Uttar Pradesh

Baghpat, Sep 29 (PTI) Two men have been booked in connection with the rape of a 35-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district, police said on Sunday.

In her complaint, the Ghaziabad-based woman alleged that on Friday, one of the accused, Sunil, called her to his house in Baghpat on the pretext of providing her a job, Kotwali police station incharge Arvind Kumar said.

When she reached there, Sunil and another man present at his house offered her a drink, the officer said, citing the complaint.

Kaushambi, Sep 28 (PTI) A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by a neighbour in Karari area here, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Friday night and the accused Mustaqueem has been arrested, Superintendent of Police Pradeep Gupta said.

Lucknow, Sep 28 (PTI) As many as 35 fresh rain-related deaths were reported from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, the state government said on Saturday.

While 25 people died on Saturday, 10 perished on Friday, the official statement said, adding that another 5 were injured in various rain-related incidents.

On Saturday, four persons died in a house collapse in Mirzapur and an equal number of people were killed when a wall fell on them in Azamgarh due to heavy rain.

Ghaziabad, Sep 28 (PTI) Building plans in Ghaziabad will now be approved online, officials said on Saturday.

Building plans on land measuring 300 metre or less will be approved within 24 hours without any manual interface, while those in bigger plots will be sanctioned within a month, they said.

The decision was taken to avoid delays in sanctioning building plans, on directions of the state government at the board meeting of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), its chairperson Anita Meshram told reporters.

Kanpur: 'Gandhigiri' a very popular term after the year 2006 film, brought fruitful results before the residents of Ward no 29 here. Their method to persuade the Nagar Nigam zonal officials for initiating cleaning drive in their respective localities succeeded at last.

Shahjanhanpur (UP), Sep 26 (PTI) A Shahjanhanpur court on Thursday decided to hear on September 30 the bail plea of a woman law student arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 5 crore from BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, held on charges of sexually exploiting her.

District Judge Ram Babu Sharma slated September 30 to hear the student's bail application, filed in the sessions court today.

Allahabad, Sep 25 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the arrest of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in 27 cases of alleged grabbing of land.

A two-judge of justices Manoj Mishra and Manju Rani Chauhan passed the order on a petition filed by the former Uttar Pradesh minister, challenging the FIRs registered between July 13 and 20.

Muzaffarnagar, Sep 26 (PTI) A man has been jailed by a court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district for sexually harassing an eight-year-old girl when she went out to defecate.

The special court sentenced Sohanbir to three and a half years in jail on Wednesday for the incident that happened in August, 2018.

Prayagraj, Sep 26 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to local Bajrang Dal leader Yogesh Raj, the main accused in the 2018 Bulandshahr violence case that left a police officer and a civilian dead.

Justice Siddharth allowed the bail application of Yogesh Raj on Wednesday.

The advocate appearing for the petitioner argued that Raj had no role in the violence and that the other accused were already enlarged on bail in this matter.

Kanpur: It is an odd case of husband-wife alterçation dragged off on the road. As usual, the police had to intervene and brought them to an amicable understanding.

According to sources, one woman belonging to Bakevar in Fatehpur had married to a young man living in Naubasta area here. Like every couple, they had also developed big acerbic arguments on matters related to each other. 

It was said that the husband was of shaky mind so he started doubting on the wife. This sharpness caused a rift between them which turned into a court case soon.