Tag Archive: Kanpur

Ten dead, over 50 injured in train mishaps in fog hit UP

Kanpur, Jan 2 (ANI): Two train accidents took place in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning due to intense foggy conditions, leaving ten dead and over 50 others injured.

The first accident took place at Etawah near Kanpur, where the Litchvi Express rammed into the [...]

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Sri Lanka struggling at 57/4 against India

Kanpur, Nov 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka were struggling at 57 for four in the second innings, after being asked to follow on, against India at the end of the third day’s play in the second cricket Test at the Green Park stadium here Thursday.

At stumps, Thilan Samaraweera was batting on one and Angelo Matthews on [...]

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Sri Lanka struggling at 219/8 against India

Kanpur, Nov 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka were 219 for eight in their first innings, in reply to India’s 642, at tea on the third day of the second cricket Test at the Green Park stadium here Thursday.

At the break, Muttiah Muralitharan was batting on six and Chanak Walegedara on three.

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Sri Lanka trail India by 576 runs

Kanpur, Nov 25 (IANS) India were on top with a huge first innings lead of 576 runs at the end of the second day’s play against Sri Lanka in the second cricket Test at the Green Park Stadium here Wednesday.

At stumps, Sri Lanka were 66 for one with skipper Kumar Sangakkara and Tharanga Pranavitana both [...]

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India make 417/2 against Sri Lanka

Kanpur, Nov 24 (IANS) India were 417 for two in the first innings against Sri Lanka at the end of first day’s play of the second cricket Test at the Green Park Stadium here Tuesday.

At stumps, Rahul Dravid was batting on 85 and Sachin Tendulkar 20. Gautam Gambhir scored 167 and Virender Sehwag made 131.

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Green Park stadium’s scoreboard, the only manually operated scoreboard in India

Kanpur, Nov 21(ANI): In the age of electronic scoreboards, Kanpur’s Green Park stadium, venue for the second Test between India and Sri Lanka on November 24, is the only stadium in the country to have a manually operated scoreboard and still holding [...]

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Man caught with revolver at Kanpur stadium ahead of India, Sri Lanka Test

Kanpur, Nov 21 (IANS) Hours before the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams arrived here Saturday for their second Test starting Nov 24, a man carrying a revolver managed to enter the stadium premises, police said.

The man, who claimed to be a journalist, was detained Saturday evening after some mediapersons spotted him roaming inside the [...]

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Sri Lanka ready to face Indian challenge, says Sangakkara

Ahmedabad, Nov 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara has said that previous record doesn’t matter and his team is ready to face the Indian challenge.

Addressing reporters here on Saturday, Sangakkara said that previous record didn’t matter for his side.

“What happened before really doesn’t matter to us, it is a new test match and new [...]

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Law student shot dead in Kanpur

Kanpur, Oct 15 (IANS) A law student here was shot dead early Thursday following a brawl at a wedding, prompting angry students of his college to block the busy Lucknow-Kanpur highway.

Abhinav Singh, a second year law student of the Brahmanand Degree College, was killed about half an hour after midnight after an argument with some [...]

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Four killed in Kanpur building collapse

Kanpur, Sept 29 (ANI): Four persons were killed and seven others injured when a three-storey building collapsed here on Tuesday.

As per initial reports, two to three persons are still feared trapped under the debris.

According to sources, the incident took place at around 2:00 a.m. this morning.

Five families were living in the [...]

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Students join hands to clean River Ganga in Varanasi

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 13(ANI): A group of students wearing anti Swine Flu masks on Thursday participated in a cleanliness drive to clean the River Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi city.

Students opined that although several action [...]

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Sonia inaugurates BSNL 3G mobile services in Raebareli

Raebareli, Aug 12 (ANI): Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated 3G mobile services of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Wednesday at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh.

After four major cities of the state including Lucknow, Allahabad, Kanpur and [...]

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Prolonged power cuts result in shutdown of industries in Kanpur

Kanpur, Aug 11 (ANI): The once flourishing industries of Kanpur is facing problems due to the prolonged power cuts, forcing the industrialists to either shutdown their business or seek alternatives.

The industrialists have to bear the cost of generators through which they are running the machines.

The labourers working in these industries fear loss of their [...]

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