Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: The city has been maintaining its name among the list of 15 districts in Uttar Pradesh for deaths in accidents. It comes with a total of 563 accidents.

This figure puts it remains on the top position undoubtedly. This negative tendency continues for the last four years. 

According to the news reports the situation does not change even after the awareness programmes.

Ten districts remain popular for accidents as well as deaths.

Strangely enough, more than 38% of black spots are related to these fifteen districts.

Kanpur: The climatic conditions in the city appear to be pleasant for the past two days mainly because of the cloudy sky.

The strong wind is blowing with drizzles in parts. This seems to be keeping the weather enjoyable.

On the weather, the Agricultural University has indicated irregular rain. 

It has also been predicted that the prospect of rain stays in the coming month of October. Chances of heavy rains and winds have not been wholly dismissed.

These hints will certainly indicate drop in the temperature up to the first seven days of the ensuing month.

Pithoragarh (U'khand), Sep 24 (PTI) A local court sentenced a man to death on Friday for raping his four-and-a-half-year-old step sister.

Special Sessions Judge Gyanendra Kumar Sharma convicted Janak Bahadur, a Nepalese labourer, for committing the heinous crime, government counsel Pramod Pant said.

Pronouncing the sentence, the judge said the crime fell into the rarest of rare category as the victim was the man's step sister who lived with him after the death of her parents.

Fatehpar (UP), Sep 25 (PTI) A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped in the Jehanabad area here, police said on Saturday.

The family of the girl filed a complaint with the police alleging that when she was sleeping in a shed outside her house on Thursday night, a 22-year-old man came and took her to his house and raped her, they said.

The father of the girl, along with some villagers, rescued the girl on Friday morning from the man's premises and informed police of the incident, Jehanabad Police Station SHO Keshavdas Verma said.

Lucknow, Sep 24 (PTI) BSP president Mayawati on Friday expressed grave concern over the Central government's refusal for caste Census of backward classes and said it exposed the BJP of using the community only for its electoral interests.

Mayawati's reaction comes after the Centre told the Supreme Court that caste Census of backward classes is administratively difficult and cumbersome" and excluding such information from the purview of Census is a "conscious policy decision .

New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) The Centre has given its approval for a CBI probe into the death of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri in Allahabad, officials said on Friday.

The seer, who was the president of the largest organisation of sadhus in India, was found hanging by his disciples at the Baghambari Mutt in Allahabad on Monday.

Sultanpur (UP), Sep 23 (PTI) A teenaged girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a village in Surapur area, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday and the accused belong to the same village as the victim, they said.

An FIR has been lodged against Shubham, Abhishek and Dinesh who are absconding, they said.

The victim has been sent for a medical examination and the report is awaited, police said.

Kanpur: As many as 16000 challan amounting to nearly Rs 2.5 crore were issued by the traffic police in just one and a half month (45 days).

Additionally, all the challan were issued for traffic violations at a single intersection near Fazal Ganj Fire Brigade in the city.

Were the issuance of challan a blunder of the authorities concerned? It was realised that the faulty international transport management system caused it.

As a result,16,000 people being wrongfully challaned Rs 2.40 crore on traffic violations.

Kanpur: It has been reported that families of the employees working at UPCA and Sports Ministry will be asked to vacate the media centre at Green Park here.

Deputy Director, Mudrika Pathak said that a notice was given and the district administration was also informed in this regard.

Deployment of police was also started for security purposes given the ensuing test match between India and New Zealand in November.

Security officials deployed on the ground were also verified for security reasons.

Lucknow, Sep 24 (PTI) The BJP and the Nishad Party will contest the upcoming assembly polls together in Uttar Pradesh and will work towards forming the next government in the state, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday.

Pradhan, who is BJP's in-charge of Uttar Pradesh polls, made a formal announcement of the alliance at a press conference here in the presence of Nishad Party, or Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal, chief Sanjay Nishad.