Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: Another feat of the IIT Kanpur instituted incubation centre that has crossed the 100 startups-mark with a combined valuation of $1 billion. That is how it has been significantly contributing to the mushrooming start-up ecosystem of the country to address unmet consumer desires.

The IIT-K initiative to promote entrepreneurship and innovation by converting ideas into products is spearheaded by Foundation for Research & Innovation in Science & Technology (FIRST), a Section-8 company, supported by the august institute.

Mahoba (UP), Aug 17 (PTI) A 30-year-old woman, who was allegedly set on fire by parents of a man booked in a molestation case lodged by the victim, died during treatment in a hospital, police said on Tuesday

The woman, who was set on fire on Sunday in Thatewara viillage in Kulpahad area, died in Jhansi medical college on Monday, Station House Officer (SHO) Kulpahad Mahendra Pratap Singh said.

Angry over the registration of the case against their son, the parents of the accused poured kerosene over the woman and set her afire, police said.

Lucknow, Aug 17 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a training centre for Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) commandos in Saharanpur's Deoband, known for its Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband.

"Amid the Taliban's savagery, here is a piece of news from UP. Yogi Ji has decided to open a commando training centre in Deoband. The work has also started on a war footing," UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's media advisor Shalabh Mani Tripathi said in a tweet in Hindi.

Kanpur: With an objective to strengthen the regional connectivity, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has successfully carried out the Ground Run and Low-Speed Taxi Trials of the Hindustan-228 (VT-KNR) aircraft for DGCA 'Type Certification', informs the HAL.

The event was marked as part of India's Independence Day celebrations on August 15 at HAL's Kanpur facility.

Sajal Prakash, CEO, HAL's Accessories Complex, said that the ground run and taxi trail was an important milestone for the first fixed-wing, Made-in-India civil aircraft in the country. 

Kanpur: With the clouds and sun the evening temperature gives a feel of 41 degrees Celsius in Jajmau here. The people are praying in their daily prayers for rains at cats and dogs.

Cloud cover remains at 53 per cent but rains are out. Humidity requires continuous showers for at least two hours.

Though in the forenoon and later too there was extreme sun over us. People were seen getting at shady space but it was hard to find.

Kaushambi, Aug 15 (PTI) A case was registered against a couple following court's order in connection with the alleged rape of a 16-year-old Dalit girl in a village here, police said Sunday.

According to the complaint filed at Paschim Sareera police station by the victim's mother, the accused woman took the girl and handed her over to her husband on January 14 this year.

The accused man then raped the girl in front of his wife, and also threatened the family of dire consequences, if they lodged a complaint, police said.

Mahoba, Aug 15 (PTI) A 30-year-old woman was allegedly set on fire by parents of a man, booked in a molestation case lodged by the victim, according to police here on Sunday.

Angry over the registration of the case against their son, the accused's parents poured kerosene over the woman and set her afire, Kulpahar police station SHO Mahendra Pratap Singh said citing the complaint.

The woman is in serious condition and has been taken to a medical college in Jhansi.

Kanpur: It was the forenoon and the poor women were waiting for the distribution of food grains along with edible oil at an open space beside a mosque in KDA Colony here on Monday.

This welfare programme was done under the banner of a charity organisation. A banner hanging along the wall hinted at this factual information.

The organisers were standing at the time of videography on quick disposal of flour packet, edible oil bottle, Dal and other things. 

Rajgarh (MP), Aug 14 (PTI) Two prison guards have been arrested for allegedly raping and threatening the wife of an inmate of Narsinghgarh sub jail in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district, police said on Saturday.

The two were held on Friday after the wife of the inmate, a resident of Hoshangabad who has been lodged in the sub jail for the past four years in a fake Indian currency note (FICN) case, filed a complaint, said Narsinghgarh police station in charge Ravindra Chavaria.

Kanpur: We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of our freedom here today. The locals cannot forget the two locations in the city where freedom fighters' memories still reverberate in the atmospheric air.

One is Meston Road which is a bustling market today. But the residents of the locality have not forgotten the tradition of hoisting the national flag at midnight as had been started by the Congressmen and others on the intervening time of August 14 and 15 in the year 1947.