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Final CMRS inspection completed between Kanpur Central and Naubasta

Final CMRS inspection completed between Kanpur Central and Naubasta

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3 min readUpdated: Jun 28, 2026 07:47 PM IST Kanpur Metro Corridor 1 full launch: Kanpur Metro Rail Corridor 1 has moved a step closer to its full launch. The move comes after the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) completed the crucial three-day statutory safety inspection of the remaining section between Kanpur Central and Naubasta. On Sunday, CMRS Nilabhra Sengupta, accompanied by a five-member expert team and senior officials of the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (UPMRC), carried out the final day of the safety inspection. The team boarded a Metro train at Naveen Market Metro Station for a comprehensive trial run, inspecting the entire stretch from Kanpur Central to Naubasta. During the inspection, the CMRS team conducted a detailed assessment of key technical and operational systems at stations and along the corridor, including signalling and telecommunication systems, civil structures, track stability, electrical systems, traction power supply, rolling stock, and emergency response mechanisms such as advanced fire safety systems. Kanpur Metro Corridor 1 is nearing full commissioning after the successful completion of the …

IIT Kanpur Placements: CSE records 97% placement, but this non-tech department achieves 100% | Education News

IIT Kanpur Placements: CSE records 97% placement, but this non-tech department achieves 100% | Education News

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4 min readNew DelhiJun 26, 2026 10:22 AM IST Around 80 per cent of students registered for placements at IIT Kanpur secured jobs during the 2024-25 placement season, with 1,225 of the 1,530 registered students placed as of May 18, 2025, according to the institute’s Students’ Placement Office (SPO). The placement data includes 200 pre-placement offers (PPOs) and 29 international offers, while a significant number of graduating students also chose higher studies and entrepreneurship over campus recruitment. Also Read | IIT Kanpur launches Bachelor of Cybersecurity programme The institute, in its annual report issued late last year, stated that more than 455 recruiters participated across the two phases of the placement drive, offering opportunities across sectors such as technology, consulting, finance, manufacturing, research and core engineering. The placement season began with Phase 1 in December 2024, during which 75 companies offered 115 job profiles on Day 1 alone, resulting in 595 offers, including PPOs, of which 533 were accepted by students. Read | IIT Kanpur hires teen cybersecurity researcher who exposed CBSE OSM flaws For …

Uttar Pradesh Police seize ganja worth Rs 10 crore in Kanpur, several smugglers arrested

Uttar Pradesh Police seize ganja worth Rs 10 crore in Kanpur, several smugglers arrested

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Uttar Pradesh Police seized around six quintals of ganja worth an estimated Rs 10 crore in Kanpur and arrested several alleged drug smugglers. The consignment was reportedly meant for distribution across Kanpur and nearby districts as officials probe the trafficking network Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Chilling details of Kanpur murder case| India News

Chilling details of Kanpur murder case| India News

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It was a usual evening for a family of five, with twin daughters and a son, at their apartment in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The family had dinner and went to their rooms to sleep. Mother and the six-year-old son slept in one room, while the twin daughters, 11, went to sleep in another room. Photo for representation (Sakib Ali/HT Photo) In the morning, the mother received the shock of her life when the cops turned up at the door of their Kidwai Nagar apartment. While she slept peacefully with her son in one room, her husband had murdered their daughters by slitting their throats in another room. Also read: ‘Bullying behaviour’: Iran dials Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif after US seizes cargo ship near Hormuz strait After brutally slaughtering the children, the man, 45-year-old Shashi Ranjan Mishra, dialled the police helpline number to report the crime. “We received a call on 112 at around 4.30 am from the accused himself,” Kanpur’s deputy commissioner of police (South) Deependra Nath Chaudhary told HT, adding that the motive is yet not …

Kanpur man kills twin daughters by slitting their throats; arrested

Kanpur man kills twin daughters by slitting their throats; arrested

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A man allegedly killed his 11-year-old twin daughters by slitting their throats with a cleaver after giving them food laced with sleeping pills at an apartment in Kanpur, police said. Shashi Ranjan Mishra (48) a medical representative, was arrested from his house, police said. Published – April 20, 2026 07:30 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Police write to CMOs of four districts to verify hospitals with ‘links’ to Kanpur kidney racket | Lucknow News

Police write to CMOs of four districts to verify hospitals with ‘links’ to Kanpur kidney racket | Lucknow News

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3 min readLucknowApr 7, 2026 03:08 PM IST Police have written to the chief medical officers (CMOs) of Kanpur Meerut, Ghaziabad and Lucknow districts, seeking verification of hospitals whose role purportedly surfaced during the investigation into an alleged kidney transplant racket busted in Kanpur last week. Police have identified nearly a dozen hospitals in the four districts that are likely to have direct or indirect links with the alleged racket, investigators said. “We have written to the CMOs of Meerut, Ghaziabad, Lucknow and Kanpur to verify details of the hospitals identified during the probe,” said Kanpur Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) SM Qasmi Abidi. So far, police have arrested eight persons, including five doctors, an ambulance operator, and two operation theatre technicians, in connection with the case. According to police, the hospitals under scrutiny are those where the illegal kidney transplant procedures were allegedly carried out or the ones the accused are associated with. On Monday, police obtained permission from a court to record the statements of the accused who are lodged in jail, DCP …

Dhurandhar 2: Woman harassed during screening in Kanpur, accused beaten

Dhurandhar 2: Woman harassed during screening in Kanpur, accused beaten

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Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge has been the talk of the town ever since it hit theatres on March 19. While the Ranveer Singh-starrer has smashed several box office records, an unsettling incident during its screening in Kanpur has now grabbed attention, after a woman was allegedly harassed inside a cinema hall, leading to chaos outside the theatre. Woman gets harassed during Dhurandhar 2 screening A disturbing incident was reported from Kanpur, where a young woman was allegedly harassed inside a cinema hall during a late-night screening. The incident occurred on Monday at Gurudev Palace Talkies in the Rawatpur area, while the woman was watching Dhurandhar 2 with her family. According to reports, the accused, who was seated next to her, allegedly tried to touch her inappropriately, taking advantage of the darkness inside the theatre. The woman immediately objected and raised an alarm, drawing attention to the situation and helping identify the man. UP – In Kanpur, a man sitting in the adjacent seat harassed a young woman who had come to watch Dhurandhar-2. As …

Student death sparks protest at Kanpur private college; campus closed till March 8

Student death sparks protest at Kanpur private college; campus closed till March 8

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Kanpur , The death of a final year student earlier this week triggered large-scale protests and vandalism at Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology here on Wednesday, prompting heavy police deployment and the closure of the campus till March 8. Student death sparks protest at Kanpur private college; campus closed till March 8 According to officials, thousands of students gathered at the private college campus around 10 am, demanding action over the death of 22-year-old Bachelor of Computer Applications student Prakhar Singh, a resident of Ratanlal Nagar. Singh sustained critical injuries on Monday after being hit by a JCB machine, said to have been engaged in construction work. He later died during treatment. As tensions escalated on Wednesday, a section of the crowd allegedly damaged doors, windows and furniture inside the college premises. Students alleged that the accident occurred due to inadequate safety measures on campus, while the college management maintained that the incident took place outside the campus. Police personnel from nearby stations, along with the Provincial Armed Constabulary , were deployed to control the …

28-Year-Old IIT Kanpur Technician Hangs Self To Death After ‘Argument’ With Fiance | India News

28-Year-Old IIT Kanpur Technician Hangs Self To Death After ‘Argument’ With Fiance | India News

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Last Updated:February 14, 2026, 18:56 IST A diary recovered from the victim’s room had an entry that indicated she was hurt after being scolded during the phone call. Image used for representation In a shocking incident, a 28-year-old junior technician at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) was found dead on Saturday. As per the police, she allegedly hanged herself to death inside the campus accommodation after an argument with her fiancé. As per a report by PTI, the woman took the extreme step allegedly after disconnecting a call with her fiancé. The deceased has been identified as Anju Kumari, originally from Jadugoda, Jharkhand, and had been living at the institute for the past three years. According to the police, Anju was having a phone conversation with her fiancé, Pankaj, when an argument ensued. During the heated discussion, she allegedly threatened to end her life before abruptly disconnecting the call. After the call, Pankaj immediately reached out to a friend residing on the campus and requested him to check on her. The friend was unavailable …

Lamborghini crash accused gets bail 6 hours post arrest

Lamborghini crash accused gets bail 6 hours post arrest

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KANPUR Shivam Mishra, 26, son of local tobacco baron KK Mishra, got bail from a court in Kanpur on Thursday, nearly six hours after his arrest in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini crash that left three people injured on VIP Road earlier this week. Shivam Mishra, son of a local tobacco baron, being produced at a court after his arrest in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini crash on VIP Road earlier this week, in Kanpur, Thursday. (UP Police via PTI Photo) Mishra was arrested from a private hospital here on Thursday morning, after travelling from Delhi for treatment. Cops claimed he was not cooperating with the investigation and attempted to evade arrest. The police produced him before the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate around 10am, seeking 14 days’ judicial custody, but the court rejected the plea for remand and granted bail. In its order, the court criticised the police for procedural lapses and what it described as a shoddy investigation. District government counsel (criminal), Dilip Awasthi, said the court directed the accused to …