BJP workers took to the streets in Kanpur protesting against the Railway Minister. They also stopped number of trains in Kanpur and shouted slogans against Pawan Kumar Bansal and the Prime Minister, calling them thieves, and demanded their resignation.
BJP workers take out protests against Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in Kanpur. The Minister's kin was caught accepting bribe worth Rs 80 lakh in return for a plum post for a Railway Board member. The BJP has been vehemently demanding his resignation over...
Students of Kanpur's Krishi Vishwavidyalaya protested the cancellation of the registration of 14 students who hadn't paid the fees. The students went on a rampage and set the hostel warden's motorcycle on fire and threw stones at the Vice-Chancellor's car. The...
The triple murder case of a family in Kanpur has been solved with the help of a six-year-old boy. The boy revealed that the deceased 50-year-old woman Zenam was his mother and the two deceased men, Ibrahim and Riyaz, were his brothers. He also revealed that th...
The capital city of Bihar, Patna, like the other cities has been paralysed due to the nationwide trade union strike. The protesters took to the roads and the beat up people, and forced them to join the strike. The protesters in Patna set fire to tyres on the r...
Three people die as a building collapses in Kanpur due to heavy rains. It has been raining continuously since last evening and the Met Department has predicted more rainfall over the next few days.
In an unfortunate incident at a Kanpur Zoo, 31 black deer were found dead after a few dogs allegedly attacked them last night. A group of stray dogs entered the zoo through a broken wall. The deaths raises questions about the security of the Zoo. The authoriti...
It's the same story with the same ending, only the protagonists and setting is different. This is the story of two women, from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Alwar in Rajasthan, in which both of them harassed by men killed themselves. In Kanpur, a bride-to-be kil...
In the name of preventing eve-teasing and crimes against women, Kanpur has come up with measures that border on harassment. Cops in Kanpur have launched Operation Romeo against anyone offering over zealous and unwanted attention to women. The problem arising n...
After a college student Pawan Kumar lost his life after coming under a train, many students in Kanpur started protesting against his death by destroying public property and buses on roads. The protest came under control after the police lathi-charged them. The...
A lorry driver kills a bystander while escaping from the police in Kanpur on Wednesday. Angry locals then set fire to the truck and the police to use lathicharge to control the commotion.
Pioneer reality show director and Managing Director of Sai Baba Telefilms Gajendra Singh, was arrested on Thursday night after he did not attend a hearing in the Kanpur court, when a case for cheating was filed against him. The court has now issued a non-baila...
Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal is getting scorn poured on him in his hometown of Kanpur. BJP's Yuva Morcha carried out a procession with a banner depicting him as a groom, and Rakhi Sawant as the bride. But the moot point being why the BJP was insulting Rakh...
Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal's remark at a function in Kanpur that old marriages lack fun has send shockwaves across the nation. Women's activists have demanded an apology from the Union Minister. Jaiswal has so far been silent over the entire issue.
During festivals, amidst reports of a large number of devotees visiting temples, there have been numerous incidences of mishaps at such religious places. In order to be the first to receive blessings from the lord, incidents of stampedes have been reported, wh...
Why are people dying at places where they go to seek darshan for good health and prosperity? It was the early morning darshan time at Panki's famous Sankat Mochan temple near Kanpur. People had been gathering at the temple since early morning. But the huge cro...
A stampede occurred at a Hanuman temple in Panki, Kanpur today. A large number of devotees were standing in queue since last night, waiting for their turn, until a fight broke, in which over 12 people were reportedly injured and two were in critical stage. The...
One person has been reported dead and 12 injured in a stampede in a temple in Panki in Kanpur. The incident has occurred at the reputed Hanuman temple in Panki where devotees were thronging, waiting to get the gaits open. The chaos broke out as soon as the tem...
A stampede occurred at a temple in Panki, Kanpur today. A large number of devotees were standing in queue since last night, waiting for their turn, until a fight took place in which over 12 people are reported to have been injured and four are said to be in a...
Salman Khan was in Mumbai, but in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, it was a near riot situation as his fans got beaten up by the police right, left, and centre. These fans had gathered at a location in Kanpur after rumours floated around that Salman Khan was in town. T...
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested in Mumbai on charges of sedition for his controversial cartoon, has decided not apply for bail. Trivedi has also refused to seek the help of any lawyer. The Arvind Kejriwal-led 'India Against Corruption' movement has ...
It started with the great Indian pastime of listening to rumours. A newspaper in Kanpur had published that Salman Khan was shooting in their city for 'Dabangg 2'. So hundreds gathered around hoping to see Salman Khan. Despite police officials announcing that t...
The 'coalgate' war has now hit the streets. BJP workers have organized a protest outside the residence of Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal in Kanpur which turned violent. Police was forced to resort to lathicharge to disperse the rioting crowd.
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Shramshakti Express' engine derails near Kanpur this morning. There is no report of casualties; passengers are reported to be safe. Train traffic is disrupted. The train was heading to Kanpur from Delhi.
Mayawati's statue in Lucknow has been decapitated, allegedly by a little-known group called the Navnirman Sena. The BSP workers are up in arms and have taken to the streets protesting the damage to the statue. However, BSP supremo Mayawati has called for calm,...
One of the last surviving links to Subash Chandra Bose and his Azad Hind Fauj, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, passed away in hospital. She was 97. She was a doctor, joined Netaji in Singapore, was part of the Rani of Jhansi regiment of the Azad Hind Fauj, ran a clini...
Azad Hind Fauj. She was 97. She was Asia's first woman colonel, set up a free hospital in Kanpur, and also fought the Presidential election. She has donated her body for medical research.
Six youth drown in the Yamuna after attempting to cross the river on foot. Meanwhile, another case of medical negligence comes to light as pharmacists are caught on camera administering injections to patients in a government hospital. A woman dies in an accide...
The IIT council announces a new entrance exam format wherein top 20 percentile students will qualify to take the IIT exam. The new format would be implemented from 2013. The Government had earlier proposed a 'one nation one test' format that was rejected by se...
The IIT council and the Government reach an agreement for a new exam format that will be implemented from 2013. Students scoring in the top 20% of board exams will take the main or multiple choice exams. 50,000 will take the advanced test conducted by the IITs...
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal skips the crucial IIT Directors' meet today but the IITs and Sibal seem to have come to a consensus over the entrance exams. According to the latest compromise, 20 percentile from every board will qualify for the advanced test which wi...
Following a crucial meeting of the IIT council, the institutions seemed to have worked out a compromise formuia with the Government. The details of the examination format will be revealed later in a press conference. With this, the standoff between HRD Ministe...
Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal skips the crucial meeting with the IIT council to discuss the 'one nation one entrance' exam format. He allegedly wants the council to sort out matters by itself and send out a message that the Government is not trying to interfe...
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is scheduled to meet the IIT directors for a consensus on the one nation, one exam scheme. While some of the IITs initially opposed Sibal's idea of a common entrance exam, a consensus is expected to be arrived at today.
IIT directors call a crucial emergency meeting to discuss HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's 'one nation one entrance' scheme. This meeting has been called after Kapil Sibal began garnering support from IIT alumni and after he announced a special meeting with IIT dire...
A crucial meeting of all IIT directors is scheduled to happen on June 23 to discuss Kapil Sibal's 'one nation one test' examination format. While the IITs in Delhi and Kanpur have openly rebelled, will the others follow suit?
IIT Delhi decides to go the Kanpur way and hold their own entrance exam in place of Kapil Sibal's 'one nation one exam' scheme. Now that two IITs have decided to hold their ground there is talk that the other IITs may follow suit.
Newsnight | Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has a new scheme to persuade IIT Faculty to go in favour of his one entrance policy. He plans to rope in former IITians who have excelled in public life to support the one test formula. Will it not be Ministry vs IITs...
Deadlock over IIT entrance comes to an end as HRD Minister Kapil Sibal comes out with a compromise formula where a common exam will screen 50,000 students who will take up the IIT advanced test. The 20 percentile of the board will decide the eligibility for II...
The common entrance for IITs controversy has now reached the Prime Minister. The IIT Faculty Federation meet the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a roll back on the common entrance decision by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal. They demand that the IITs be given...
The HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, unfazed by the criticism of his 'one nation one entrance' proposal, rules out a rollback of any sort. While IITs in Guwahati, Madras, Rourkee, and Kharagpur support the decision, IIT Delhi and Kanpur decide to file a PIL against ...
Newshour | IITs stand divided over the 'one country one test' proposal by Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal. IIT Kanpur and Delhi are totally against the idea while other IITs are not completely opposed to the idea and even support it. While the premiere engineer...
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal's ambitious one nation-one test proposal for a common engineering entrance test hit another roadblock with IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur deciding to file a PIL in court.
IIT Delhi Alumni Association is to meet to decide the strategy after they announced that IIT Delhi is likely to follow IIT Kanpur in defying the HRD ministry that had announced the new format of a joint entrance test. IIT Kanpur had said that it will hold its ...
IIT Delhi Alumni Association says IIT Delhi is likely to follow IIT Kanpur. Defying the HRD ministry that had announced the new format of a joint entrance test, IIT Kanpur had said that it will hold its own entrance exam from 2013, calling Kapil Sibal's move i...
IIT Senate member Professor AK Chaturvedi says IIT is open to a constructive dialogue on the joint entrance test issue. The statement comes after IIT Kanpur defied the HRD ministry saying it will hold its own entrance exam from 2013. The HRD ministry had annou...
Defying the HRD ministry that had announced the new format of a joint entrance test, IIT Kanpur says it will hold its own entrance exam from 2013, calling Kapil Sibal's move impractical and ill-conceived. However, the HRD Ministry has struck back implicating i...
According to sources, the HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, is not very happy with IIT Kanpur's decision of conducting its own entrance exams. The Minister is also known to have said that IIT Kanpur is isolated in its revolt and that it does not have the support of o...
IIT Kanpur openly rejects Kapil Sibal's Joint Entrance Exam and says that it will conduct its own entrance test. The HRD Minister however shoots back by saying that a separate examination will not find any takers.
Almost a month after the HRD ministry announced the new format of a joint entrance test, IIT Kanpur says it will hold its own entrance exam from 2013, calling Kapil Sibal's move impractical and ill-conceived. However, the HRD Ministry has struck back implicati...
IIT Kanpur defies the Centre's decision of holding a Joint Entrance Exam for engineering courses stating that the decision was 'impractical and ill-conceived'. The institution also decided to conduct its own entrance examination from 2013.
IIT Kanpur defies the Centre's decision of holding a Joint Entrance Exam for engineering courses stating that the decision was 'impractical and inconceived'. The institution also decided to conduct its own entrance examination from 2013.
A fresh FIR has been filed against UP family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha in the NRHM scam. FIRs against Mishra, Shukla and other CMOs were also filed.
In lieu of the NRHM case and Dr. Vinod Arya's murder case, the CBI today conducted raids at the residential premises of former UP health minister Anant Mishra in Lucknow.
CBI carries out raids in the residences of former Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Anant Mishra in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam.
The sexual exploitation case in which Kanpur DSP Amarjeet Shahi is involved, took a dramatic turn when the victim stated that the cop had prepared an obscene CD and was blackmailing her.
An FIR has been filed against Rahul Gandhi in Kanpur for violating EC's Model Code of conduct, a turf battle is raging on the NCTC issue, and more news.
The Kanpur district administration lodged an FIR against Rahul Gandhi, for violating the Model Code of conduct by extending the Amethi roadshow beyond permitted time.
BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy criticised Congress leaders for repeatedly defying the Model Code of conduct and challenging the authority of the EC during the UP poll campaign.
Vijay Mallya says giving up Kingfisher Airlines is not an option though it is crumbling from within. Ricky Ponting retires from one-day international cricket, and other news.