Denied leave, trooper kills senior in Uttar PradeshOctober 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A paramilitary trooper shot dead his senior after a brawl early Friday morning in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said. The sepoy of the Defence Services Corps (DSC) killed his senior around 3 a.m.
Uttar Pradesh boy kidnapped, found hours laterOctober 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A seven-year-old old boy was kidnapped early Friday from Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district and was found hours later in the afternoon outside a mall in Kanpur city, police said. Piyush Kumar was waiting for his school bus at 7 a.m.
Junior cricketer shot dead in Uttar PradeshOctober 9th, 2009 MEERUT - An under-19 cricketer Gangandeep was shot dead by unknown assailants in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. Gagandeep was shot when he tried to nab one of four youths who had attacked a man in Lal Kurti locality of Meerut late Friday.
Four killed in Kanpur building collapseSeptember 29th, 2009 KANPUR - Four persons were killed and seven others injured when a three-storey building collapsed here on Tuesday. As per initial reports, two to three persons are still feared trapped under the debris.
Kasab's effigy to be burnt in Indore and KanpurSeptember 28th, 2009 INDORE / KANPUR - Locals in Indore will burn an effigy Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving attacker of last November's terror strike on Mumbai instead of an effigy of demon king Ravana during the Dussehra festival on Monday. Dussehra marks the triumph of good over evil.
Two held for molesting Australian woman in Uttar PradeshSeptember 26th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two men were arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a 37-year-old Australian woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said. The incident took place Saturday in the Collectorganj locality in Kanpur when the woman with her husband was going to meet their friends in the locality, police added.
Student shot dead by classmates in Uttar PradeshSeptember 17th, 2009 AGRA - A management student was Friday shot dead, allegedly by his classmates, in Loha Mandi locality here, police said. The incident took place around 1 a.m.
Four arrested for woman professor's murderSeptember 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh police Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman professor, in a Kanpur university campus, with the arrest of four people. Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University, was shot dead on the campus Monday evening.
Farm university professor shot dead on campusSeptember 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An assistant professor of the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University in Kanpur was shot dead on the campus Monday evening, police said. Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor in the CSAAU, was shot from close range by two motorcycle-borne assailants.
Deer die in mysterious circumstances in Kanpur ZooSeptember 13th, 2009 KANPUR - At least 13 deer and a stag were found dead under mysterious circumstances in zoological park here on Saturday. Their sudden death has created an uproar in the city.
14 deer die mysteriously in Kanpur zooSeptember 12th, 2009 KANPUR - Panic prevailed at the zoo following the mysterious death of 13 spotted and one swamp deer Saturday. There was neither any sign of injury nor could the post-mortem carried out by a team of expert vets reveal the cause of death.
Priest, wife arrested with four human skullsJuly 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A priest and his wife have been arrested after four human skulls were found in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, the police said Friday. The skulls were recovered from the roof of the Kabir temple in the Vijaynagar locality in Kanpur, about 80 km from Lucknow.
Kanpur hospital employee held for molesting French touristJune 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An employee of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur town was arrested Monday for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old French tourist, police said. "The employee with the Hailet hospital in Kanpur district molested the French girl, whose fiance is undergoing treatment for diarrhoea in the hospital," Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Kanpur H.R.
Wesleyan U in Connecticut says student fatally shot at nearby bookstoreMay 6th, 2009 Connecticut college says student fatally shotMIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan University officials say a student shot at a bookstore near campus has died.
Denied campus placement, IIT-Kanpur student commits suicideJanuary 2nd, 2009 KANPUR - Apparently depressed over the denial of a campus placement, a 26-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) committed suicide Saturday, police and institute officials said. 'G. Suman, a final year student of M.Tech, was found hanging inside his hostel room,' director IIT-K Sanjay Dhande told IANS.