Uttar Pradesh

KANPUR: City’s Naman Gupta has secured top position in the Joint Entrance Examination Main, 2019 with 100 percentile in Uttar Pradesh. His ranking stands sixth in the country. He is obviously one successful candidate among all those top 15 candidates with hundred per cent marks at the national level.

A bright student Naman Gupta was not so confident of his results but the success has infused extra confidence in him. Now he plans to complete B.Tech in Computer Science from either Mumbai or Delhi IIT after clearing the JEE Advanced examinations.

KANPUR: A head constable (Diwan) died in Baghpur police Chowki of Kanpur Dehat district on Saturday evening. The pistol shot pierced into his forehead just above the nose. The fire was released from the service pistol of the Chowki in-charge.

It was as the news reports pointed out he had been living under tension and pressure for the past few days. A resident of Shikhwapur in Hardoi district, he had been staying at a room situated near the mess.

Bhadohi (UP), Jan 18 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a neighbour in the residential quarters of a primary health centre in Nai Bazar locality here, police said on Friday.

The minor, whose mother is a nurse, was raped by the husband of another nurse living in the same residential quarters when she was alone at home on Wednesday, Satya Narain Misra, Kotwali police station in-charge, said.

He said the girl narrated her ordeal to her mother on Thursday after persistent questioning, following which an FIR was lodged against the accused, Yogesh Yadav.

Banda (UP), Jan 18 (PTI) A train ran over 25 cows near Ragaol railway station in neighbouring Hamirpur district on Friday, officials said.

"The cows were found dead on the track. They were buried in a nearby field," Superintendent of Police (SP), rural, Hamirpur Hemraj Meena said.

Police personnel have been deployed in the area after some persons alleged the cows were deliberately kept on the track.

Police are investigating the matter.

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 19 (PTI) A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Friday when the woman was alone at her residence in Kheri Firozabad village here under Kakroli police station, they said.

According to a complaint lodged by the woman's father, the accused, Gaurav and Ravi, who hail from the same village, barged into her house and raped her while her parents were away, the police said.

KANPUR:  A total of 24 drums of the two tanneries were lately sealed on infringement of rules. Despite the power supply cut, these tanneries were found operational on illegal electricity connection in a sudden raid conducted by the team sent by the ADM (city) Vivek Srivastava. The KESCO has, in the meantime, filed an FIR at the Chakeri police station. The ACMs were continuously keeping vigil on the operation of the tanneries. The owners will not be allowed to run their units against norms, he cleared.

KANPUR: A minibus carrying school children overturned owing to the driver’s recklessness at Musa Nagar in Kanpur Dehat on Friday. As many as six students were seriously injured. The driver’s license was not even checked after the incident leave aside the vehicle’s fitness. Were authorities concerned maintaining a careless attitude like the minibus driver? It was reported that they were not aware of this mishap even. 

Noida (UP), Jan 17 (PTI) BJP national general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal was admitted to a hospital in Noida where he was undergoing treatment for fever on Thursday.

He was running fever on Wednesday night and is still under observation, officials at Kailash Hospital here said.

"Some blood tests have been done and reports are awaited. He is fine but under observation," senior manager, Kailash Hospital, V B Joshi, told PTI.

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 18 (PTI) A 20-year-old youth has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Friday.

According to a complaint lodged by the girl's father, the accused, Shivam, picked up the minor from near a sugar cane field on Thursday and tried to rape her in Bachan Singh Colony under New Mandi police station, they said.

He fled after the girl cried for help, the police said.

KANPUR: A speeding Mercedes car hit the scooty on Ganga Barrage road in Bitthoor on Thursday evening. One girl died on the spot while another was badly injured. The car driver tried to run away but the locals caught him up and handed him over to the police.