Uttar Pradesh

Mahoba (UP), Mar 12 (PTI) A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old relative in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district, police said on Friday.

The alleged incident took place on Wednesday evening in an area under the Charkhari police station limits, Station House Officer (SHO) Lakhan Singh said.

Based on the complaint of the girl's family, a case in this connection was registered on Thursday, the SHO said.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 12 (PTI) A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 50-year-old stepfather in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Friday.

The alleged incident took place on Thursday evening, Ratanpuri Station House Officer (SHO) Vindhyachal Tiwari said.

Police have registered a case of rape based on the complaint of the girl's uncle and arrested her stepfather, the SHO said.

According to the complaint lodged by the girl's uncle, the accused took her to a nearby field and raped her.

Lalitpur (UP), Mar 12 (PTI) An FIR has been lodged after a 22-year-old woman alleged that she was raped by a youth around two and half years ago after being given intoxicants, police said on Friday.

The case was filed at Talbehat Kotwali on Thursday against Ajaypal Singh Yadav alias Guddu, who also allegedly blackmailed the complainant using a video of the incident, they said.

Kanpur: 8-km journey from Mandhana to Bitthoor on broad gauge track will be possible only after approval of the railway board. A MEMU train trial on the new rail line was completed in presence of Mohd Lateef Khan, CRS, Eastern Railways and DRM Ashutosh Pant here recently. 

A detailed report will soon be forwarded to the Railway Board for running of the train on this newly laid track.

Fatehpur (UP), Mar 11 (PTI) A charred body of an unidentified woman was found Thursday in roadside bushes in the Kalyanpur area of the Fatehpur district, police said.

The body of the woman, aged about 25 years, was spotted in bushes by the Muradipur-Bindki road by villagers who informed the police and the body was sent for postmortem, said Kalyanpur SHO Keshav Verma.

It appears the woman was killed somewhere else and her body dumped here and set afire, the SGHOP added.

Muzaffarnagar, Mar 10 (PTI) A khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district has barred women from wearing jeans and men from wearing shorts, saying they are part of western culture and that people should wear traditional Indian clothes.

The Rajput community panchayat also warned that those found violating the diktat will be punished and face boycott.

Pilibhit (UP), Mar 10 (PTI) Three people have been arrested for allegedly making a married woman drink alcohol and raping her in Puranpur Kotwali police station area here, police said on Wednesday.

A case was registered in this connection on Wednesday against Pawan Kumar, Chote and Umesh, Superintendent of Police Jai Prakash Yadav told media.

Ballia (UP), Mar 11 (PTI) A court in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl in 2016.

Additional Sessions Judge Omkar Shukla also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convict, Rajesh Kumar alias Jarsi.

The girl was abducted and raped on Feb 9, 2016 in a village in Rasda area, Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada said.

An FIR in this connection was registered at Rasda police station on the basis of the complaint of the girl's uncle.

Kanpur: The limits of Kanpur Development Authority will be increased in the new master plan. There will be emphasis on the development works.

As many as 386 villages will be included in the 2031 Master Plan. Akbarpur's 58 villages will be brought under its precincts. 

Suggestions have been sought. All the departments have been told to produce details of the proposed plans and also of the present plans so that the finalisation of land use could be prepared.

A few builders have raised demand to change the land use of the closed mills.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 9 (PTI) A minor girl was raped by a youth in Rampuri locality of Kotwali police station here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident happened on Monday as the Class 10 student was taken to the accused man's house where she was raped by him and threatened of dire consequences.

Police said a case was registered against the accused identified as Sorabh, who has been arrested.

The girl has been taken for a medical examination.