Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Jul 7 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government will allow the annual Kanwar Yatra in the state from July 25 and officials have been asked to coordinate with neighbouring states to ensure Covid guidelines are followed, a senior official said on Wednesday.

'Kanwariyas' (devotees of Lord Shiva) collect water from River Ganga at Haridwar to offer at Shiva temples in their areas as part of the yatra.

Uttarakhand has cancelled the yatra this year citing the pandemic.

Moradabad (UP), Jul 7 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped in a village here after her elder brother eloped with a woman, police said on Wednesday.

According to a complaint filed by the minor's father, family members of the woman raided his house on Tuesday evening and abducted his daughter as revenge for his son's actions, they said.

The man alleged that his minor daughter was being held hostage by the woman's family and has been raped by five people, the police added.

Pratapgarh (UP), Jul 7 (PTI) A former deputy superintendent of police has been booked on charges of raping a woman on the pretext of marrying her, police said on Wednesday.

The woman, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, accused the officer of raping her in 2019 on the false promise of marrying her but later denying it, they said.

Muzaffarnagar, Jul 7 (PTI) Police here have arrested an occultist for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman on the pretext of curing her ailment, an official said on Wednesday.

According to SHO Yashpal Singh, the victim has been sent for a medical examination.

Police said a man had lodged a complaint against tantric (occultist) Ashik Illahi, alleging that he raped the woman on the pretext of curing her ailment.

As the victim cried for help, people caught the accused and handed him over to police.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 6 (PTI) A woman was found hanging at her in-laws' house in a village of the Khatoli area here, with her family alleging that she was killed over dowry, police said on Tuesday.

Police have booked Shital's husband Vishal, father-in-law Vikram Singh and three others in the case.

According to police, the incident took place at Dahod village on Monday and the victim' family alleged that she was being harassed for dowry by her in-laws, who were demanding a car and other things.

Kanpur: The brake of a roadways bus ceased to function in night hours suddenly at Jajmau here on Sunday. No reports of a big loss was reported owing to lesser number of people around the crossing. 

Although a big accident was avoided yet the claims of the maintenance of the roadways buses has been exposed.

The bus was laden with a few passengers at the time of occurrence of the brake failure, a major defect, at Ramadevi crossing in the Jajmau area here. 

Lucknow; 04 July 2021 (UMMN): BJP won 67 out of 75 district seats in UP Zila Parishad chairman polls. Samajwadi Party won 5, Lok Dal and Jansatta Dal won 1 each, and 1 seat went to independent candidate.

Lucknow, Jul 3 (PTI) AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Saturday met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav here, triggering speculation about a tie up between both parties ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections next year.

The Aam Aadmi Party leader, however, refused to comment over it, saying he met Yadav to convey birthday greetings to him and held discussion over the current political situation in the state.

Singh refused to divulge details of his meeting with Yadav.

Lucknow, Jul 3 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday said nine new medical colleges will come up in the state this month and these will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

According to an official spokesperson of the medical education department, the new colleges in Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh and Siddharthnagar districts will add a new dimension to the state's existing health system.

Agra, Jul 3 (PTI) Family members of a 16-year-old girl here have accused a youth of forcibly converting her to Islam and marrying her against her wish, police said on Saturday.

Police have arrested five people, including the youth's father, mother and sister, in this regard while he is absconding.

The accused have been identified as 18-year-old Kasim Quereshi, a resident of the Naseerabad area in Agra, police said.