Uttar Pradesh

KANPUR: Three people have died in separate tragic accidents on Monday.

A child named Vivek was crushed to death on the spot. Babu Ram r/o Vidhnu Shahpur Majhawan was driving the bike while his wife and child were sitting on the back seat. Just as they reached near community health centre, a tractor approaching from the opposite direction hit the motorbike. The child came under the wheels and died.

KANPUR: What more could be the height of heedlessness than the poor patchwork done on the roads leading towards Idgah and Gwal Toli respectively? To our utmost surprise, it has been detached within a mere eight hours. The stones stripped off the repaired road and the pebbles were widely scattered all over the road. This was immensely causing trouble to the road users as well.

Noida (UP), Jan 1 (PTI) Infrastructure projects worth Rs 2,881 crore, including elevated roads, underpasses and a new district hospital building, would be inaugurated or works for them started in Noida in 2019, officials said Tuesday.

The projects to be opened for the public, include a Dada-Dadi Park in Sector 62 at a cost of Rs 14.57 crore, a Traffic Park in Sector 108 at Rs 34.71 crore, a Shilp Haat and Bunkar Bhawan in Sector 33-A at Rs 72.57 crore and a Command Control Centre in Sector 94 at Rs 22.35 crore, a senior official said.

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 2 (PTI) A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a woman after promising her a job, police said Wednesday.

The accused was identified as Sameer Thakur, SHO Harsharan Sharma said.

According to a complaint lodged by the 26-year-old woman, the accused brought her to Meerut after promising her a job and then tried to rape her.

The accused started recording a video after the woman resisted his attempt to rape her, she said in her complaint to police.

KANPUR:  A big robbery in a distributor’s office at Collectorganj here was committed on Sunday night. This office was located on the third floor of Plaza building just at a stone’s throw from the Nayaganj Police Post. The police could not sense the theft. The traders said if the police personnel were on night patrolling this burglary would perhaps not have happened.

Lucknow, Dec 31 (PTI) Virtually putting the Congress-led governments in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on notice, the BSP supremo Mayawati Monday said she might have to "reconsider" her party's outside support to them if cases against "innocent" persons framed in Bharat Bandh on April 2 were not withdrawn.

KANPUR: A very heart-rending accident took place at Coca-Cola crossing here on Monday morning. The uncontrolled truck jumped at the speed breaker and directly pierced into the divider on the road. The people tried to pull the blood-soaked driver and the two cleaners who were entangled into the pipe laden on the truck. Police anyhow pulled them out and sent them to the hospital for the treatment. Unfortunately, the driver died after the accident.

KANPUR: Speaking as the chief guest in a programme here on Sunday, Tariq Anwar, MP, said the Congress party will reach an alliance with every secular political party in the coming parliamentary elections. It has also been discussing on possibilities of an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party. There will arise no problem in seat sharing.

Lucknow, Dec 29 (PTI) A police constable was killed Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur when protesters hurled stones at vehicles returning from the venue of a public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Superintendent of Police (Ghazipur) Yashveer Singh said the protesters were workers from the Rashtriya Nishad Party who were prevented by the administration and the police from going to the rally venue.

KANPUR: A case of deception has come to light at the Hallet Hospital here on Saturday.

One Eshu became the victim of this fraud at the hands of the swindlers roaming in and around the hospital. Disturbed with his mother’s illness he consulted Dr Ranjeet Nigam of the Medicine Department at the hospital. The doctor advised him to admit his mother. Certain medical tests were also asked to complete.