A 20-year-old youth has accused a district hospital in Kanpur of conducting a sterilisation operation on him without his permission. The youth had visited the hospital on March 13 after suffering from urine infection. However, the hospital authorities have denied the charges although they are conducting an inquiry into the matter. ...
07:57 AM, Dec 08, 2012
A senior citizen has been arrested for allegedly molesting a lady teacher here, police said. The accused Suresh Agrawal was arrested yesterday on molestation charges, Kanpur DIG of Police, Amitabh Yash, said on Saturday, adding that protection will be given to the victim. ...
04:04 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Kanpur: Haleem Jubilee college in Kanpur has made wearing of burqas and scarves by girl students mandatory besides banning mobile phones. College management said that as cases of molestation had increased so they took these measures to ensure the safety of the girls. According to the management girls wearing scarves and burqas will be more secure. Elaborating on the decision to ban mobile phones, the management said that the use...
04:06 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Kanpur: A 17-year-old girl has alleged that she was gangraped by fifteen of her relatives, a charge denied by police. The girl, a resident of Shagunpur village in the district, has claimed that she was gangraped by fifteen of her relatives while she was alone at her home on Friday night. Police, however, have denied the girl's charge. Medical examination of the girl also does not prove rape, they said....
12:50 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Bhopal: One person is feared dead and more than dozen injured in a stampede in Salkanpur Temple in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. The stampede happened on Saturday morning. The incident took place when devotees returning from the temple, situated atop a mountain about 70km from Bhopal, slipped and fell, resulting in the death of two persons. Eyewitnesses said the stampede broke out when a woman and a girl fell...
09:22 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Kanpur: A day after a Congress MP threatened toll staff with a gun in Gujarat, a BJP youth leader was arrested on Saturday for allegedly shooting at a waiter in a Kanpur hotel because he had not been served food inside his car. Virat Bhadauria, vice president of the Uttar Pradesh youth wing of the BJP, along with his friends, had a heated exchange with the staff of a hotel...
09:53 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Kanpur: Over a dozen students of a government school in this Uttar Pradesh city were injured on Thursday when the roof of a class room caved in, police said. The condition of five of them is stated to be serious. The accident took place at the Government Junior High School in Collectorganj area in the afternoon when the school was in session. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanpur Amitabh Yash...
03:59 AM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: One person was killed and 13 others injured when a stampede broke out at a temple in Kanpur on Monday. The crowd of devotees had gathered to celebrate the Budhwa Mangal festival at the Hanuman temple of Panki, about 7 km from Kanpur, when the stampede happened. One eyewitness at the site complained of poor crowd control arrangements. The injured are presently being treated at hospital. The doors...
07:13 AM, Sep 25, 2012
Kanpur: The body of a 22-year-old engineering student was found along the railway tracks near Rajshree Nagar highway here, police said on Friday. Body of Rajat Sachan, a first-year engineering student at a private college here, was found along the Kanpur-Farukhabad track yesterday, they said. A resident of Raebareli district, Rajat had gone missing from his hostel on the night of September 20 and police suspect he committed suicide. Rajat's...
03:38 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Kanpur: Indranil Manna, renowned educator and a prolific researcher, has been appointed the new director of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K). Manna, who is currently holding the post of the director of Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, has been appointed as director of IIT-K for a period of five years on contract with effect from the date he assumes the charge or till he attains the age of 70...
12:03 AM, Sep 13, 2012
Kanpur: Salman Khan's fans here went on the rampage after a rumour broke that the actor was in town to shoot his new film 'Dabangg 2', forcing police to resort to baton charge and arrest six persons. The fans gathered around Bajaria police station here since afternoon hoping to catch a glimpse of the 46-year-old star, who plays a cop in the movie. But when told that the actor is...
06:23 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Kanpur: A woman allegedly threw acid on her mother's face following a family dispute in Chakeri area in Kanpur, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday when the two entered into a dispute over some property related matter after which the accused, in a fit of rage, threw acid on her mother's face, they said. The victim, who suffered serious burn injuries, has been admitted to a private...
05:56 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Kanpur: The engine of the Shramshakti Express derailed on Saturday morning in a yard near Kanpur station, disrupting train traffic on the Jhansi-Banda route. No passenger was injured in the derailment. The incident took place at 6 am when the train was coming to Kanpur from Delhi and halted at Juhi Yard just near the main station. As soon as the train started from Juhi Yard, the engine of the...
03:21 PM, Aug 18, 2012
New Delhi: The IIT Kanpur on Saturday accepted the new Joint Entrance Exam pattern proposed by the Human Resource Development Ministry, clearing the way to make changes in the reputed examination. Most of the members of the IIT Kanpur senate agreed to the latest prescribed pattern avoiding a confrontation on the issue. The confirmation of the exam pattern changes will be given at the academic senate meet on Sunday. ...
07:48 AM, Jul 29, 2012
Kanpur/New Delhi: IIT-Kanpur on Saturday decided to accept the common entrance based on percentile ranking as an "interim" measure only for 2013 and retain the existing eligibility condition for students who passed their board examination in 2012. For 2014 and onwards, it suggested constitution of a senate committee which will study all aspects of the admission process and arrive at recommendations. Further, it said the number of students to be...
08:39 PM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: IIT Bombay on Wednesday gave its nod to the common entrance for admission to the undergraduate programme from 2013 under a format which will admit students having top 20 percentile of their respective boards. The senate approved the IIT council's resolution regarding admission to the IITs based only on rank achieved in advance test subject to condition that selected candidates are in the top 20 percentile of successful...
10:03 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Shimla: Eight pilgrims, mostly from Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh, were killed and 42 others injured when the private bus in which they were travelling rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh, police said on Sunday. The pilgrims had returned from Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir, and were on a visit to prominent Hindu shrines of Himachal. The bus rolled into a 250-metre-deep gorge on the outskirts of Kangra town,...
10:21 AM, Jul 15, 2012
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old B Tech student from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi was arrested in Hyderabad by the cyber crime wing of the CID for allegedly posting obscene photographs of a girl from IIT-Kanpur on a public blog. The cyber police seized a mobile phone and a computer from the accused, Surender. The superintendent of police, cyber crime, U Rammohan Rao said they arrested Surender by tracking the Internet...
09:28 AM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: After weeks of uncertainty, the IIT admission row could be resolved on Wednesday. The IIT Council members will meet HRD ministry officials on Wednesday to try and resolve the issue. Two alternatives are on the table: -Letting only the top 20 percentile of each board appear for the advanced test. This would essentially be the entrance test for the IITs and will be under their control. -The other...
08:37 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will meet IIT directors tomorrow to resolve the common entrance exam row as the government proposal is being resisted by some of the IITs. Sibal will chair the meeting of the IIT council, the highest decision making body of these elite institutes comprising IIT directors and heads of other educational bodies, deliberating on a resolution adopted by the IIT Joint Admission Board(JAB) which met...
04:04 PM, Jun 26, 2012
