Tag: Kanpur
If IITs Had More Dalit Professors, Would Aniket Ambhore Be Alive?
In March 2012, Sanjay and Sunita Ambhore, parents of Aniket Ambhore, 19, a first-year electrical engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B), received a letter informing them that their son -- admitted in the Scheduled Caste (SC) quota -- had failed two courses.....
Kanpur Train Derailment Likely To Be Transferred To NIA
The Home Ministry is likely to hand over the Kanpur train derailment case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday, sources said.....
50 Feared Trapped In Kanpur Building Collapse
At least 50 persons, including women and children, are feared trapped under the debris of an under-construction building that collapsed here on Wednesday, police said. ....
Winter Chill On Its Way Out In UP
The winter chill is finally on its way out in Uttar Pradesh as in the last 24-hours, the mercury has risen significantly, the weather office said on Friday morning.....
BJP Sweeps Legislative Council Polls In UP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received a major boost in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Saturday when it won legislative council elections in three seats.....
Maha Shivratri Celebrated Across Uttar Pradesh
Maha Shivratri was celebrated on Friday in Uttar Pradesh, with hundreds of thousands thronging Shiva temples across the sprawling state.....
Congress To PM: Apologise For 'lying' Over Kanpur Train Tragedy
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing the Kanpur train accident "a conspiracy against India" and the DG-Railways (Gopal Gupta) ruling out any sabotage, the Congress on Wednesday demanded an apology from the PM over contradictory statements.....
Slain Suspected Terror Operative Was Self Radicalised, No IS Link: Police
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said the youth killed in an anti-terror operation here on Wednesday morning and his five arrested associates were "self radicalised" and were trying to build an Islamic State Khorasan module in the city.....
Many Memorable Firsts In 2017 UP Assembly Elections
The long, staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, whose results are to be announced on March 11, would be remembered for innumerable reasons. While, like most similar tests at the hustings, this one too had its share of the avoidable -- be it use of words like KaSaB, gadha (ass) or below the belt jibes against political opponents, there were many firsts in the staggered, seven-phased polls spread over a month of voting.....
Kanpur Building Collapses, Two Dozen Trapped
At least two dozen people are feared trapped after a cold storage building collapsed in Kanpur district on Wednesday, police said.....
