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Topic: Kanpur

‘Brat’, bouncers, or Lamborghini? What made TV channels angriest about Kanpur car crash

Once it was established that Shivam Mishra was a tobacco tycoon’s ‘rich, arrogant, shameless brat’ who drove a Lamborghini, news channels went after the Kanpur police.

Who was at the wheel? Where are the injured? Kanpur Lamborghini case is tied up in knots

Kanpur Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal says Shivam Mishra, son of tobacco supplier KK Mishra, was at the wheel of Lamborghini at the time of the incident. Lawyer denies claim.

Kanpur Lamborghini crash: Pan masala baron’s son booked, day after FIR against ‘unidentified person’

Shivam Mishra is the son of K.K. Mishra, director of the tobacco company Banshidhar Group and well-known face in the Kanpur region.

How Kanpur declined. A story of short-sighted protests, politics & policy

Not everyone agrees on who is to blame for Kanpur’s decline. Even RSS-backed trade unions don’t rush to blame the striking workers of the 1970s and the 1980s.

6 injured in explosion at bustling Kanpur market; parked scooter focus of preliminary probe

Additional Commissioner of Police Ashutosh Kumar said a preliminary lab test has indicated the use of low grade explosives, like those used in firecrackers.

Kanpur is the new Wasseypur in Anurag Kashyap’s Nishaanchi

Anurag Kashyap’s Nishaanchi could be a promotional video for Kanpur tourism—if the droll gaalis could make it past censors.

As Yogi govt blinks amid pressure from Mayawati & Azad, a look at the Shivalaya Park controversy

Kanpur mayor Pramila Pandey cancels initial proposal for ‘Shivalaya Park’ as protests escalate from city to across state. Alternative site to be identified, she says.

Kanpur CMO suspended after public spat with DM that exposed UP BJP rift

At centre of fight between DM Jitendra Pratap Singh & now-suspended CMO Hari Dutt Nemi are allegations of corruption and unprofessional conduct.

Kanpur DM–medical officer spat exposes faultlines within UP BJP. Dy CM Pathak is caught in the middle

One section of the party is backing the medical officer, while some officials from Chief Minister’s Office siding with the DM. 'It’s turning into a CM office-vs-dy CM conflict,' sources say.

‘Spy’ charge haunts UP judge-in-waiting 11 yrs after acquittal as SC stays HC’s appointment order

Accused of spying, Pradeep Kumar was arrested in 2002 & acquitted in 2014. Though he cleared the 2016 judicial entrance, his appointment as an additional district judge remains stalled.

On Camera

Will US waiver on Russian crude help India offset Middle East losses? What market analysts say

Indian refiners had been importing roughly 1 mbpd of Russian crude in the recent months, and the waiver will effectively allow them to lift volumes above this baseline.

Indian Navy says it deployed P-8I, diverted ships to boost efforts to rescue sunk Iran warship’s crew

Two Indian naval ships involved in the search and rescue operations in connection with IRIS Dena, which was operating 20 NM West of Galle in SAR region under Sri Lankan responsibility.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.