Up Kanpur Fire

Around 40 shops were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in one of them and quickly spread to adjacent structures in the Kidwai Nagar area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur today morning.

A couple and their three children were killed when a fire broke out in their hut in Haramau village early Sunday, police said.

On February 13, Pramila Dixit (45) and her daughter Neha (20) died after allegedly setting themselves on fire in a hut at Madauli village in the presence of police, district administration and revenue officials.

A 44-year-old woman and her daughter were killed after a fire broke out during an anti-encroachment drive at Marauli village of Kanpur Dehat region, the police said on Tuesday.

Eighteen hours have passed since Pramila Dixit, 45, and her daughter Neha, 20, died in their hut that was set on fire, allegedly by policemen, during an anti-encroachment drive in Kanpur Dehat. But their family has refused to cremate the bodies

A 45-year-old woman and her daughter, 20, died in a fire during an anti-encroachment drive at a village in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Three workers were killed while two others were injured in a fire that broke out at a three-storey factory in the early hours today, police said.

Three policemen, including a police outpost in-charge, were injured when an elderly person allegedly opened fire at them in the Chakeri area in Kanpur on Sunday, police said.

One group opposed the shutdown call by the other group, leading to clashes involving incidents of stone-pelting. The police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd and prevent further violence.

A fire broke out in the cardiology department of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh this morning, the police said, adding there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Two children died and their mother received burn injuries after they were allegedly set on fire by their mentally unstable tenant in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat district, police said on Monday.

In a desperate effort to save a piece of "graveyard'' land, a man on Thursday tried to immolate himself, his wife and six children in Moosa Nagar area of Kanpur Dehat, police said.

The Uttar Pradesh government has extended the deadline till August 31 for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to submit their report in Kanpur encounter case in which eight police personnel had lost their lives after a group of assailants opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest gangster Vikas Dubey.

Vikas Dubey, the UP gangster behind the cold-blooded killing of eight policeman last week, was killed in the encounter after a road accident on Friday morning while being taken to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh, where he was arrested yesterday.

Prabhat Mishra, an accomplice of gangster Vikas Dubey, snatched pistol of a police official and fired from it while being taken to Kanpur on transit remand, a senior police official said, adding that the man was died following the retaliatory action.

Around 40 shops were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in one of them and quickly spread to adjacent structures in the Kidwai Nagar area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur today morning.

A couple and their three children were killed when a fire broke out in their hut in Haramau village early Sunday, police said.

On February 13, Pramila Dixit (45) and her daughter Neha (20) died after allegedly setting themselves on fire in a hut at Madauli village in the presence of police, district administration and revenue officials.

A 44-year-old woman and her daughter were killed after a fire broke out during an anti-encroachment drive at Marauli village of Kanpur Dehat region, the police said on Tuesday.

Eighteen hours have passed since Pramila Dixit, 45, and her daughter Neha, 20, died in their hut that was set on fire, allegedly by policemen, during an anti-encroachment drive in Kanpur Dehat. But their family has refused to cremate the bodies

A 45-year-old woman and her daughter, 20, died in a fire during an anti-encroachment drive at a village in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Three workers were killed while two others were injured in a fire that broke out at a three-storey factory in the early hours today, police said.

Three policemen, including a police outpost in-charge, were injured when an elderly person allegedly opened fire at them in the Chakeri area in Kanpur on Sunday, police said.

One group opposed the shutdown call by the other group, leading to clashes involving incidents of stone-pelting. The police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd and prevent further violence.

A fire broke out in the cardiology department of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh this morning, the police said, adding there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Two children died and their mother received burn injuries after they were allegedly set on fire by their mentally unstable tenant in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat district, police said on Monday.

In a desperate effort to save a piece of "graveyard'' land, a man on Thursday tried to immolate himself, his wife and six children in Moosa Nagar area of Kanpur Dehat, police said.

The Uttar Pradesh government has extended the deadline till August 31 for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to submit their report in Kanpur encounter case in which eight police personnel had lost their lives after a group of assailants opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest gangster Vikas Dubey.

Vikas Dubey, the UP gangster behind the cold-blooded killing of eight policeman last week, was killed in the encounter after a road accident on Friday morning while being taken to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh, where he was arrested yesterday.

Prabhat Mishra, an accomplice of gangster Vikas Dubey, snatched pistol of a police official and fired from it while being taken to Kanpur on transit remand, a senior police official said, adding that the man was died following the retaliatory action.