Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): An army officer, in the rank of Colonel, posted at the Central Ordnance Depot (COD) in Kanpur, allegedly raped his friend’s Russian wife at the officer’s mess in the Cantt area after sedating the husband. The incident took place on December 10, but came to light when an FIR was lodged against the […]
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Kanpur emerges as key centre for Covid vaccine trials
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Kanpur, which has witnessed a high virus load in the pandemic, is now emerging as a key centre for the trials of Covid-19 vaccines, being manufactured by various companies. After successful human trials of two vaccines, one developed by Bharat Biotech and the other Russian Sputnik, the third vaccine — Zydus Cadilla’s vaccine […]
Minor gang-raped thrice by Facebook friend, three others in Kanpur
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped thrice within a span of a few hours by her boyfriend and his three friends in Chakeri area in Kanpur. The incident took place on Saturday, but came to light when the girl returned home and narrated her ordeal to her parents the next day. The police […]
Kanpur man returns from Pakistan after 28 years
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): When Shamsuddin returned home after 28 years, it took time for emotions to burst out. And when they did, there was no stopping. As tears rolled down his weather-beaten cheeks, the years of torture, torment and suffering melted away. Shamsuddin returned to his home in Kanpur, late on Sunday night, after spending 28 […]
UP girl child’s body found with organs missing
Kanpur: In a ghastly incident, the butchered body of a six-year-old girl was found in an Uttar Pradesh village in Kanpur on Sunday. Several vital organs of the child were missing pointing fingers at possible occult practice. Police fear animal attack. According to reports, the girl had gone out of her home in Bhadras village on […]
Minor rapes woman, uploads video on social media
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): A 17-year-old boy allegedly raped a woman in her thirties and made a video of the act which he posted on the social media. The victim’s in-laws saw the video and threw her out of the house. “A 17-year-old boy, hailing from a locality in Sadar police circle limits, had allegedly raped a […]
A temple where Ravan is worshipped on Dusshera
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Even as the rest of India prepares to burn effigies of Ravan as a symbolic victory of good over evil, devotees are quietly lining up outside a nondescript temple in Kanpur. This temple that opens its door for devotees only for one day in a year — Dussehra — is dedicated to the […]
UP’s Kanpur gets its own ‘Spiderman’
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Kanpur that has lately been in the news for all the wrong reasons, including the Bikru massacre of eight policemen, now has something to smile about. The industrial city has found its own ‘Spiderman’. A seven-year-old boy, Yasharth Singh Gaur, is climbing walls like Spiderman, without any support. The boy, a student of […]
Same sex-marriage triggers uproar in UP
Fatehpur: A same-sex marriage in Uttar Pradesh has landed the couple in a soup, forcing them to seek police protection. While one of the girls hails from Fatehpur, the other is from Kanpur. The couple got married last week. Komal from Fatehpur is the ‘wife’ to Kanpur’s Poonam. Komal and Poonam, on Monday, reached the […]
Man goes missing, returns to find he is ‘dead and buried’
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): When Ahmad Hassan quarrelled with his wife Nagma a week ago and went missing for a few days thereafter, little did the couple or their family know they would soon be faced with a mystery over an unidentified body. On August 2, Ahmad Hassan of Colonelganj area of Kanpur went missing after […]