Pratapgarh

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Daughter lights funeral pyre of DSP father as 8 policemen killed in encounter cremated with full state honours

9:10 pm July 4, 2020

Kanpur: The daughter of DSP Devendra Mishra lit the funeral pyre of her father as he and seven other police personnel were cremated with full state honours in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a day after they were killed in an encounter with criminals in Kanpur district. The eight men were ambushed in Chaubeypur police station area while they were going to […]

UP: Pratapgarh ADM tests COVID-19 positive

11:59 pm June 28, 2020

Pratapgarh: The additional district magistrate of Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, an official said He has been admitted to the isolation ward of the district hospital, Chief Medical Officer Dr AK Shrivastava said “The officer’s sample was taken and his test report came positive on Sunday,” Shrivastava said.

Locust control operations carried out in over 4 lakh hectare so far in 10 states

Locust menace in several UP districts

9:59 pm June 27, 2020

Lucknow: Swarms of locusts have invaded several districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Deoria, in the past 48 hours and attacked trees and crops, officials said Saturday, adding authorities were taking steps to either chase them away or kill them. The UP Agriculture Department said reports of locust attacks were received from Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, […]

Couple commits suicide in UP

2:31 pm June 12, 2020

Pratapgarh: A man and a woman, who were in a relationship, allegedly hanged themselves from a tree in Kandhai area here after their families barred them from meeting each other, police said on Friday. Shubham (24) and Sujata (18) allegedly took the extreme step in Pragaspur village on Thursday night and their bodies were spotted […]

60-year-old man hacked to death in UP

2:54 pm June 8, 2020

Pratapgarh (UP): An elderly man was hacked to death by some people when he was sleeping outside his house in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaitapur village, police said on Monday. Abhilash Yadav (60) was rushed to a hospital, where he died during treatment on Sunday night, Superintendent of Police Abhishek Singh said. On a complaint from the […]