In Unnao, Cong puts a spoke in SP, BSP wheels

Monday 9 March '09

Come Lok Sabha polls, country's largest Lok Sabha constituency in terms of vote percentage, Unnao, is set to witness an interesting battle.

IITians, docs float party, plan to get Aamir on board

Saturday 7 March '09

After announcing the first list of eight candidates for Lok Sabha elections, Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD) is looking forward to rope in actor Aamir Khan as the star campaigner.

IIT-K begins course on metallurgy

Wednesday 4 March '09

To conduct research on metallurgy, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has launched a special course.

Cong elated as BSP dumps Muslim possible

Saturday 28 February '09

The volte-face by BSP over its candidate for Kanpur Lok Sabha seat has brought a smile on the faces of Congressmen, but has caught the BJP leaders off guard.

Kalam for moral science classes

Sunday 15 February '09

Taking note of the suicidal tendencies among engineering students, former President A P J Abdul Kalam advocated moral science classes in educational institutes.

Now, 3 secs needed to stop derailed train

Saturday 14 February '09

After three years of extensive research and experiments, the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) has developed a mechanism that will stop the train within three seconds of its derailment.

Kanpur’s closed fertiliser unit gets new life

Friday 13 February '09

Three years after it was closed due to changes brought in Centre’s policy vis-à-vis fertiliser production and shortage of working capital...

Maya takes credit for road project launched by Centre

Wednesday 11 February '09

Chief Minister Mayawati, who has announced a string of development projects for the state, has taken credit for a project which has no connection with her government.

Project Self Projection, screams Oppn

Tuesday 10 February '09

Mayawati’s announcement of the initiation of several projects has left the BJP -- the ruling party in Kanpur Nagar Nigam (KNN) — flummoxed.

Project take credit: Mayawati ahead in race with Centre

Monday 9 February '09

It is a race to hog credit for a proposed railway overbridge in Shyam Nagar.

Man shot by cops for refusing extortion demand

Thursday 5 February '09

A physically challenged person was shot twice by two constables in the city of Kanpur for refusing extortion.

Cong waves NREGA ‘failure’ in UP to pin Maya, win over Dalits

Tuesday 3 February '09

With Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the state Congress unit is leaving no stone unturned to woo the Dalit vote bank in the state.

Reopening of JK Cotton mill renews aspirations of former employees

Tuesday 20 January '09

The 20-year wait of its workers came to an end on Monday afternoon, with the gates of Juggilal Kamplapat Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mill finally opening.

After a 20-year gap, JK jute mill to open today

Monday 19 January '09

The 20-year wait for the former employees of Juggilal Kamlapat Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mill is about to end.

Staff puts second mill in Kanpur back on track

Monday 19 January '09

The 20-year-long wait for former employees of Juggilal Kamlapat Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mill is finally over as the management announced the re-opening of the unit on Monday.

Now, murder victim surfaces in Kanpur, admits to fraud

Thursday 15 January '09

Mohammad Javed, a leading vegetable wholesaler, rued the moment he employed Sunil Kumar Sharma alias Sonu (22) as his accountant in Chakarpur Mandi.

Transport strike enters 7th day, no respite for Kanpur traders

Monday 12 January '09

The miseries of Kanpur industrialists, already hit by the economic slowdown, have been compounded by the transporters’ strike which entered the seventh day on Sunday.

Meltdown chills IIT Kanpur

Wednesday 7 January '09

Gahgapatnam Suman lost all hope on January 3. The MTech student of electrical engineering in IIT Kanpur was despondent...

Recession hits IIT-K, drop in campus recruitments

Monday 5 January '09

The economic meltdown has hit the campus placement hard at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K).

Unable to find a job, IIT-K student hangs self

Sunday 4 January '09

Unable to find a job due to the ongoing economic meltdown, an MTech final-year student of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), Gangapatnam Suman, hanged himself from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Saturday morning.

Unable to find a job, IIT-K student kills self

Sunday 4 January '09

Unable to find a job due to the ongoing economic meltdown, an M Tech final-year student of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur...

Not just BSP MLA, even district chief is now named in engineer’s murder

Tuesday 30 December '08

It’s now official. Yogendra Kumar Dohrey, who was removed as president of BSP’s Auraiya district unit yesterday, is “Bhatia” — one of the men allegedly involved in the murder of PWD executive engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta on the night of December 23.

Auraiya murder: 12-year-old nephew of SP leader detained

Tuesday 30 December '08

The Auraiya police detained a minor, Deepanshu Pathak (12), at the Kotwali police station for over four hours on Monday afternoon.

Engineer’s murder: BSP sacks missing district chief

Monday 29 December '08

Under scanner in the case of PWD executive engineer M K Gupta’s murder, BSP’s Auraiya district president Yogendra Kumar Dohrey..

Kanpur DM stops salaries of seven departments

Wednesday 17 December '08

The district magistrate of Kanpur has withheld the salaries of staff of seven departments following their failure to get the Tax Account Number from the Income Tax department.