Scorching sun, power outages add to UP's 'summer misery'

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 22, 2012, Lucknow

The grueling heat wave that started in Uttar Pradesh a week ago shows no sign of abating with the mercury expected to touch 45 degrees Celsius at many places in the state on Tuesday.

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Woman commits suicide over husband's allegation of infidelity

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 22, 2012, Kanpur

Distraught over her husband's suspicion that she was cheating on him, a woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Babuparwa area in Kanpur, police said today.

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Jaiswal meets civil aviation minister for new airport

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 19, 2012, Kanpur

Union Coal minister and MP from Kanpur Sriprakash Jaiswal has met Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh on the matter of a new airport for the city.

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Death toll rises to 8 in Kanpur road mishap

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 19, 2012, Kanpur

The death toll in the collision between a jeep and truck at Bilhaur rose to 8 when a critically injured man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Kanpur.

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7 killed in road mishap in Kanpur

Press Trust of India | Friday May 18, 2012, Kanpur

Seven persons, including three women, were on Friday killed and nine others injured in a head-on collision between a jeep and truck in Bilhaur area in Kanpur, police said.

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Two arrested for betting on IPL matches

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 15, 2012, Kanpur

Two persons have been arrested from the Rail Bazaar area in Kanpur for allegedly betting on the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches.

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Body of missing 11-year-old found

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 15, 2012, Kanpur

The mutilated body of an 11-year-old boy, Gulshan, who had gone missing four days back, was recovered from a defunct brick kiln in the Jarkala village, police said. His body was recovered after the three abductors, arrested on Sunday through call surveillance, revealed that they had already murdered the child, police said.

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Union Coal Minister pitches for metro rail project in Kanpur

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 13, 2012, Kanpur

Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has written a letter to the railway ministry demanding setting up of a committee to develop metro rail in his constituency.

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Girl hangs self after poor result in exams

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 25, 2012, Kanpur

Monica (20) ended her life on Tuesday by hanging herself in her house in Bilhaur area of the district, they said.The deceased had lost her parents a few years ago and was living with her relative, police said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem and further probe into the matter is on.

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Five killed in Uttar Pradesh firecracker blasts

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 23, 2012, Lucknow

Five people, including three women and two children, were killed on Monday when stockpiled firecrackers exploded at two places in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Two women and two children were killed in Sandi area of Hardoi district, about 150 km from Lucknow, when a stockpile of crackers exploded on the first floor of a double-storey building due to "excessive heat", police said.

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