Uttar Pradesh

Mathura (UP), Aug 30 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura.

The officers concerned are directed to make plans for the ban as well as for the engagement of people involved in such activities in some other trade, he said.

The chief minister was speaking at the Krishnotsava 2021 programme here.

Kanpur: As schools are opening the students are still not wholly free of fear from the Covid-19 virus. A few of them stayed at home and talked to those who joined offline classes on Tuesday.

The classes strating at 7.30 a.m. continued upto the noon. 

The curiosity among them was apparently clear on the students' tensed faces. After months of closure, they entered the gate of the school. One said, "it was a different kind of entry with the mask on the mouth, sanitising hands and maintaining distance."

Kanpur: A six-lane highway linking Kanpur and Allahabad will be completed in less than a year but with a higher toll taxes. What compensates the expense burden is availability of speed on the road.

The National Highways Authority of India extended 142-day period to finish the Kanpur-Prayagraj highway.

According to the news, the construction agency had requested the NHAI for another extension given the unavoidable factor but no such reversal has been deciphered.

Kanpur: The city has observed the festival of Raksha Bandhan in a novel way recently.

As the news goes that two Muslim sisters have been tied rakhis on the wrists of their Hindu brothers to celebrate the occasion in Yasoda Nagar locality here.

This tradition has become a medium to strengthen the bond between two communities and symbolise the fact that the bond shared by brothers and sisters is above any religion or caste. 

Raksha Bandhan is celebrated for several generations and has many tales attributed to it.

Kanpur: Strangely enough, the sale of idols for Ganesh Chaturthi beginning from Sept 10, will remain meagre due to the main reason of money matter with the crafters.

What goes around the market is that there will remain a shortage of big sized idols of lord Ganesha. It appears to have disappeared from the city markets, as the news reports go.

Reacting to this situation, the idol makers have stated that it was mainly the financial constraints that are compelling them to prepare small idols.

Kanpur: The metro coaches will arrive here by the first week of September. The rakes are reportedly assembled for the final run at Polytechnic here. It is worth noting that the rakes were supposed to be arrived by September's end previously.

A transport arrangement is being ensured to bring the rakes. All the transport-related formalities, including the assessment of the designated route, have also been conducted, it was reported.

As many as, three metro coaches are being carried by road from Gujarat to the city.

Kanpur: The Police have busted a larger human-trafficking nexus spread across several countries.

It was targeting women aged between 24 and 50 years on the pretext of getting them employed as domestic help for a decent salary in the Gulf countries such as Oman, Qatar, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, officials said.

The victims are not only from Uttar Pradesh but also other states like Punjab, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka respectively.

Lucknow Aug 28 (PTI) A fresh FIR was lodged on Saturday against former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, arrested on charges of abetting suicide of a rape victim and her associate, and his wife for obstructing government work, police said.

The FIR was registered against Thakur and his social activist wife Nutan Thakur at the Gomti Nagar Police Station, they said.

Kanpur: Though there is a delay of five long years in giving a signal to the bridge project over the Sarsaiyya Ghat extending up to the Trans-Ganga city on another edge.

According to the available news reports, the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation has eventually transferred the funds worth ₹57.90 lakhs to the Bridge Corporation authorities for the project.

This primary amount for drafting the detailed project report, feasibility report and soil report will be ably used, officials said. 

Kanpur: Mayor and BJP leader Pramila Pandey have filed an FIR (First Information Report) against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for his alleged remarks on Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.

She also said her culture does not allow similar comments against Uddhav Thackeray but if he dares to come to Uttar Pradesh then people in the state will teach him a lesson.

This controversy has erupted over Maharashtra CM's alleged remarks against UP CM in the year 2018. He had reportedly let out that he felt like 'hitting Yogi Adityanath with chappals'.