Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Dec 27 (PTI) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived here on Friday to participate in the foundation day function of the party on Saturday.

On a two-day visit, she is expected to attend a meeting of the party's advisory council and strategy group besides addressing the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) to revamp the state unit after a number of leaders were recently expelled.

Lucknow, Dec 25 (PTI) Internet services, which had been suspended here last week amid widespread violent protest against the changes in citizenship law and the proposed creation of a National Register of Citizens, were restored on Wednesday, an official said.

"Internet services have resumed in Lucknow," District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash told PTI on Wednesday.

Internet services in the state capital were suspended on Thursday night after violent protests against the amended Citizenship Bill.

Hamirpur (UP), Dec 26 (PTI) A teenage girl, who was allegedly raped, was found dead on a railway track here, police said on Thursday.

The 17-year-old girl left home for coaching on Wednesday evening and was later found dead on the tracks, Circle Officer Anurag Singh said.

The girl's family alleged she was raped and later killed.

On the complaint of the victim's uncle, an FIR has been lodged against unidentified persons.

Lucknow, Dec 26 (PTI) Favouring implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board on Thursday said Indian Muslims do not have any threat from it.

"Hindustani Muslims do not have any threat from NRC. It should be implemented in the country. The real matter is of identification of intruders, who are real threat to the country," UPSCWB Chairman Waseem Rizvi said.

Lucknow, Dec 26 (PTI) Alleging that the BJP government was afraid of Hindu-Muslim unity, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday sought to know when a probe into "police brutality" during widespread protest in the state against Citizenship Amendment Act will be ordered.

"The government is afraid of Hindu-Muslim unity. It is making allegations that people are criminals. It wants to confiscate property of the poor. It is commenting on people's dress... Threatening to take revenge from citizens.

Kanpur: Icy cold situation prevails in the city areas. The temperature has dipped to as low as 4.6 degrees celsius here on Tuesday. This was recorded as the coldest day of the month. Past records are breaking with the peak of the winter season. Monday's temperature remained 5.8 degrees Celsius, about three degrees below the normal.

On Thursday, the colder wind kept the denizens within the doors as the weak sunshine checked them to move out with the comfort of normal days.

Kanpur (UP), Dec 25 (PTI) A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted on Wednesday to probe cases of rioting registered here during recent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The SIT will be headed by Additional SP (Crime) Rajesh Yadav, IG (Kanpur range) Mohit Agarwal said.

Other members of the team will include Circle Officer (Anwarganj), Station House Officer (Kakadev), SHO (Barra), a police Sub-Inspector and a prosecution officer, he said.

Bareilly (UP), Dec 25 (PTI) A case has been registered against a policeman and two others for allegedly raping a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, officials said on Wednesday.

The FIR was registered on Tuesday night on a court's direction.

Based on the complaint of a 21-year-old woman, Chief Judicial Magistrate Piyush Siddharth had on Monday directed registration of an FIR against Katai Mill police outpost in-charge Arun Kumar and two others for allegedly raping her.

Kanpur: Today is declared a holiday because of December 25. What pleasured the consumers was that the counters at the power sub-station in Jajmau remained open on the day. Though there was less number of consumers converging at the sub-station in the forenoon, the clerks at the counters looked quite generous and polite towards the electricity bill depositors. This tendency was not normally seen on regular working days.

As the year's last month was nearing the end, the department appeared to have decided to give every chance to the power consumers for depositing the power dues. 

Etah (UP), Dec 24 (PTI) A minor girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place in Sakeet village on Monday evening when the 10-year-old was taken to an agricultural field by the teenager, who allegedly raped her, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjay Kumar said.

Later, the girl returned home and informed her family members about the incident, the ASP said.