Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Jul 21 (PTI) As many as 32 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh due to lightening on Sunday, said officials.

A day earlier, the lightening had claimed one life in the state, while two others had died of snake bites on July 18 and 20 respectively, the statement said.

Thirteen 13 others were injured due to lightening, the statement added.

Kanpur: "What is a server?" asked a lad at the branch of a nationalised bank at  Jajmau area on Monday. He was definitely confused. His question was very genuine as it has become an easy term for the disruption in the computerised activity.

Without it, the customers cannot afford banking transactions through a computer set. The customers either kill time in wait at the bank or annoy at the delay in completion of the work which remains disrupted due to a networking problem.

Shamim and wife Khairu Nisha, resident of Chamri village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, have received an electricity bill of Rs 128,45,95,444 (Rs 1.28 billion) for using a fan and light inside their home.

Kanpur: City earned a credit of producing two candidates who ably succeed in the PCSJ services. One is obviously Tushar Jaiswal and another is Aditi Jain. They were declared successful in the provincial judicial services junior division exam-2018.

Residing in Lal Bungalow area of Jajmau area here. Tushar Jaiswal got success by dint of his self-study. He looked happy as he fulfilled his parents' dream ultimately. It was definitely his aim to become a judge. He pursued a law degree after completing his graduation.

Ghaziabad, Jul 20 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls here, police said.

Subhash Yadav, a vegetable seller, was known to the family of one of the girls and he would often visit her house, City Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar.

On July 14, he found the girl 9, and her friend, 10, alone in the house. He lured them to the vegetable market on the pretext of giving them chocolates and raped them there, the officer said.

Kanpur: Samajwadi party MLA Amitabh Bajpai has a distinct way of registering protest on issues plaguing the common man. The Aryanagar legislature approached the electricity headquarters to submit his memorandum highlighting at least ten demands. Wearing a black T-shirt with a logo of danger that is normally displayed on power equipment, he wanted to insist upon the problems persisting in different areas and raised demand for swift rectification.

Kanpur: Just as there is a difference in the rate at the ordinary canteen and the air-conditioned canteen at the platform no 1 of the Central railway station here, so as the difference in doctors' fee is seen at their private clinic existing in the same market at Jajmau here.

Both the doctors hold the same degree but show no mercy to the patients by reducing their respective consulting charges. One doctor normally prescribes medicines equivalent to his fee while another doctor tries to make the patients spend more money than his fee.

Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), July 20; IANS/GANASHAKTI: "I am now leaving because my purpose of meeting the families of the victims has been fulfilled. But I will return very soon. I had come here on the instructions of my brother Rahul Gandhi."

This is what Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi told people and party workers before ending her 24-hour dharna on Saturday and returning to Delhi.

Allahabad, Jul 19 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court Friday issued notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition challenging his election from Varanasi parliamentary constituency.

Justice M K Gupta fixed August 21 for hearing of the case.

Lucknow, Jul 20 (PTI) BSP chief Mayawati Saturday alleged that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh was using Section 144 to hide its shortcomings and not allowing anyone to visit Sonbhadra, where 10 people were gunned down this week.

Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) empowers an executive magistrate to prohibit an assembly of more than four persons in an area.