Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: The Kanpur Metro project from Motijheel to IIT Kanpur corridor has received the 'Effective Safety Culture Award, 2021' by Green Tech Foundation. This priority corridor consists of 9 stations with complete adherence to the safety codes.

The trial runs of Kanpur Metro will begin on November 15. It is the same date when the works related to the elevated track were initiated, back in 2019.

Further, the Kanpur Metro's maiden corridor has the capacity of being the fastest commissioned facility, if the current plans turn into reality.

Lucknow, Aug 27 (PTI) Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur on Friday said he will float a new political party soon.

"After consulting my supporters and well-wishers, I have decided to float a new political party," Thakur said here.

The proposed name of his new outfit is Adhikar Sena, he said and requested his supporters to suggest more names along with purpose, mission and structure of the party.

Mahoba (UP), Aug 26 (PTI) A 22-year-old woman from this district was allegedly raped by a youth, who had taken her to Ahmedabad on the pretext of providing her a job, police said on Thursday.

Station House Officer (SHO), Panwadi, Deepak Kumar Pandey said the woman lodged a complaint at the police station, following which an FIR was registered and the accused was arrested on Wednesday.

He said the woman had come into contact with the accused in Allahabad, where she was studying.

Lucknow, Aug 26 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said he hoped that India would be free of discrimination and a developed nation by 2047 when it celebrates the centenary of independence.

While speaking at the ninth convocation of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) here, the President asked youths to become job creators and not job seekers.

"Today half of the country's population is below 25 years of age. When in 2047, we celebrate centenary of independence, you youths will be leading the country," he said.

Kanpur: The National Institute of Disaster Management and the SUTRA model of IIT-K claimed that the Odisha may report only around 2,000 cases given the current scenario of vaccination.

Deputy Director of IIT-Kanpur Prof Manindra Agrawal said that Odisha has vaccinated more people than the national average.

If the current pace of vaccination continues and all restrictions are lifted, the cases are likely to expand gradually in September and October respectively.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 26 (PTI) A youth has been arrested here for allegedly abducting a girl and raping her, police said on Thursday.

On the basis of a complaint filed by the 16-year-old girl's family, a case was registered against the youth. They alleged that the youth raped the girl on Wednesday, a police official said.

The girl has been sent for medical examination. The accused has been arrested, he said.

Lalitpur (UP), Aug 26 (PTI) A 26-year-old married woman was allegedly raped in a village here in Banpur area, police said on Thursday.

On the evening of August 21, the woman was alone in a field when the accused identified as Sahab Singh Lodhi threatened her with a knife and allegedly raped her, they said.

Kanpur: Three persons were reportedly killed after a roof of a house collapsed in Kanpur on Thursday, the police said.

Talking to the media, Anoop Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East Kanpur said that a woman, her son and daughter were declared dead by the doctors.

The roof of a house was collapsed early in the morning. The police reached the place of the incident.

Kanpur: Cricketing within the precincts of the multi-storeyed buildings cause much unbearable noise. As the resident's children play cricket there remains none to object to.

The continuous howl by the children either to catch the ball or run for the score raises the sound of noise. Their intemperate clatter goes up above to the height of five storeys. This disturbs inmates living in the flats. One inmate said: "It becomes hard to bear the disturbance all the time." 

Ballia (UP), Aug 25 (PTI) A 17-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped by six men in a village in Sikandarpur area, police said on Wednesday, adding that an FIR has been registered against the men.

In her complaint, the woman alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the accused two months ago but police turned her away when she tried to get the FIR registered earlier. It was registered only she approached the superintendent of police.