Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | An inquiry has been ordered after an audio clip went viral on social media in which a police official is heard threatening a trader that he will be ‘sent to Pakistan’. The audio clip purportedly features a conversation between a UP policeman and a trader in which the sub-inspector is heard telling […]
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Kanpur violence: UP Police releases posters of rioters
Kanpur | The Uttar Pradesh Police have released a poster with photographs of 40 persons who were caught on camera pelting stones and participating in the violence that erupted in Kanpur on Friday. A WhatsApp number has been provided for the people to inform the police if they have any information about the alleged miscreants. […]
Communal flare-up in Kanpur, 17 held
Kanpur | A communal clash broke out in Kanpur on Friday after members of one community started forcing closure of shops in the Beconganj area after the Friday prayers. The members had announced closure of the market in protest against BJP spokesman Nupur Sharma’s purported derogatory remarks on Prophet Mohammad. After Friday prayers, members of […]
78-yr-old woman accuses husband, 82, of dowry harassment
Kanpur (UP) | In a seemingly shocking incident, a 78-year-old woman has accused her 82-year-old husband of harassing her for dowry. The woman also accused her husband of beating her up and throwing her out of the house. The incident has been reported from Chakeri area of the city. Acting on her complaint, police have registered […]
6 dead after electric bus runs over bystanders in Kanpur
Kanpur | At least six people were killed and several others injured after an electric bus lost control and mowed down several bystanders near the Tat Mill crossroad in Kanpur in the intervening night of Sunday/Monday, police said. The police said that a group of 15 people were at the site where the accident took place. […]
Battle for UP: Samajwadi Party offers ticket to Khushi Dubey’s mother
Kanpur (UP) | In what could be a game changer, the Samajwadi Party has offered a ticket to contest elections to Gayatri Tiwari, mother of jailed Khushi Dubey, the minor widow of the Bikru incident in which eight policemen were massacred in July 2020. Gayatri Tiwari, mother-in-law of slain Amar Dubey, the right hand of gangster […]
5 SP workers held for attempting to disrupt PM visit to Kanpur
Kanpur (UP) | Five Samajwadi Party workers have been arrested in connection with the Tuesday’s violence in Kanpur. According to an FIR, one SP worker, identified as Sachin Kesarwani has been arrested. Sachin Kesarwani is a worker of the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha. The others arrested include Ankur Patel, Nikesh Kumar, Shukant Sharma and Abhishek Rawat. […]
I-T raid at premises of two UP businessmen, tax evasion to tune of Rs 150 crore found
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | Tax evasion worth crores of rupees has been detected during Income Tax raids on two businessmen in the city. The I-T raid was underway at the house, factory, office, cold store and petrol pump of perfume trader Piyush Jain in Kanpur, Kannauj, Mumbai and Gujarat. Along with the I-T raid, on specific […]
30 more Zika virus cases found in UP’s Kanpur, tally reaches 66
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | Thirty more Zika cases have been reported in Kanpur district, taking the tally to 66. The 30 new cases have been reported from the tests conducted at the virology lab of the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow and National Institute of Virology in Pune. This is the highest single-day […]
Man helps wife get married to her boyfriend in UP
Kanpur (UP) | In what seems to be a perfect replay of the 1999 blockbuster ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, a man in Kanpur who was married five months ago, helped his wife to reunite with her boyfriend. But the only deviation from the movie plot was that the woman chose to go with her […]