Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: Badly and tragically a fire breaks out at an electronic showroom coming under Fazal Ganj police station area here on Saturday, informs Kanpur fire Service.

The fire also engulfed a restaurant on the second floor of the showroom.

As many as two fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire.

It was brought under control only after half an hour's effort.

During this terrible hop of leaping flame,  goods worth lakhs  that were kept in the showroom were reported to have been burnt to ashes.

Kanpur: The Delhi government has accepted an MoU with IIT Kanpur for a source apportionment and forecasting study on air pollutants in Delhi.

Earlier, the Delhi Cabinet had approved the project called 'Real-time source apportionment and forecasting for advance air pollution management in Delhi.'

According to a senior DPCC official, the cost on the study has been estimated to Rs 12 crore.

Kanpur: Among Tier-II cities, Kanpur was one of the top-10 cities that saw maximum demand for all COVID-related products and services. 

The QoQ demand for disinfectant liquids also shot up by 82%. Among Tier-I cities, Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad were the top-3 with maximum demand while in Tier-II cities- Indore, Kanpur, and Patna were the top-3.

Masks, hand sanitisers, gloves, and pulse oximeters saw a QoQ dip in searches but demand for all these products remained high in Delhi

Lucknow, Oct 21 (PTI) After promising 40 per cent tickets to women in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra announced on Thursday that all class 12 pass girls will be given a smartphone while all graduate girls will get an electric scooty if her party forms a government in the state.

Kanpur: Bus passengers are supposed to face no problem of rush during Diwali as the UP Roadways Corporation will operate as many as 200 buses in the state. 

There will be run a total of 50 air-conditioned buses in this fleet of operation.

It has been said that the Corporation decided to operate the extra buses for the passenger's comfort during the festive days.

The UPSRTC will operate additional 200 buses from Delhi to various cities of Uttar Pradesh starting from October 25.

Kanpur: The IIT Kanpur reportedly considers offering admissions to students who have participated in internationally renowned olympiads directly based on their performance in the competition.

It is planning to retain those talented students by offering them an alternative mode of admission.

Students qualifying for Olympiads can apply to the department of their specialised subjects. However, the decision-making bodies of different departments of the IIT are yet to finalise on the decision.

Agra/Lucknow, Oct 20 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was stopped in Lucknow by the Uttar Pradesh police from going to Agra on Wednesday to meet the family members of a man who died in police custody, but was later allowed to proceed.

The police allowed Priyanka Gandhi to go and she has left for Agra in the evening, Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi said.

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 20 (PTI) A court here has acquitted twenty more accused in a 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riot case due to lack of evidence against them.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Kamla Pati has acquitted them Tuesday saying the prosecution has failed to prove charges against them.

The acquitted accused were identified as Kapil, Dushyant, Ajay, Ravinder, Vikas, Rahul, Sachin, Amit, Rajiv, Jaipal, Anuj, Sudhir, Kuldeep, Mohit, Baru and five others, all of Lank village in the district.

Ghaziabad (UP), Oct 20 (PTI) A 48-year-old man was injured after being shot at in his face on Wednesday near a railway track in Masuri police station area here, police said.

Praveen, a contractor, was shot in his cheek by unknown assailants on Wednesday morning when he was walking near the tracks to attend to nature's call, they said.

The victim was rushed to the district government hospital from where he was referred to GTB hospital in Delhi for treatment.

Kanpur: A 23-year-old youth has been arrested by UP ATS on charges of a gun running racket from Babupurwa here. 

As many as six semi-automatic .32 bore pistols, 12 magazines and 20 cartridges have been recovered from the accused, Abhishek Pal, said ATS sleuths.

Detailing about the strategy, GK Goswami, Inspector General ATS said, "Abhishek's aide Anil Kumar Maurya managed to escape. The two belonged to Amethi and had come to Kanpur to hand over the consignment of arms and ammunition to a gang when they were caught."