Uttar Pradesh

Firozabad (UP), Nov 3 (PTI) A POCSO court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in connection with the rape of a minor girl.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the accused, identified as Monu.

Advocate of the prosecution side, Kamal Singh, on Wednesday said that on June 8, 2019, a man had lodged a complaint with police that his five-year-old daughter was raped by the son of his landlord.

Kanpur: Surge in the Zika virus stricken patients has sent the district administration into a dizzying action.

So far the tally has gone to as many as 36, a double-digit figure. The second phase of screening has begun today.

The virus is known to have spread in a 3-km radius around Chakeri Cantonment, with District Magistrate Visakh G Iyer is reported to have been visiting the home of affected.

The 25 people infected, including Air Force personnel have been isolated.

Kanpur: Four persons were killed after a fast speeding truck crushed them on the Lucknow-Kanpur Highway.

The victims had stopped their car to purchase guavas when the truck hit their vehicle from behind.

The incident took place under the Ganga ghat police circle in the nearby Unnao district on Wednesday night.

The impact of the accident was so great that the car reversed due to the collision and cartwheeled for about 50 metres.

Leaving the truck the driver fled from the spot following the accident.

Kanpur: As many as  25 fresh cases of Zika virus have been verified now. There were 11 cases of Zika virus untill yesterday.

"Health teams have been rushed to various places, and contact tracing is underway. We advise people not to panic," said Chief Medical Officer Nepal Singh here.

The health department is testing and taking samples of 400 to 500 people for the Zika virus while door-to-door sampling is also underway.

The new cases have been found in Jajmau's Tiwaripur, Ashrafabad, Pokharpur, Shyam Nagar, and Adarsh Nagar areas.

Kanpur: The shops selling firecrackers in the city areas Kanpur are fewer compared to previous years.

A shopkeeper selling firecrackers on the festive occasion said that restrictions were quite confusing as it becomes hard to distinguish between a genuine green cracker and a sham one.

The demand and supply have gone down. The spectre of lockdown also looms large on the business. Some traditional sellers have opted out to other kinds of business.

Lucknow, Nov 2 (PTI) Samajwadi Party MLA Subhash Pasi, who was expelled from the party on Tuesday, joined the BJP here.

"SP MLA Subhash Pasi, his wife Rina Pasi today joined BJP here in presence of party state president Swatantra Dev Singh," BJP state general secretary Govind Narain Shukla said.

Singh welcomed Pasi in the party, and said his joining will further strengthen the BJP.

Earlier in the day, Pasi, the MLA from Sadipur seat of Ghazipur, was expelled from the SP for alleged anti-party activities.

Ballia (UP), Nov 3 (PTI) A court here has sentenced three people to life imprisonment in a four-year-old dowry death case.

Additional Sessions Judge Hussain Ahmad Ansari awarded life sentence to Purvanchal Chauhan, his father Keshav Chauhan and mother Rukmani Chauhan.

The court also imposed Rs 11,000 fine on each of them.

Kanpur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday took over the probe from the Uttar Pradesh Police. Thus SIT probe now goes into the hands of CBI.

This step was initiated in connection with the death case of businessman Manish Gupta, who allegedly died during a police raid at a hotel in Gorakhpur.

Manish Gupta, a 36-year-old property dealer, had died after being allegedly assaulted by the police in a Gorakhpur hotel which they had raided earlier in September.

Kanpur: Father of a rape survivor died under mysterious circumstances in Kanpur.

The relatives took the body to his native village for the last rites on Tuesday.

But as soon as police came to know about it, they reached the village and took the body in their custody and sent it for a post-mortem.

According to the police, the last rites will take place only after the post-mortem examination.

The rape survivor had accused a retired inspector Dinesh Tripathi, a resident of Prayagraj, of rape.

Ayodhya, Nov 1 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government will light 12 lakh earthen lamps, nine lakh of which will be lit on the banks of the Saryu, bettering the previous Diwali record.

Last year, over six lakh earthen lamps were lit during the "Deepotsav" to celebrate the festival, creating a world record.

According to government statement, the staging of Ram Lilas, a 3D holographic display, laser show and fireworks will be part of the five-day-long celebrations, beginning Monday.