Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur:  A procession on Ashura has been taken out in Jajmau area here on Tuesday. It was an Alam juror attended by a large number of people.  

On both sides of the road, the people were waiting for the Muharram procession which passing through different localities finally culminated at Dada Miya ki Mazar. 

Earlier,  the busy roads were seen as completely vacant as the shops were closed. When one shopkeeper in Purani Sabzi Mandi area was asked why were a few shops closed?  His quick response was it was because of Muharram. 

Ballia (UP), Sep 9 (PTI) A statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was found damaged at Barauli village under the Bhimpura police station area here, police said.

Some anti-social elements damaged the statue on Sunday night, SHO Raj Kumar Singh said, adding that the villagers found the hand of the statute broken in the morning.

Senior police officers, who rushed to the spot, got the statue repaired, the SHO said.

He added that a case had been registered and the investigation was on.

KANPUR: A foreign student who was taking her course in civil engineering under a foreign exchange programme at IIT here, complained of sexual harassment.

When the student informed her country's embassy the matter started moving around. She initially approached the institute's women cell for registering her complaint. When her voice was not heard she made a call to the embassy. It is then the institute's officials responded.

Lucknow, Sep 9 (PTI) After serving a full five-year term as Rajasthan governor, former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh on Monday rejoined the BJP at the party office here in presence of senior leaders of the state unit.

The 87-year-old leader took the membership of the saffron party in the presence of UP BJP chief Swatantradev Singh.

His son Rajveer Singh, Lok Sabha MP from Etah, and grandson Sandeep Singh, minister of state for finance, were also present at the party office.

Kalyan Sigh's tenure as Rajasthan governor ended on September 3.

Lucknow, Sep 9 (PTI) Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Monday postponed his visit to Rampur to September 13-14 in view of prohibitory orders imposed in the city due to Muharram and Ganesh Chaturthi, even as he alleged that the district magistrate was working at the behest of the state government.

Addressing a press conference at the party office here, the SP chief, who was scheduled to meet party leader Azam Khan's family on Monday, also claimed that the administration has said his visit could result in riots in Rampur.

Banda (UP), Sep 8 (PTI) A team of the forest department had to return without demolishing a mazar' after Hindus stopped them from doing so in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district on Sunday.

"There are only five-six Muslim families in Salat village. The belief of the Hindus in the 150-year-old 'mazar' is more than the Muslims," Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Mahoba Ramji Rai said.

Kanpur: Prior to arrival day of the state chief minister Yogi Adiyanath here, the city's roads are sure to get a facelift. The denizens would now realize the relief within one or two weeks. 

Though the date of CM's visit has not yet finalised, the process of bringing sufficient improvements in the poor civic conditions are being expected by the common people. 

On some wide roads, the repairing work has even started. One resident told the CM's visit comes as a boon for us. Another resident quickly maintained the VVIP's visit always quickens delayed works. 

Banda, Sep 8 (PTI) An official of the Chitrakoot district panchayat office here has been booked on the charge of rape, police said on Sunday.

Karwi police station SHO Anil Kumar Singh said, "A 23-year-old woman cooked food at the house of Surendra Singh, apar mukhya adhikari (AMA) of the zila panchayat. She has registered a case against him, alleging that the official raped her and is pressuring her to go for an abortion."

The SHO said the case was registered on Saturday.

Ghazipur (UP), Sep 6 (PTI) A woman was allegedly abducted and raped by a policeman and his friend, and thrown near a canal in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place at a village in the district's Mardah area on Wednesday evening.

Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary jawan Abhay Yadav has been arrested, while his friend is at large, they said.

Ballia (UP), Sep 6 (PTI) A three-and-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a village in Chitbadgaon area here by her neighbour, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Thursday when the minor was playing outside her house. Chandan (23) took the child to secluded place and raped her, they said.

An FIR was registered in this connection by the victim's father.

Efforts are on to nab the accused who is absconding, police added.