New Delhi: A group of hooligans kidnapped a junior school teacher and threw acid on her in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. She was dumped in a car near her place when her family found her and registered an FIR at the Burra police station. She was immediately taken to the local hospital an her condition is still critical. No arrests have been made so far. ...
10:56 AM, Nov 27, 2011
New Delhi: The successful launch of Jugnu, a loaf-sized nano satellite designed by IIT-Kanpur, on October 12 marks a watershed in Indian space technology for miniaturisation and an indigenously designed ejection system that ends dependence on imports. Jugnu, placed into orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C18 (PSLV-C18) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), miniaturises communication capabilities, power source and a control system, comprising the basic functions of...
05:31 PM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched four big satellites on Wednesday from theSatish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Two of the satellites have been made by the students of IIT Kanpur and SRM University. Guruditya Sinha, Student, SRM-SAT Project, said, "The main objective is to measure carbon dioxide and water vapour in the cities above India. To check how much Indian cities are contributing to climate change."...
08:42 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Kanpur: IIT-Kanpur's indigenously built nano satellite Jugnu is likely to be launched by the end of September from Sriharikota, an official of the institute said on Monday. ISRO scientists have given the green signal to the engineering model, while the flight model is being assembled in Banglore, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kashalkar said. Over 62 students and faculty members of the institute worked hard to built Jugnu weighing 3 kg, he...
03:28 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: The engine and three bogies of the Kanpur-Shikohabad passenger train derailed on Wednesday morning at the Sarai Bhupat station. No casualties have been reported so far. Initial reports suggest the derailment could have been caused by a crack on one of the rail tracks. Railway authorities say traffic on the route will not get affected much. However, a few trains on the route have been delayed. The Howrah-Delhi...
08:48 AM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: An Air India flight skidded while landing on the Kanpur airport at 12:50 pm on Wednesday. The flight IC 9801 from Delhi to Kolkata via Kanpur skidded as there was heavy rains in the city. The runway was reportedly wet which may have been the cause for the plane to skid. All 59 passengers plus crew members are reported to be are safe and have de-boarded the flight....
01:56 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Kanpur: It has been three days since the Howrah-Kalka Mail tragedy and still many injured passengers remain unidentified. One such victim is a man, approximately 30-years-old, who was brought to Hallet Hospital in Kanpur in an unconscious state. Soon after he was admitted, he slipped into a coma. "He has suffered severe head injuries, because of which his breathing isn't constant and that's why we had to put him on...
07:36 AM, Jul 13, 2011
Lucknow: About 60 kms from UP's glittering capital Lucknow is - Vishnupur village - one of the many centers where the State's famous chikan embroidery is produced. As the sun sets in the village, homes light up the way they would have 60 years ago. A picture that stitches together the story of India's powerless villages. There are 13 hours of scheduled power cuts - as compared to two-four hours ...
08:48 AM, Jun 01, 2011
New Delhi: The results of the IIT Joint Entrance Examination will be declared on Wednesday. Over 4 lakh candidates had appeared for the examination in over a 1000 centres across India this year. IIT Kanpur, the nodal agency conducting the exams this year has declared that all candidates will get full marks for two questions that had an error in the mathematics paper. The institute has also decided to withhold...
09:23 AM, May 25, 2011
Karnit was kidnapped from his apartment complex allegedly by a worker employed at a bakery near his residence. ...
09:17 PM, Apr 20, 2011
CNN-IBN speaks to Karnit's uncle Devang Mehta, after Karnit was rescued from Kanpur. ...
08:56 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Kanpur: Over 4.85 aspirants will appear for IIT-JEE, to be held at 1,051 centres in 131 cities across the country on Sunday. "A total of 4,85,262 candidates will fight it out for roughly 10,000 seats in 16 IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad," IIT-K director SG Dhande said. This year IIT-K is the conducting body of the entrance test, the result of which will be out on May...
08:50 AM, Apr 10, 2011
Kanpur: The Dalit girl from Fatehpur who was maimed for resisting a rape attempt may have to live with the trauma of 'permanent hearing loss' and a 'disfigured face'. "The perpetrators crossed all limits of humanity when they brutally chopped off her right ear. The savage attack has dislocated her right ear bone. Similarly a finger of her right hand too is severed," said Dr Anand Swaroop, in-charge of Hallet...
02:09 PM, Feb 08, 2011
New Delhi: Cold wave in north India has thrown rail traffic off-track with three trains – Swaraj Express, Udayan Abha Toofan Express and Purshottam Express – have being cancelled and 20 delayed. Two flights have also been delayed due to the fog. In Kanpur, residents have taken to the streets to demand relief measures from the state government as a cold wave sweeps across the region. Residents not equipped with...
09:09 AM, Jan 11, 2011
Kanpur: The parents of an ill teenager in Kanpur have asked a local court to permit them to sell their kidneys so that they can raise the money needed for his treatment. Anuj Behl, 14, has aplastic anemia - a disorder in which the body does not produce new blood cells. He needs a bone marrow transplant - that and other medical attention that he needs could cost up to...
08:51 PM, Nov 11, 2010
Ajmer: A village in Ajmer is getting all set for its e-date with US President Barack Obama . The hamlet of Kanpura 25 kilometers off Ajmer will show the world's most powerful leader how e-governance is changing the lives of the people in the village on a video conference. The excitement is palpable in Kanpura. Though it's just a dry run for the D-DAY but all are set to have...
08:35 AM, Nov 07, 2010
Kanpur: Three people have been killed and some others injured in an explosion in one of the staff quarters of a community health center in Kanpur. The explosion took place inside the health centre, which is at 12 Sirohi Road of Kanpur at around 2 PM. Uttar Pradesh ADGP Brij Lal said that the explosion was caused by fire crackers, which were being manufactured in one of the houses at...
03:57 PM, Oct 28, 2010
A 10-year-old girl was raped and murdered at the Gyan Sthali School in the city on September 27. ...
11:54 AM, Oct 24, 2010
Kanpur: At least 10 people were injured when police resorted to baton charge after locals in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Wednesday staged demonstrations demanding closure of a school where one student Divya recently died after alleged sexual assault. Divya's family along with other protesters are demanding the arrest of the school manager's son Piyush Verma who they alleged raped 12-year-old Divya, a Class Six student on 27th of September. Divya,...
05:38 PM, Oct 13, 2010
New Delhi: Hours after CNN-IBN exposed how VIP security protocol allegedly took the life of a 10-year-old child, the DGP of Uttar Pradesh has instructed the DIG of Kanpur to set up an enquiry into the matter. Public outrage is growing over the death of 10-yr-old Aman. His family says they couldn't get him to the hospital on time because the police had blocked traffic during the prime minister's visit...
11:06 AM, Jul 10, 2010
