Kanpur: In a country where bunking classes is common, a 17-year-old Muslim boy stands out in stark contrast. He has not missed a single class in 14 years of school life. Meet Mohammed Omar, student of St Aloysius School who took his Class 12 exam last month. Teachers say Omar has not been absent even a single day. Omar said that he did not do this intentionally initially but was...
10:19 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Kanpur: An Uttar Pradesh Police officer who was shot at along with a constable inside a police station in Kanpur by a drunken youth succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Friday, police said. Sub-Inspector Devendra Singh who was critically wounded in the incident at Naubasta police station, where he was the station officer, died at Regency Hospital, Amitabh Yash, deputy inspector general, Kanpur, said. He said as per departmental...
01:54 PM, Mar 30, 2012
Kanpur: The 17-year-old class XI student, who was raped in Kanpur by a friend and two others after being given cold drink laced with sedatives, attempted suicide but was saved by doctors, police said on Sunday. Unable to bear the trauma of being gangraped, the girl attempted suicide late last night by consuming poison, but was rushed to a nearby medical college where doctors saved her, DSP Jay Narayan Singh...
12:20 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Kanpur: A 17-year-old girl studying in class XI was on Saturday gangraped in a hotel by her friend and two others after one of them offered her cold drink laced with sedatives, police said. The girl was offered the laced drink by her friend Rajeev on Saturday afternoon when he took her for a drive, they said. When she lost consciousness, Rajeev and his friends took her to a hotel...
11:49 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Kanpur: In another question mark on the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh under Samajwadi Party rule, there are reports of fresh violence erupting in Kanpur. The police had to resort to lathi charge after a Samajwadi Party worker allegedly killed a man. Clashes broke out between two groups after the Samajwadi Party worker, Prashant Tiwari, who owns a dhaba, beat up a truck driver who refused to pay...
06:02 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday defended Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi over the controversy surrounding his roadshow in Kanpur as part of the campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The Congress leader said that the party was earlier given the permission to hold the roadshow, which was withdrawn in the last minute. He said, "The permission was given to us on February 17. It was withdrawn...
01:26 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday defended Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi over the controversy surrounding his roadshow in Kanpur as part of the campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The Congress leader said that the party was earlier given the permission to hold the roadshow, which was withdrawn in the last minute. He said, "The permission was given to us on February 17. It was withdrawn...
01:26 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Kanpur: An FIR has been filed against Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for alleged model code of conduct violation by not taking up the route it had prescribed to the leader for his road campaign in Kanpur. The case has been filed in Kanpur for violating Section 144. Kanpur District Magistrate Hari Om on Monday said that Rahul stuck to his route, despite having been assigned an alternative route by...
08:59 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Kanpur: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday invited the Election Commission's wrath by not taking up the route it had prescribed to the leader for his road campaign in Kanpur. Kanpur District Magistrate Hari Om said that Rahul stuck to his route, despite having been assigned an alternative route by the EC. "We had allotted a separate route for Rahul's roadshow considering he would have faced traffic," the official...
05:13 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Kanpur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday kicked off the Congress campaign from Kanpur on Friday. Addressing the crowds, he said, "We have sent funds under various national schemes to Uttar Pradesh. Rs 24000 crore have been given to Uttar Pradesh government for roads alone. However, none of it has trickled down to the common man." He added, "The Congress will win UP elections. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will...
03:16 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: All eyes will be on Kanpur on Friday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP leader LK Advani and BSP chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati launch their campaigns there. Singh will be addressing a rally at the Moti Jheel grounds in the afternoon. The city has proved lucky for Singh twice - in the General Elections of 2004 and 2009. He is also expected to be in...
07:50 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Kanpur: The local administration is scurrying to put up the paraphernalia for two high profile election rallies by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in Kanpur on Friday. Officials hope that the events on Friday would go on smoothly without any hiccups. Top leaders like SP's Mulayam Singh Yadav, BJP's Sushma Swaraj, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit and several other local leaders visited the city for campaigning...
03:56 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested IIM Lucknow student Rahul Verma, who has been charged with the murder of fashion designer Adesh Vajpayee. Rahul was produced in court on Wednesday and has been sent to a three-day custody. Rahul has been charged with the murder of his friend Adesh Vajpayee. The incident occurred in 2010 in IIT Kanpur. Rahul was a student of IIT Kanpur...
06:17 PM, Jan 25, 2012
It's not just speeches and poll promises, cash too is playing a role in UP polls. The UP Police have seized Rs 1.54 crores worth of unaccounted cash in Kanpur while searching a vehicle on Monday. Over Rs 28 crores have been recovered so far. The Election Commission has been on a high alert checking for money and liquor and its possible misuse during the elections. ...
02:26 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Lucknow: Cold wave conditions and dense fog continued unabated claiming 13 more lives in Uttar Pradesh today even as parts of the state witnessed bright sunshine. The state-wide death toll owing to the cold now stands at 74. As many as six people died in Deoria, four in Bareilly, two in Lucknow and one in Ghazipur in the past 24 hours due to the chill, officials said. Kanpur city with...
07:15 PM, Dec 22, 2011
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
