Uttar Pradesh

Kannauj (UP), Mar 7 (PTI) Twenty nine people were admitted to a hospital when they complained of stomach ache after having 'prasad' during a religious function here, police said on Sunday.

A 'Bhagwat Khata' was organised at Jukhaya villeage here on Saturday night after which people ate 'prasad' at a 'Bhandara' following which they complained of stomach ache and were taken to the district hospital, police said.

Their condition was stated to be out of danger, police said.

Kanpur: Annual examinations are going on in the schools. The students are quite confused with the terror of the ongoing exams.

Some students were seen arriving at the school for appearing at science paper on Feb 8. It was their utter confusion  and mistake that they arrived.

They actually forgot to read the time table and reached the school. According to it, Feb 8 did not have science paper for Class VII students.

When they were told that the science paper was slated to be held on Tuesday (Feb 9).

Ghaziabad, Mar 7 (PTI) A class 12 student along with his three accomplices shot at his teacher here for scolding him for misbehaving with other students in class, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place near a private school located in Saraswati Vihar colony around 1.30 pm on Saturday when Sachin Tyagi, a commerce teacher, was going home on his motorcycle after finishing classes.

Superintendent of Police, rural, Iraj Raja told PTI that the student was admonished by the teacher as he was misbehaving with other students in the class.

Kanpur: Samosa was a snack that had been talked about most during the past many months.

On a pleasant Sunday, there was a paucity of this likeable item of food in famous shops.

While another shop made the customers wait for minutes, as the edible oil was taking time in reaching the boiling point.

The customers were desperate to secure the number of pieces but the shopkeeper was not swift in steaming the samosa. 

Pratapgarh (UP), Mar 7 (PTI) A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his wife for dowry in 2015

Additional Sessions Judge, Madhu Dogra, on Saturday also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 on the convict Ajay Kumar Patel.

The FIR was registered by the victim's father, who said Patel and his family members killed his daughter for dowry in their house in Devgarh village in Lalganj on November 9, 2015.

Patel's family members were given a clean chit by the court for lack of evidence.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 7 (PTI) As thousands of farmers lay siege to Delhi borders for over 100 days demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, those staying back in Western Uttar Pradesh have to endure a different kind of long wait -- at times for multiple days just to get weighed quintals of sugarcane lying in tractor-trollies on their way from farms to mills.

Amethi (UP), Mar 7 (PTI) A Dalit man was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bhawalpur village, police said on Sunday.

The body of 20-year-old Ajit Kumar alias Sapling was found in a field, about 500 metres from his house, with gunshot injuries on his head, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Arpit Kapoor said.

The body has been sent for postmortem.

Etah (UP), Mar 5 (PTI) A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 25-year-old man here on Friday, police said.

The man sexually assaulted the girl when she was playing outside her house in the afternoon, they said.

The accused, who is said to be mentally-challenged, has been arrested, Station House Officer of Kotwali Police Station Pankaj Mishra said.

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

Bhadohi (UP), Mar 5 (PTI) A 30-year-old married woman was allegedly raped by a paddy trader when she had gone to receive the payment of the produce sold by her husband in a village in Aurai area here, police said on Friday.

The accused is missing and efforts are underway to catch hold of him, the police added.

Pilibhit (UP), Mar 5 (PTI) A young man was killed after the Nepalese Police allegedly fired at three Indians who had gone across the border from Pilibhit district.

Pilibhit SP Jai Prakash Yadav said the incident took place on Thursday evening at the Belori market in Nepal's Kanchanpur where Bhumidan Raghavpuri Tilla Chaar village residents Govinda Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Pappu Singh had gone to a fair.