Uttar Pradesh

Kanpur: A supervisor hanged himself to death at Kahoo Kothi area here. The neighbours informed the police on stench emanating from his apartment. When the police opened the door the sight was astonishing for all.

A report of his missing was registered on Saturday night. On Sunday morning he was found hanging.

He had been living in the flat with his wife Durga. He had been working as a supervisor for the past six years in the under-construction apartment of a company at Kahoo Kothi.

Bhadohi (UP), Aug 31 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was forcibly married three months ago and kept captive allegedly by her cousins in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district, police said on Saturday.

The incident appear to be a fallout of a property dispute between the girl's father, who works in Mumbai, and cousin Ramesh Dubey, a resident of Suriyawa town. The dispute is pending in a court, police said.

Mathura, Aug 29 (PTI) A 65-year-old man was held for the bid to rape a minor by the Kosi Kalan police here, barely three hours after the lodging of the complaint, an official said on Thursday.

The incident had allegedly taken place on August 24 and the FIR was registered against the accused on Wednesday.

"On the basis of an input received from a reliable source, 65-year-old Bhanvar Singh, a resident of Survari village, was nabbed on Wednesday night," DSP Jagdish Kali Raman said.

Lucknow, Aug 30 (PTI) The missing student whose father alleged she was sexually harassed by BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand was found in Rajasthan with a friend on Friday morning, police said.

The young woman, who had been missing since August 24, is fine and is being brought to Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh police chief O.P Singh told reporters here.

Kanpur: Unrest prevails at DBS College over two teachers' spar on a certain matter. Though other teachers have said that discontent was seething for the past several days, the open rivalry has surfaced just now. 

Students were also agitating over the point of throwing off the chair. They rejected that the chair was thrown off. It has no substance. It was a complete lie. 

Kanpur: In view of the assembly by-election of Govindnagar seat here, the Bahujan Samaj Party has not only declared its candidate for the seat but also effected certain important changes in its Mahanagar unit.

Amidst the guesses and calculations, the BSP has declared the name of its chosen candidate. Though other candidates' name had also announced with this candidate.

Pilibhit, Aug 28 (PTI) A man was arrested for the bid to rape his minor stepdaughter here, police said on Wednesday.

According to Sungarhi police station SHO SK Bajpai, the man was arrested on Wednesday night following a complaint lodged by his wife.

Swami Chinmayanand, former Bharatiya Janata Party leader, a three-time Lok Sabha MP and a minister of state in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s administration was booked on Tuseday on the basis of a missing persons complaint for a law student who posted a video on social media alleging harassment by influential people.

Kanpur: Two bogies of a MEMU train derailed at Kanpur Central station on Wednesday morning. No casualties have been reported so far. The bogies are being removed from the track. The traffic has been disrupted due to this derailmeñt.

According to the available news report the local train Memu no 64201 derailed just as it arrived on platform no 3. The speed was not fast so there were no casualties.

The railways removed the passengers from the derailed bogies. There was much ruckus on the station. The pillars were damaged. 

Lucknow, Aug 26; GANASHAKTI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday slammed the BJP-led Centre, saying it is trying to give a new definition to democracy by using the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department.

These have become "new institutions" under the BJP, he told reporters at the Samajwadi Party headquarters here.

"One should learn institutional control from the BJP. No government has done it earlier. ED, CBI and fear--this is new democracy.