here on Wednesday.

Additional District Magistrate Umakant Tiwari told PTI, "The illegal structure belonging to Rajnikant Yadav was constructed after encroaching upon government land. The action was taken following due process."

Rajnikant Yadav is a former zila panchayat member from the Samajwadi Party. A complaint regarding the structure was lodged in 2017.