Kanpur remembers the Woolmers

Tuesday 20 March '07

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, who died yesterday, was born in Kanpur, and the sad news has stirred emotions.

Mr & Mrs Aspirants slug it out for SP, BSP in Kanpur seats

Tuesday 20 March '07

It’s a couple of couple affairs for the SP and BSP in the upcoming elections as both outfits have given tickets to husband-wife teams.

Big B, World Cup to shore up SP’s poll campaign

Tuesday 13 March '07

In poll mode, the Samajwadi Party has devised a combo of Amitabh Bachchan and cricket World Cup to woo voters in eight Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh.

Kanpur teen brings gunman to school, teachers on strike

Tuesday 23 January '07

A 15-yr-old has been holding his school to ransom. None dares to take him to task. Reason: The boy is accompanied by two gun-toting “securitymen”.

Saddam death protests end in clash

Friday 5 January '07

Around five persons were injured during a clash between members of two communities during a Samajwadi party-Muslim League protest against the execution of Saddam Hussein in Unnao today.

Violence over Kanpur arrests

Saturday 2 December '06

The arrest of eight persons early Friday morning in connection with the desecration of Ambedkar statue in Kakadev area two days ago led to violence in the locality.

At Ground Zero, statues are regular targets, no arrests

Friday 1 December '06

While the attack on the Ambedkar statue in Kanpur has sparked off violent protests in Maharashtra, the protests by the BSP and Dalit Panthers at Ground Zero have been rather muted.

At IIT-K, ‘fed up’ PhD student kills self

Tuesday 7 November '06

In the second suicide case in six months at IIT-Kanpur, a PhD student took his own life by consuming poisonous substances some time on Sunday night.

Rlys fines Soren’s kin for travelling on MPs’ passes

Wednesday 20 September '06

Following the directives of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to initiate action against all ticketless travellers, including politicians and bureaucrats, Railway staff at Kanpur detained three members of Cabinet Minister Shibu Soren’s family and fined them.

Kanpur cops hunt local SIMI link

Saturday 15 July '06

Mumbai Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad and Special Task Force today conducted a series of raids in different parts of the city...

Bringing back to life Nalanda University, the IIT Kanpur way

Wednesday 21 June '06

Their technical know-how makes IITans an asset for the country’s future, but a group of students from IIT-Kanpur are now trying to look back and ‘‘re-create’’ the Nalanda University through animation and computer-generated 3-D models to tell the world more about the ancient seat of learning.

Vajpayee is OBC, so are Arjun Singh, Karat and Rajnath

Sunday 18 June '06

In all the debate over the Government’s quota policy, little attention has been drawn to the corruption in the local collectorate which issues caste certificates.The Sunday Express checked out Kanpur, Lucknow and Faizabad and obtained OBC certificates in the name of the high, the mighty—and the upper-caste

‘Forced sati’ in Fatehpur village

Saturday 20 May '06

In a shocking incident, a “forced sati” was witnessed on Friday at Raari Khurd village, under Bindki police station of Fatehpur...

Pulses feel bird flu pressure

Friday 14 April '06

At Pulse Research Institute, focus now on higher yields in limited area

SP man ‘shoots’ 12 co-workers, held

Friday 31 March '06

More than a dozen Samajwadi Party workers were injured in the city’s Phoolbagh area today when they were accidentally hit by gun shots fired by a party worker at a ceremony to welcome Cabinet-rank minister Surendra Mohan Agarwal.