Uttar Pradesh

Nainital, Apr 4 (PTI) A court here rejected the bail application of spiritual guru "Pilot Baba" in an over-10-year-old case of cheating on Thursday and sent him to judicial custody.

District Judge Narendra Dutt dismissed the baba's bail application and remanded him to judicial custody in connection with a case of cheating, involving lakhs of rupees, lodged against him and the staff members of an educational centre run by him by a former state minister in 2008.

KANPUR: Pollution has been a vital factor in rising of heart diseases, lungs cancer, lungs infection, asthma, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases. This city, being one of the most polluted cities in the country, remains badly in grip of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is a common lung disease. It becomes hard to breathe if one has COPD.

Muzaffarnagar, Apr 4 (PTI) A six-year-old boy was allegedly sodomised by a youth in a village here, police said Thursday.

The boy's family lodged a complaint at the Bhopa police station on Wednesday and a case has been registered, Station House Officer MS Gill said.

The accused is suspected to be a juvenile. His age has not been ascertained yet and he is at large, he said.

The victim was sent for medical examination on Wednesday.

Noida (UP), Apr 4 (PTI) He adopted their village, represents them in the Lok Sabha after they broke tradition to vote for him, but Union minister Mahesh Sharma is now strictly persona non grata in Kachera with slogans and posters making it abundantly clear he's not welcome any more

The protests, which started following a standoff with a realty group and spilled into anguish over the lack of development in their area, have been going for the last six months come rain, winter or summer and show no signs of abating.

KANPUR: As the nominations have been taking place for Kanpur parliamentary seat, the candidates along with their supporters were reaching the Collectorate. Although Sri Prakash Jaiswal submitted his nomination papers yet the mistake caused him to submit Form-26 again. However, it can be said he came out of the frying pan into the fire during his nomination.    

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 3 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against a doctor who reportedly attempted to rape a woman while taking her blood sample in Shamli district, police said Wednesday.

The incident was reported from Jhinjhana police station area on Tuesday, they said.

The accused Jasvir visited the 24-year-old victim to collect her blood sample. He then tried to force himself on the woman, police said.

The victim raised an alarm and the accused ran away from the spot, they said.

Efforts are on to trace Jasvir, police added.

Banda (UP), Apr 3 (PTI) A teenage girl was allegedly raped by two Dalit youths at a village in Bisanda area here, police said Wednesday.

The incident took place on Monday when the 16-year-old girl was alone at her house. Pushpendra and Rajbahadur Kori entered the house and raped her, they said.

An FIR was registered against the two following a complaint by family members of the victim.

The accused were arrested Wednesday, police added.

Kanpur: The train passengers had to face trouble owing to over running of a cattle against the engine of Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express near Fatehpur on Tuesday morning. On account of this accident there was effected technical fault in the engine. 

The train's driver informed of this mishap to the control room. The maintenance was done after the train arrived at CNB at about 6.30 a.m. It took half-an-hour in thorough  servicing the engine. After complete rectification the train left towards its onward journey for New Delhi. 

Ghaziabad, Apr 1 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath described the Indian Army as "Modi ji ki sena" (Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Army) during an election campaign for the BJP here.

Hitting out at Opposition parties over a host of governance issues Sunday, Adityanath said what was "impossible" for the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party is possible under the BJP rule.

Kanpur: In order to prepare fast bowlers in Uttar Pradesh, Courtney Walsh, former fast bowler of West Indies gave tips to budding cricket players in a 15-day bowling training camp here on Monday morning. 

Interacting with the young players, the big name in the cricket world suggested them the initial informations about the fast bowling. He pointed out that a bowler's laxity beneits the batsman fully. Through the video clips he made them clear how to improve over errors.