In a corner of Kanpur, a jumbo problem

Thursday 19 November '09

A 55-year-old blind female elephant, injured and too weak to stand, was found in Double Pulia area under Kakadeo police station of Kanpur on Monday evening.

Bajpai case: No headway, fresh probe ordered

Tuesday 17 November '09

Fifteen months after Mumbai-based fashion designer Aadesh Bajpai went missing from Kanpur, a fresh probe has been ordered.

Cops in tight spot after charred body identified in Kanpur

Monday 16 November '09

Like the Kanpur police, their colleagues in Kanpur Dehat are in a tight spot after the charred body, which was recovered from Gwaltoli area on November 13...

Jeweller found dead, family alleges kidnapping, cops blame personal rivalry

Wednesday 11 November '09

Nearly 48 hours after the case of alleged kidnapping-cum-murder of one Zia-ud-din was reported here, the body of a city jeweller was found on the roadside in the Saini police station area of Kaushambi district on Tuesday.

Four arrested for kidnap, murder of Kanpur youth

Tuesday 10 November '09

The Kanpur police have arrested four youths for the murder of Zia-ud-din alias Ali (18) who was kidnapped from Govind Nagar on November 5.

Now, a warning device to check train accidents

Wednesday 4 November '09

Keeping in mind the large number of mishaps at unmanned railway crossings, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has developed a special warning device for such situations.

On a Delhi trip, IIT-K student goes missing

Thursday 29 October '09

Mystery shrouds the whereabouts of a final year BTech student of IIT-Kanpur who had gone to New Delhi on September 9 but is yet to return.

On a Delhi trip, Durgapur youth goes missing

Thursday 29 October '09

Mystery surrounds over the whereabouts of a final year B.Tech student of IIT-Kanpur who had gone to New Delhi on September 9 but is yet to return.

No link with Tripathi, says man whose address given in FIR against Amar

Thursday 22 October '09

It turns out that Amar Singh is not the only one losing sleep over the FIR filed by Shiv Kant Tripathi against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh....

As Tripathi guns for Amar, ex-judge, Shuklas run for cover

Wednesday 21 October '09

Since October 15, the Shukla family residing at 352/3, New Labour Colony, Babupurva, has lost its peace, courtesy Shiv Kant Tripathi.

Tripathi performed yagna to make Maya PM

Tuesday 20 October '09

Shiv Kant Tripathi, who filed a case of fraud against Amar Singh, his wife and Amitabh Bachchan last week, had performed a month-long yagna before the Lok Sabha elections to propitiate gods to make BSP supremo Mayawati the Prime Minister.

Before complaint against Amar Singh, he prayed for Mayawati to be PM

Tuesday 20 October '09

Shiv Kant Tripathi, who filed a case of fraud against Amar Singh, his wife and Amitabh Bachchan last week, had performed...

FIR against Amar, Big B for Rs 500-cr ‘fraud’

Saturday 17 October '09

Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, his wife Pankaja and actor Amitabh Bachchan have been named in an FIR lodged at Babupurva police station in Kanpur....

FIR against Amar, Big B for Rs 500-cr ‘fraud’

Saturday 17 October '09

Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, his wife Pankaja and actor Amitabh Bachchan have been named in an FIR lodged at Babupurva police station in Kanpur on Thursday for alleged financial fraud amounting to about Rs 500 crore.

Dalit woman suffers miscarriage, says cop kicked her; investigation on

Friday 9 October '09

The police have ordered an inquiry after a pregnant Dalit woman accused a constable of kicking her on abdomen resulting in miscarriage and produced the foetus of male twins before the DIG on Thursday.

Floods in South: Pulses costlier, rice cheaper

Thursday 8 October '09

The floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have disrupted transport, leading to a sharp increase in prices of food commodities that are brought from these states — particularly pulses.

At Chicago, IIT-K’s priority: pool in talented faculty

Tuesday 6 October '09

Recruitment of young and talented faculty will be high on the agenda of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur during the four-day Pan IIT Summit at Chicago that begins on October 9.

Kidnapped outside school, boy rescued from train in Kanpur

Monday 5 October '09

The Government Railway Police recovered 10-year-old Delhi boy, Kapil, from Kanpur Central Railway station on Sunday morning.

Kidnapped on Saturday, 10-year-old rescued in Kanpur

Monday 5 October '09

The Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered 10-year-old Kapil from the Kanpur Central Railway station on Sunday morning.

Kanpur varsity starts project for better seeds

Friday 2 October '09

With an aim to increase seed production of paddy, wheat and pulses, the Chandra Shekhar Azad (CSA) University of Agriculture and Technology launched a three-year-long project on Thursday.

IIT-K sets up base station for its nano Jugnu satellite

Wednesday 30 September '09

The Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has set up a base station within its premises for nano-satellite Jugnu, which will be launched in a polar orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation early next year.

Three IIT-Kanpur professors chip in for India’s lunar rover

Monday 28 September '09

Though the Chandrayan-I mission ended prematurely this August, work is afoot for the second mission and the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation...

Now, IIT-K comes up with offline website for farmers

Thursday 24 September '09

To reach out to maximum number farmers, the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur launched an “offline version” of its website www.agropedia.net on Wednesday.

Mandvi murder: Police version has loopholes, say accused, victim’s kin

Wednesday 23 September '09

Glaring loopholes emerging in the investigation of the murder of Mandvi Singh, a scientist at the Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, has left the Kanpur police red faced.