Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: Residents observing social distancing and lockdown in toto are condemning the vegetable vendors for avoiding the sale of green vegetables in the city's outer Jajmau area. Though its tract is adjoining the Cantt side, it is also spread over Lucknow-Allahabad route along the Ganges.

Balrampur (UP), Apr 7 (PTI) A case has been registered against 40 people in this district of Uttar Pradesh for defying lockdown norms and coming out on the roads despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's request to lit lamps indoors, police said on Tuesday.

Millions of Indians across the country switched off lights at their homes and lit candles and diyas or turned on mobile phone torches on Sunday night, responding to Modi's appeal to show the nation's "collective resolve and solidarity" in its fight against coronavirus.

Aligarh (UP), Apr 6 (PTI) A 20-year-old man has been arrested here for a communally sensitive social media post related to the coronavirus pandemic, police said on Monday.

Mursim Ali was arrested on Sunday from Atrauli, about 35 km from here, for his post that went viral and had the potential to breach the communal peace, Atrauli Station House Officer Dharmenra Singh Panwar said.

Lucknow, Apr 5 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed that there are not enough coronavirus testing kits for people, and termed it "a real challenge" in the fight against the viral infection.

"Not enough testing kits for people. Not enough personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. Not enough meals to feed the poor. These are the real challenges today," he said in a tweet.

Mathura, Apr 5 (PTI) Nature activists and enthusiasts are thrilled to find that the water of River Yamuna is gradually turning transparent in the wake of the national lockdown imposed to arrest the spread of coronavirus.

Rakesh Tewari, vice president, Mathur Chaturved Parishad, said after 42 years, we could see clear Yamuna waters on Yamuna Chhath' on March 30.

Ballia (UP), Apr 4 (PTI) As the COVID-19 fear' grips the entire country with more people falling prey to the deadly disease, a home guard posted at Bilthara Road police outpost here has named his newborn son Corona'.

Riyazuddin, whose son was born on Friday night, said he named his son after the disease to create awareness about coronavirus.

"In present times, the entire world is battling the menace of coronavirus. Naming my son Corona will send out the message to the people to protect themselves from the disease and stay alert, he told reporters on Saturday.

Muzaffarnagar, Apr 4 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against 12 Bangladesh citizens who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi last month and are now in administrative quarantine in UP's Shamli district, police said on Saturday.

Two persons tested positive for COVID-19 Friday evening out of the dozen Bangladeshi nationals who have been quarantined in a college in Thana Bhawan town in Shamli district, they said.

KANPUR: Though roads are not humming with people or vehicles, insanitary conditions are prevailing all over. These situations are intolerable to the people.

When morning hours are enabling the very movement on the road, it appears that only residents are responsible to observe the cleanliness and civic body does not care.

The garbage thrown at one side of the road remains uncleaned till after 9 a.m. The flies hover on the wet garbage which can never be good for anyone. 

Lucknow, Apr 3 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government will create a corona care fund of Rs 1000 crore which will help in setting up testing facilities and procuring ventilators, masks and sanitisers, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday.

Not only will the government help with this fund, but help will also be taken from corporate houses under the Corporate Social Responsibility, he said at a meeting with senior officials here.

KANPUR: Women are turning towards yoga, exercises and physical activity in order to tone up their muscles at the home in tough days of the ongoing lockdown. This sheer tendency keeps the body healthy in every way. There are women of different ages and sizes in the tannery town here who are not only taking recourse to methods like jumping, hopping, and other physical workouts but also losing weight as a result.

When such kinds of women were contacted in different localities of the area, they disclosed in their own way how they are benefitted by choice and free will.