Uttar Pradesh

Shahjahanpur (UP), Oct 18 (PTI) A lawyer died of a gunshot wound to the head at the Shahjahanpur district court here on Monday afternoon and police are trying to ascertain if it is a case of suicide or murder.

Superintendent of Police (SP) S Anand said advocate Bhupendra Singh (38) of Jalalabad tehsil had gone to the third-floor office of ACJM-I of the district court to meet a clerk in connection with some case when a gunshot was heard and he was found dead.

Kanpur: Kanpur City is among thirty districts where rains are expected.

According to the news reports, there remains a chance of further spells of rains. 

In the morning today the sky was heavily overcast by dark clouds and showers took place after 7 a.m. in the Jajmau area.

However, the evening temperature has turned out to be humid. People are saying that there was a difference in the situation.

Kanpur: Heads of cattle being run over by trains have been a perennial problem for Indian Railways. Each such case damages assets, delays trains and poses a safety challenge. 

Stretches like Firozabd-Makhhanpur, Etawah-Phaphund in Tundla-Kanpur sections; between Chanderi-Chakeri, near Kanpur; Pora-Jalesar near Hathras; Delwara- Jhakhaura in Jhansi-Lalitpur section; in the Mathura-Kosikalaan section and in the Agra-Dholpur section in UP, are marked as 'vulnerable spots'.

Lucknow, Oct 17 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav Sunday attacked the BJP dispensation, saying the state needs a 'yogya' (competent) government and not a Yogi government.

Speaking to reporters at the party's headquarters here, he further alleged the BJP "has no work to do" aside from changing names. "It believes in filling pockets instead of potholes."

"Uttar Pradesh needs a 'yogya' (competent) government and not a Yogi government," he said.

Kanpur: A 55-year-old man set himself on fire by pouring petrol protesting police inaction in a land dispute case in Shyam Nagar area here on Sunday, as was reported.

Identified as Ishwar Chandra Dikshit, the old man has been admitted with serious burn injuries to the Lala Lajpat Rai hospital here.

His daughters alleged that he took the extreme step due to police inaction in a dispute over their land at Bidhnu area in the district.

He has been living on rent in the house of Radhey Shyam Tiwari at Chanakyapuri in Shyam Nagar for the past four years.

Kanpur: It was unexpected showers on Sunday afternoon when the high-speed wind started blasting and the sky turned black.

With the heavy showers that lashed in the Jajmau area brought relief among the residents suffering from humid weather.

The people on the road began taking refuge under some shade. Some even rushed towards shops.

The showers were so rapid as vehicle owners find it difficult to proceed onward. Therefore they stopped on the spot and parked their two-wheelers on the roadside.

Fatehpur (UP), Oct 16 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide in a village under Malwan area here after she was molested by a youth from the same neighbourhood, police said on Saturday.

The victim apparently consumed some poisonous substance late on Friday night and later died in the district hospital during treatment on Saturday, SHO of Malwan police station Arvind Singh said.

Fatehpur (UP), Oct 16 (PTI) A three-year-old child was allegedly raped and killed by a youth in a village under Khaga Kotwali police station area here, police said on Saturday.

The youth has been arrested in the case, police said.

The child, who was living with her maternal grandmother, was found dead on Friday evening in a rented room of the youth living in the neighbourhood, (SHO) in-charge of Khaga Kotwali, Santosh Kumar Sharma said.

Kanpur: The Delhi-Howrah Up line has now become operational since Friday night, while the track on the down line could be restored at early morning on Saturday.

Giving this information, the Chief Public Relations Officer, NCR, Shivam Sharma told that following the derailment  trains were diverted and delayed.

However, restoration work of about several hours, the track going towards New Delhi was opened at 12.15 a.m. and the line towards Howrah was opened for normal traffic at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday.

Kanpur: It is on Saturday the sixth accused cop in the death case of the Kanpur realtor was arrested from the Gorakhpur cantonment area.

He was carrying an award of Rs 1lakh on his head.

The policeman named Vijay Yadav was held at the time he was planning to surrender at the court of DIG Range Gorakhpur.

Thus all the accused have been arrested.