Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: Hot with hazy sunshine remained the highlight today while the real feel of the temperature was recorded at 42° Celsius.

Though schools in Jajmau are over at 12 in the day, the students are mostly irritated with the scorching heat of the sun.

One class 9 student Saad said that it was too tough for him to return from school at the noon. He was too much disturbed by the severity of unbearable sunshine. 

Telling of his ordeal he stated though he got an e-rickshaw timely he could not bear the brunt of the hot sun on the way.

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), Apr 11 (PTI) A 22-year-old woman, who was allegedly raped and severely beaten up by a youth, died in a Gorakhpur hospital on Monday, police said.

Police were informed on Monday that the woman was founds seriously injured in front of her house and her family members admitted her to a hospital from where she was referred to Gorakhpur for treatment, SP Dr Kaustubh said.

She was undergoing treatment in the Gorakhpur hospital where she died on Monday, the SP said.

Ghaziabad, Apr 11 (PTI) Thirty-eight cows were charred to death after a fire broke out at a dumpyard here and engulfed a cow shelter nearby, officials said.

The incident took place around 1.30 pm at the goshala in Kanawani village under the Indirapuram police station limits, they said.

According to Suraj Pandit, the operator of the Shri Krishna Goshala, there were around 150 cows at the facility at the time of the blaze, which was suspected to have been triggered by a fire in a dumpyard close to it.

Kanpur: What do we see when we think of extra prayers? This extra prayer during the whole month of Ramadan is offered by old, young and teens.

This 20-Rakat prayer remains additional to the five-time daily obligatory prayer. 

Though adults offer Taraweeh in a mood of obligation, the teens do not show enough consideration in completing the prayer. They do not look to indicate similar respect.

Kanpur: Two female students sought admission to an MBBS course at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College here on forged allotment letters.

The matter surfaced on Monday when both the students, along with their families, reached the students' section. They are reported to have produced fake allotment letters before the college authorities for admission.

GSVM College principal Dr Sanjay Kala immediately informed the police about the incident.

Kanpur:  Now, a Mumbai-made specialised machine Trash skimmer and weed remover will be brought in the removal of trash like polythene, clothes, metal items, puja wastes, dead animals and birds among other wastes from the river water.

This machine helps remove water hyacinth (Jalkumbhi) that tends to ruin the river water.

Procured by Kanpur Smart City Limited at a cost of ₹1.9 Crores, this machine will be operated by Kanpur Municipal Corporation.

This machine will clean and cover eight-kilometre stretches of Ganga daily.

Kanpur: In a crackdown on corrupt police personnel, joint commissioner of police, law and order, Piyush Media, raided Kanpur road in Sarojini Nagar and Ayodhya road on Polytechnic Crossing, recently.

Two home guards were arrested while extorting money from truck drivers on Kanpur Road near Sarojini Nagar chungi.

In the incident, an FIR was lodged against them. An FIR was also lodged against a constable, who fled the spot when the police team raided.

Sitapur (UP), Apr 9 (PTI) A Uttar Pradesh seer, who allegedly delivered a hate speech against a community and made a rape threat, has been booked, police here said on Saturday.

Bajrang Muni Das, the mahant of the Maharshi Shri Lakshman Das Udasin Ashram in Khairabad town, allegedly made the speech and threat on April 2 and the video of it surfaced on social media platforms on Thursday.

Kanpur: Voting continues for MLC elections in 36 seats in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. But what remains talk of town is viral picture of City Mayor Pramila Pandey on social media.

In Kanpur, Mayor Pramila Pandey casts her vote at the municipal headquarters.

After exercising her vote, the mayor bowed to the ballot box with folded hands and touched its feet.

In fact, Pramila Pandey had reached the municipal headquarters at Motijheel to cast her votes. Councilors, MLAs, and MPs of Kanpur city are voting at this booth.

Kanpur: The Commissionerate Police revealed that bank officials are reportedly behind the numerous thefts from the lockers of the Central Bank of India here.

An estimated Rs 3 crore worth of jewellery was reported to be missing from the safe lockers.

The police have taken 4 people including a branch manager, into custody.

The police started an investigation after nine customers of the Central Bank of India, Karachi Khana branch in Kanpur filed an FIR.