Pratapgarh

PRATAPGARH - Angered by repeated rejections from a teenaged girl, a man barged into her home here and threw acid on the girl and two of her family members, police said Saturday.

PRATAPGARH - Controversial Independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh, better known as Raja Bhaiya, and a Samajwadi Party MP and two legislators, were Sunday arrested for the attempted murder of a local bodies candidate in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said.

PRATAPGARH - The death of a teenaged student, mowed down by a speeding bus, sparked violence in this Uttar Pradesh town Tuesday, with an angry mob indulging in arson and fighting pitched battles with police, officials said.

MANGARH - Spiritual guru Kripaluji Maharaj's Bhakti Dham Ashram, where 63 people lost their lives and 64 were injured Thursday in one of the worst stampedes, Sunday doled out a lakh rupees each to the families of the dead and Rs.50,000 to each of the injured.