Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: As a district Kanpur Nagar is fast developing as an important textile hub with a mushroom growth of new factories.

It was reportedly said that Kanpur Plastipack Limited has invested a big sum of Rs 200 crore in Kanpur Dehat (Rural), RP Poly Packs Rs 150 crore in Rania and GLKK Industries Rs 25 crore for fabric production respectively.

Similarly, Srishti Industries has founded a knitting factory in Kanpur Dehat while Gadgets Apparel has established a garment unit and Anilikha Fabric a hosiery cloth mill in this district.

Lucknow, Sep 7 (PTI) Jailed gangster and former MP Atiq Ahmad and his wife on Tuesday joined AIMIM in presence of its chief Asaduddin Owaisi drawing a sharp reaction from the BJP which said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will not allow "Jinnah's jehadi mentality" to flourish in Uttar Pradesh.

While Atiq's wife Shaista Praveen joined the AIMIM at a press conference here, Atiq Ahmad joined the new party in absentia.

Kanpur: The robots developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, can steer through agricultural fields thereby helping the farmers guard the crops, leaves and flowers against onslaughts of the fatal insects.

It will treat the crops sending out instant alert signals about the viruses. These infect the soil. The farmers will thus plan better ways to get good crop quality and yield, said Prof. V. Bhattacharya.

These robots will be put at the Agriculture University fields here to secure information on soil and crop conditions between October and November.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 7 (PTI) Four persons were arrested for hurting the religious sentiments of a community by allegedly throwing meat inside a temple in the Budhana area here on Tuesday, police said.

Station House Officer Sanjive Kumar said police registered a case under section 295 (defiling place of worship) of the Indian Penal Code against the accused persons following which they were arrested.

Sambhal, Sep 7 (PTI) Lok Sabha MP from Sambhal Shafiqur Rehman Barq on Tuesday said AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is not a "threat" to the Samajwadi Party but he can harm it electorally.

"Owaisi is not a challenge for us (Samajwadi Party). He is in no position to do this, Barq told reporters here.

He can eat into our votes and harm us but cannot win from here. He is rather afraid of the Samajwadi Party," he said.

Barq also accused the state's BJP government of committing atrocities on people.

Pilibhit, Sep 7 (PTI) Two persons were arrested here in connection with the alleged gangrape of a minor girl, police said Tuesday, adding the accused has absconded.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Kumar P said a 16-year-old girl accused three persons of raping her on Sunday.

Two of the three accused persons were arrested within 36 hours of the incident, while one is absconding.

According to the complaint lodged by the girl's father, the incident took place when she was returning home along with her brother-in-law on a motorcycle.

Kanpur: On the pattern of Bihar, Jharkhand and Maharashtra, one MLA Irfan Solanki of Samajwadi Party has raised the demand for a separate prayer room in UP Assembly premises.

When the assembly remains in the session, the Muslim legislatures attend it and due to the paucity of space, they have to move out for the prayer outside the precincts of the Assembly. This results in a wastage of time.

Ballia/Sultanpur (UP) ,Sep 6 (PTI) Two women and a teenager were allegedly raped in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 24-year-old man in a village in Ballia district. The attack took place on September 4, when the young girl had gone to a field to get grass, they said.

An FIR was registered based on a complaint by the victim on Sunday under sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act.

The police said a search was on to nab the accused, identified as Chhotu.

Kanpur: A mock drill of traffic diversion was conducted at Bada Chauraha here on Sunday.  As many as 24 marshalls were deployed for the 0urpose. It will continue between 4 pm and 8 pm today, inform the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation officials.

The UP metro rail officials completed it in two separate shifts thereby causing it in the morning and night hours.

The work of the second phase will begin here. An underground metro station will be set up at Bada Chauraha. It will be stretched between Z Square Mall and DCB Bank.

Sultanpur (UP), Sep 6 (PTI) A 45-year-old sadhu was allegedly beaten to death by three youths who were in an inebriated state in the Baldi Rai area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Monday.

The accused have been arrested in this connection, they added.

Three youths Sandeep Yadav, Sampreet alias Bhullar Yadav and Kallu alias Munnu accused sadhu (saint) Badrinath Misra of stealing Rs 5,000, police said.