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Journalist among 14 held for grabbing govt land worth Rs 1,000 cr in Kanpur

Fourteen people, including a TV journalist, have been arrested on charges of grabbing government land having a market value of over Rs 1,000 crore, police said on Monday. Journalist Avneesh Dixit and others were arrested on Sunday after they were named in complaints lodged by the revenue officer and Samuel Gurudev Singh, to whom the land had been leased, they said. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chandra said Dixit has been arrested and FIRs have been registered at Kotwali police station in the matter. Efforts are being made to nab other accused. The FIRs have been lodged under sections 61(2) (criminal conspiracy), 74 (criminal force to any woman intending to outrage modesty), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 191(2) (rioting), 308(5) (extortion), 310(2) (dacoity), 324(4) (mischief causes loss), 329(4) (house trespass), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 352 (intentional insult) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property .

After Delhi and Jaipur, bomb threats made to 10 schools in UP's Kanpur

Schools in Kanpur were threatened a day after seven Delhi hospitals received bomb threats by email on Tuesday

Road to Delhi goes via Kanpur; seat set to witness fight between BJP, Cong

Kanpur is scheduled to go to polls on May 13, and the locals appear to be in thrall of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

LS polls: PM Modi holds roadshow in UP for Kanpur, Akbarpur candidates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow here in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday to campaign for the BJP's Kanpur and Akbarpur Lok Sabha seat candidates. A large crowd cheered for the prime minister as he waved to them from his car. Modi visited the Gumati Gurdwara before starting his roadshow. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Kanpur candidate Ramesh Awasthi and Akbarpur candidate Devendra Singh. The roadshow started from gurdwara.

Uttar Pradesh development authorities record 175% surge in earnings

The sale of housing properties, including flats, generated almost 50 per cent of the earnings in Uttar Pradesh

BJP workers stage protest, demand fair trial into Kanpur road rage case

A group of BJP workers protested outside the office of the city police commissioner here demanding a free and fair investigation into the road rage incident involving a BJP corporator's husband and his aides, officials said on Thursday. The police on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 on the arrest of Ankit Shuka, the husband of BJP corporator Saumya Shukla, and his aides for allegedly thrashing medical equipment shop owner Amol Deep Bhatia near the City Club here on Sunday night. Police have formed 10 teams to nab five persons, including Ankit Shukla, and have been looking for the accused in Kanpur and neighbouring districts, an official said on Wednesday. Hours after the police announced the cash reward on the arrests, several BJP workers reached the office of Kanpur police commissioner on Wednesday evening and urged the police to lodge an FIR against Bhatia, Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Anand Prakash Tiwari said. The BJP leaders and workers demanded a

Panic grips as patients with viral diseases queue up at Kanpur's hospital

Although, the doctors said, these are seasonal flu, there is a situation of panic in the hospitals due to the sudden increase of patients with viral fever

Sec 144 imposed in Kanpur after gangster killed in Lucknow court firing

Gangster Sanjeev alias Jeeva was fatally shot inside the court premises after being brought in for a hearing

Air services from Kanpur to Delhi will begin soon: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said that air services from Kanpur to Delhi will begin soon. Speaking at the inauguration of the new terminal building of Kanpur Airport, the Union minister said, "We have announced 59 new routes and 122 new routes will be announced in the future. We have the vision to connect Kanpur with Pantnagar, Aligarh, Moradabad and Shravasti." There are currently 11 airports operating in the state, and 11 more airports will be started over the next three years. Uttar Pradesh will get 22 new airports altogether. Be it Chitrakoot, Moradabad, Jhansi, Ghazipur, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Saharanpur or Shravasti, airport facilities will be provided at all these places, Scinidia said. The terminal building will be 16 times bigger than the existing terminal at a project cost of Rs 150 crore and is equipped to handle 400 passengers during peak hours, as compared to 50 passengers earlier. The facade of the new terminal will depict the temple ...

1 dead, 35 injured as bus overturns on Uttar Pradesh national highway

A Kanpur-bound private bus from Ahmedabad carrying 45 passengers dashed into a divider and overturned on the Kanpur-Jhansi National Highway on Thursday morning leaving the conductor dead and 35 people injured, police said. Kalpi police circle officer Devendra Pachauri said the accident occurred near Sai Mandir under Kotwali Atta area. The deceased conductor has been identified as Babban (45). Some passengers with minor injuries were discharged after administering first aid at Community Health Centre in Kalpi while those seriously injured were sent to the district hospital, the police official added.

NGT seeks factual report over disappearance of 1095 ponds in Kanpur

The Tribunal also said that the committe to meet within two weeks and furnish its facts and actions are taken to report on the matter within two months

Fire ravages commercial towers in Kanpur, nearly 800 shops gutted

At least 800 shops were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in a multi-storey commercial building and quickly spread to adjacent towers in the Bansmandi area here early Friday, a senior official said. Despite the continuous efforts of fire officials of Kanpur and its nearby districts, the fire could not be doused even till late evening, officials said. Prime facie the fire broke out due to a short circuit following a massive dust storm. The blaze started at 2 am in AR Tower also known as Afaq Rasool Tower and spread to Maqsood, Humraz complex and Nafees towers charing about 800 shops located in these four towers, the official said, adding strong winds fanned the flames. "It has been over 20 hours since we started dousing off the fire. As many as 60 fire tenders have been pressed into operation and they have been refilled over 400 times altogether to put the fire out," said BP Jogdand police commissioner. According to the senior official, goods and cash worth about Rs 150 crore

'Guilty won't just be suspended but jailed': UP deputy CM on Kanpur deaths

Responding to the death of two women in a fire during a demolition drive in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Tuesday said the guilty won't be spared

Botched surgery: NHRC sends notice to UP govt after six patients lose sight

Reportedly, the patients were told that the eye surgeries were being done at a free camp but were charged Rs 1500 each

Uttar Pradesh: Dengue cases rise in Kanpur, 13 admitted to hospital

Earlier on Sunday, several parts of Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district reported an increase in dengue cases with 9 patients currently admitted to the dengue ward in the district hospital

Akhilesh slams UP govt over Kanpur accident, calls it result of bad roads

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday attacked the ruling BJP over road accidents in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that the Kanpur tragedy was a result of poor condition of roads in the state. In a statement issued from the SP headquarters on Sunday, Akhilesh alleged that the road accident victims are not getting even ambulances under the BJP government. He also alleged that the injured in the Kanpur incident, in which 26 people lost their lives, were taken to hospital on motorcycles. Akhilesh said that roads across UP are in shambles and are marred with deep potholes. "It is sad that the public is bearing the brunt of the failures of the BJP government," he said in the statement. "Lives are being lost and the government is uninformed, it is a matter of grave concern." On Saturday, 26 people died when a tractor-trolley full of passengers fell into a pond in ??Kanpur district. According to the statement, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister took immediate cognizance

26 killed, many injured as tractor-trolley falls into pond in UP's Kanpur

At least 26 people were killed and several critically injured when a tractor-trolley overturned and fell into a pond near a village in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, District Magistrate Vishak G Ayyar said. Most of the victims were women and children, the DM said, adding that the toll is likely to go up. The incident occurred in the evening near Bhadeuna village located within the Saar police station limits, a senior official said. Talking to PTI over the phone, Ayyar said the death toll has gone up to 26. The tractor-trolley, carrying about 50 people, was on its way to Ghatampur after the passengers attended a "mundan" ceremony at the Chandrika Devi temple in Fatehpur, the official said. He added that more than a dozen people were killed on the spot. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have expressed grief over the incident. "Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their near and

President Murmu condoles loss of lives in road accident in Kanpur

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said she was deeply anguished to hear about the loss of lives in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and offered condolences to the bereaved family members. She also wished speedy recovery to the injured. At least 22 people were killed and several critically injured when a tractor-trolley overturned and fell into a pond near a village in Kanpur district on Saturday, a senior official said. The incident occurred in the evening near Bhadeuna village located within the Saar police station limits, he added. "Deeply anguished by the news of the death of many people in a road accident in Kanpur. My deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in this accident. I wish the injured people a speedy recovery," Murmu tweeted in Hindi.

Kanpur hostel staffer held for filming obscene videos of girls, say police

Kanpur Police have taken into custody a sweeper of a girl's hostel for allegedly making obscene videos of some of the girls staying there, a senior official said Friday

Encephalitis outbreak reported in Kanpur; 30 medical students infected

Kanpur has reported an outbreak of acute necrotizing encephalitis (ANE)