Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar, May 30 (PTI) A fast-track court here Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his wife over dowry demand.

Judge Balraj Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on the convict, Satender.

His father Dharampal and mother Shakuntala were acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

According to government lawyer Firoz Ali, victim Anita was strangled to death over dowry demand at Kasumpur Pathedi village in the district on June 28, 2011.

Shahjahanpur (UP), May 31 (PTI) A 28-year-old woman was raped by two youth, who also posted a video of the crime on social media, police said Friday.

SP, Rural, Subhash Chandra Shakya, said the husband of the victim has lodged a complaint that the two youth identified as Neelesh and Shyamu Pal allegedly raped his wife while she was sleeping inside the house on April 10.

Agra: Commemorating the birth anniversary of Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha on Tuesday distributed knives to students from class X and XII.

Ghaziabad, 29 May (PTI) A resident of Mewla Bhatti village here was arrested for allegedly killing his wife over dowry demand, said police Wednesday. Four of his family have also been booked.

Raids were being conducted to nab them, said police.

SP (Rural) Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said Nikita (22) was found dead in a bathroom of her house on Monday morning.

Ghaziabad, May 29 (PTI) The district administration of Ghaziabad and the municipal corporation bulldozed alleged illegally-constructed houses near Arthala lake on Wednesday, officials said.

Nine fully-constructed and six semi-constructed buildings, and boundary walls of four plots were demolished in the joint operation at Balaji Vihar colony. These houses, which were constructed on government land, were illegally sold to buyers, District Magistrate Ritu Maheshwari said.

Sitapur (UP)May 30 (PTI) Three people died and five others were taken ill in the district after drinking spurious liquor, the second such incident in Uttar Pradesh this week.

Superintendent of Police, Sitapur, L R Kumar, said the deaths were reported from Paiteypur and Saidpur villages on Wednesday night.

One person identified as Kanhaiya Kumar has been arrested and investigations are on to establish from where the liquor was sourced, the SP said.

Kanpur: In continuation of the NGT order dated July 13, 2017 for construction of a proposed 20 MLD CETP, a Chennai-based company has been awarded the contract. An understanding was signed between the project engineer and the company on May 9. A sum of Rs 419 crore would be spent on the construction of the common effluent treatment plant. Jajmau Tannery Treatment Association has also been formed. The sources said that the work on the construction is supposed to start in the mid-June this year. 

Siddharth Nagar (UP), May 29 (PTI) An inspector's body was recovered after neighbours complained of foul smell coming from his house in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Nagar district, an official said on Wednesday.

The body of Pankaj Shahi, 50, posted as the incharge of cyber cell, was found on Tuesday night. It appears to be a week old, Circle Officer (Sadar) Sunil Singh said.

Prima facie, it appears to be a case of natural death and more details will be known after the post-mortem, Singh said.

Sahjahanpur (UP), May 28 (PTI) A critically ill boy died after he was allegedly refused an ambulance by the state-run district hospital here.

A probe by the city magistrate has found the hospital guilty of lapses in the death of the child on Sunday night.

Afroz, 9, was brought to the district hospital in Shahjahanpur with complaints of high fever and was referred to Lucknow for specialised treatment.

Barabanki (UP), May 28 (PTI) At least 14 people died and around 40 others were taken ill after consuming spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, officials said on Tuesday.

The incident prompted the Yogi Adityanath government to order a high-level probe into all the angles, including the possibility of a "political conspiracy".

At least 12 people, including four members of a family, died due to consumption of the spurious liquor, Superintendent of Police Ajay Sahni said in a statement.