Kanpur: Democracy was restored finally after a long gap of 25 years in Bikru village, which gained notoriety for the brutal massacre of eight policemen, including a deputy SP, in July last year by the dreaded ganglord Vikas Dubey and his henchmen.
Dubey, who was later arrested and killed in an encounter, used his muscle and gun power to terrorise the villagers and had hijacked the entire electoral process.
The people of Brahmin-dominated Bikru village, which saw candidates picked by Dubey getting elected election after election, finally got to exercise their franchise and have elected a Dalit woman Madhu as their village head.
Kanpur: Technology helped reunite three missing kids hailing from Nepal with their parents.
The Govind Nagar police with the help of Google Maps rescued and handed three minor girls hailing from Nepal to their parents on Thursday. The girls were rescued from near Dadanagar rail tracks on Tuesday. Two of them were stated to be sisters.
According to police, police out-post in-charge Dada Nagar on Tuesday got suspicious when he spotted three minor girls loitering near rail tracks. They were subsequently brought to the Govind Nagar police station for questioning where they revealed that they belonged to Singhraha Hadauna, a place in Kapilvastu district of Nepal.
Jhansi: As per the WHO survey data of Jhansi district released by the administration on Sunday, men are twice susceptible of coronavirus infection in the district.
Out of total 10,867 Covid-19 positive cases detected, 68% cases (7,405) are men while 32% cases (3462) are of women. Of these, maximum cases have been reported in age group of 21-30 years, 24% of the entire lot.
On the other hand, of 174 deceased so far maximum are from the age group of 51-70 years. So far only 2% have been tested positive of 698,454 persons tested so far.
As per the reports, 74.4% of total 11,795 registered health workers have and 60.5 % of the total 14,698 registered frontline workers have received both the jabs of the vaccine while only 2.8 % of total 34,116 citizens registered have received both the doses of the vaccine.
Updated Mar 15, 2021 | 16:35 IST
The local community health centre doctors have referred the man to a higher medical facility in Kanpur city after his condition worsened. A man chopped off his tongue in UP s Kanpur Dehat [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
The man was upset over frequent arguments with his wife.
The man s wife went to her parents home a few days ago, after an argument with him.
His family members took him to a nearby medical facility for treatment.
Kanpur: In a bizarre incident, a 27-year-old man allegedly cut off his tongue in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, as he was extremely upset over frequent fights with his 24-year-old wife.
Police personnel try to control the situation after villagers blocked the highway
KANPUR: A rape survivor’s father was crushed to death by a speeding truck on Kanpur-Sagar highway, just metres away from Ghatampur community health centre, where his 13-year-old daughter was undergoing medical examination for sexual assault early Wednesday.
It all happened in front of policemen escorting the man and his daughter, who was allegedly gang-raped by two youths, including a policeman s son late Monday.
After the man lay sprawled in blood on the highway, police swiftly took him to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, Kanpur, where doctors declared him dead.