Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: The wind is blowing. Rains are pouring in. The highways are also waterlogged.

However, the car, trucks and small vehicles are running on the roads at speed in so far dry region of Jajmau.

The cloudy sky looks as if water is abundant in the clouds.

The rains started in the Jajmau area in the noon and it continues up to this time of 4.30 p.m. The rains are coming infractions. There comes a time when the rains begin and within five minutes or more it vanishes.

Muzaffarnagar, Sep 14 (PTI) A woman who was seriously injured in an attack by monkeys in a village here, died on Tuesday, officials said.

The victim, identified as Shimla, was rushed to a government health centre after the attack in Firozpur village that falls under Bhopa police station.

According to her family members, she wasn't administered the rabies vaccine at the health centre.

Later, her condition worsened and she was admitted at the medical college in Muzaffarnagar, where she succumbed to injuries Tuesday, they said.

Allahabad, Sep 14 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has stayed the second suspension order against Dr Kafeel Ahmad Khan.

On July 31, 2019, the doctor was suspended for the second time while he was already under suspension for allegedly forcibly treating patients at the Bahraich District Hospital and criticising policies of the government.

He was earlier suspended following a tragedy at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College, where around 60 children had died in August 2017 due to an alleged shortage of oxygen.

Ghaziabad, Sep 14 (PTI) A POCSO court here sentenced a man to 20 years in jail in a rape case and also slapped a fine of Rs 30,000.

Jogesh (23), alias Jogan, was convicted for the rape of a 10-year-old girl, special public prosecutor Utkarsh vats said.

According to complaint, the incident had taken place on October 29 last year when the girl's parents had gone out of home for some work.

The girl and her brother were at home, when the convict turned up there.

He shunted out the boy and raped the girl.

Kanpur: As many as 103 cases of dengue across the district has been reported, informs Dr A Shukla, CMO on Tuesday.

According to the news reports, nine dengue cases were reported on Tuesday and out of the total 103 cases, 80 cases have been reported in the rural areas of the district.

The report also discloses  that 206 and 1025 tests were conducted for dengue and malaria respectively across the district.

Meanwhile, the patients have been visiting hospitals in Kanpur with complaints of fever these days.

Kanpur: A scheme develops for the project across Lucknow, Kanpur and Jhansi. It is perceived that this initiative would lead to the inception of around 70 ancillary units. 

This production line of DRDO will be a part of the Defence Corridor.

Notably, supersonic cruise missile BrahMos is one of the most dangerous missiles of the 21st century. 

Reportedly, Kanpur has the honour of the biggest production infrastructure for the development of defence equipment in the state.

Basti (UP), Sep 13 (PTI) An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in a sugarcane field here, police said on Monday.

As per the victim's father, the incident took place on Sunday evening in Dabaulia, Superintendent of Police Ashish Srivastava said.

The minor is undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said, adding that a case was registered based on a complaint by the father.

Efforts are on to nab the accused, a distant relative of the girl, the officer said.

Ballia (UP), Sep 13 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl in a village here got pregnant after she was allegedly abducted and raped, police said on Monday.

The accused Pawan Turha, a resident of Taghrauli village, abducted the girl in July with help from his father, uncle and brother and took her to Delhi, they said, adding he raped her many a time.

Few days ago, Turha's family members dropped the girl home and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about having been raped, according to the complaint filed by her mother.

Ghaziabad, Sep 13 (PTI) A Samajwadi Party leader in Uttar Pradesh was shot at by unidentified assailants near his house here Monday, police said.

Dinesh Nagar is the former president of Lohiya Vahini.

He was attacked near his house in Panchwati colony of Loni border police station area around 11 am, police said.

A bullet pierced stomach and he was immediately rushed to the GTB hospital Delhi.

He remains at hospital but is recovering after surgery to remove the bullet, Superintendent of Police (SP) Iraj Raja said.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 14 (PTI) A minor Dalit girl in the district was allegedly sexually harassed by her teacher, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, the 16-year-old girl was sexually harassed by the teacher at a computer centre in Purkazi town on Monday.

The teacher has been booked under relevant sections of IPC, POCSO Act and the SC/ST Act, they added.