Uttar Pradesh

India: Kanpur student designs solar AC cutting electricity costs

Kanpur: A second-year B.Tech student, from a private engineering college in Rooma here, has developed a new solar-powered air conditioner in a bid to give an eco-friendly alternative to the existing ACs. 

Sharing his concept with the college teachers he got ample support from them. According to the student S Singh, this prototype will be suitable for use in e-rickshaw as it neither consume electricity nor engine oil.

India: Kanpur Varsity invites applications for Asst Professor

Kanpur: There is a huge vacancy at the CSJMU here as details are available online. This is a good chance for are seeking job of assistant professor at this university.

The university note informs that Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University has invited applications for the recruitment of candidates to the post of Assistant Professor in various departments.

It was also informed that a total of 179 vacancies have been notified for Assistant Professors. Three vacancies for Associate Professor also stand there.

India: AAP alleges corruption in organisation of 2019 Kumbh

Lucknow, Aug 23 (PTI) Citing a CAG report, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of indulging in corruption in organising the 2019 Kumbh Mela held in Allahabad.

According to the CAG report, there were "huge irregularities" in the expenditure of Rs 2,700-crore fund allocated for organising the Kumbh, AAP MP and Uttar Pradesh incharge Sanjay Singh said in a statement.

The audit found that 32 tractors purchased using the fund were registered under numbers of cars, mopeds and scooters, he alleged.

India: Dalit woman raped in UP village

Shahjahanpur (UP), Aug 22 (PTI) An 18-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by a man in a village here, police said on Sunday.

SHO of Tilhar Police Station Sanjay Kumar said the incident occurred when the young woman was taking her cattle for grazing.

According to police, the accused is a middle aged man and hails from the same village as the victim, police said.

The woman narrated her ordeal to her family members after returning home following which the police registered a case on Sunday and she was sent for a medical examination, they said.

India: VaccInation conks out bet of third wave of epidemics: IIT Sr Scientist

Kanpur: The possibility of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic remains negligible, claimed Senior Scientist, IIT Kanpur, Prof Manindra Aggarwal.

Releasing his new research based on his mathematical ‘model formula’, explaining that the COVID-19 vaccination crusade has  reduced the risk of a third wave.

Therefore it can be said that It is a massive vaccination that has ensured the reduction in infection to a great extent.

States like UP, Bihar, Delhi are on the way to become almost infection-free, he said.

India: KDA to hold camp for clearing map related issues on Aug 23

Kanpur: The Kanpur Development Authority is going to hold a camp for disposition of house map related issues on August 23.

Giving this information the officials cleared that firstly the cases the low-income group and the middle-income group applicants will be attended. Their problems will be resolved at one window.

Also, the fees deposit against different heads after the disposal of complaints will be done at the same spot.

India: No to Chinese, choice falls on cartoon character rakhi

Kanpur: Like every year the Rakhi market has been attracting customers this festival too with the same traditional fervour.

There are a crowd of people on the stalls selling varieties of the pieces of rakhi in the city's different markets. The sale has gone in the bigger aggregate, as reportedly said.

According to one conclusion, children are fond of purchasing those rakhis which are carrying cartoon characters. The liking for such sort of hoop dominates the market like a craze.

India: Man blackmailing girls on social media caught by police

Kanpur: A man was arrested after one of the victims lodged an FIR at Kalyanpur police station on August 7. The Kanpur crime branch police have arrested him. He has been involved in blackmailing the girls by making their obscene videos.

The police have recovered obscene videos of about 65 girls from the mobile phone of the accused.

The crime branch will try to reach other victims. His social media accounts will be thoroughly scanned, pointed out DCP (Crime) Salman Taj Patil.

India: 18-year-old man arrested for kidnap, rape of minor girl in UP

Ballia (UP), Aug 21 (PTI) An 18-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl, police said on Saturday.

They said the minor was kidnapped on August 12 by the accused, and a case was registered against him based on a complaint by her mother.

SHO of local Haldi police station Raj Kumar Singh said the girl was rescued on Friday and taken for a medical examination at the district hospital.

In her statement to a local court, she accused the man of raping her, he added.

India: Startling facts surface in Vikas Dubey case

Kanpur:  Alarming revelations have come to light In the judicial commission's inquiry report of the ambush in Kanpur's Bikru village in July last year.

Police could not find a total of 21 out of 65 case files registered against gangster Vikas Dubey. The cases were registered at Shivli, Kalyanpur, Chaubepur and Billhaur police stations in Kanpur.

On July 3, 2020, eight police personnel were gunned down by criminals in an attack from a rooftop when a police team entered Bikru village to arrest Dubey.

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