Five girls killed as mud caves in

Bhimnagar: Five teenaged girls were killed when a mound of mud caved in Chandausi tehsil on Wednesday. The girls were identified as Nirdosh (16),Nanhi (15),Vinita (18),Seema (18) and Laxmi (18). An ex-gratia will be paid to kin of the deceased from the chief minister’s discretionary fund,SDM Padam Singh said.

FIR lodged against SP leader

Kanpur: An FIR was registered on Wednesday against SP leader Hasan Rumi and his supporters for allegedly assaulting a junior engineer of the state power department.