The boy died on father's shoulder after being denied medical help.
Among the fatalities recorded on Friday, the maximum 17 were from Uttar Pradesh, 14 from Bihar, five from Odisha and four from Jharkhand, where officials said more than 1,300 people are hospitalised with heatstroke conditions.
It is likely that other Indian Institutes of Technology may not join IIT-Kanpur in its resolve to take on the new entrance exam.
Amit Shah's sustained campaigning against slaughterhouses has unnerved UP's leather and meat export industry.
Under fire for the way they conducted the fourth one-day international between India and England in Kanpur on Thursday, which had to be decided by the Duckworth-Lewis method, the umpires hit back, saying they are "amazed at the lack of knowledge of their critics". The Kanpur ODI started late and ended early amid fading light with India winning by 16 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method to take a 3-0 lead in the seven-match series.
Nearly 40 per cent of IITians sitting for placements in 2024 are yet to receive job offers, showing a doubling of the 'unplaced' in the last three years from 19 per cent in 2021-2022 to 38 per cent in 2023-2024.
Two more failures in two home games could effectively mean end of the road for Ajinkya Rahane, who is leading India in the first Test in Kanpur, starting on Thursday.
A voter turnout of over 40 per cent was recorded till 1 pm on Monday in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union Territories amid incidents of violence in Andhra Pradesh and reports of poll boycott in some villages of Uttar Pradesh.
All the deaths, he said, could have been avoided had the IIT provided better living conditions for the labourers on the campus
The cause of the fire, which broke out around 5:30 pm, was not known immediately. Plumes of black smoke were seen billowing out from the coaches.
According to an agreement reached after the telephonic conversation between Priyanka Gandhi and Yadav, the Congress has now got seats such as Sitapur and Barabanki.
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) partners Samajwadi Party and Congress on Wednesday announced a tie-up for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with UP's main opposition party leaving 17 out of the 80 seats in the state for the ally.
The airline is operating the flight AI-9801 with a 70-seater Canadian Regional Jet aircraft, which on Tuesday had an occupancy of 50 from Delhi.
IIT Kanpur will soon have a world class management school of business with the financial assistance of an alumini couple. Raj Singh and his wife Neera Singh have decided to give Rs 9 crore (Rs 90 million) for setting up the business school. Raj graduated in electrical engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1975 while his wife Neera graduated in chemical engineering in the year 1981 from the same institute. Both are presently engaged in US in telecom business.
'Akhilesh Yadav made voters think why is the BJP asking for 400 paar.' 'They understood his words and believed the BJP wanted 400 paar only to demolish the Constitution and end reservations.'
Akhilesh Yadav replaced his nephew Tej Pratap Yadav and decided to contest the Kannauj seat himself.
Lesson learnt after the Pune pitch fiasco, the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) has beefed up security around the 22-yard strip for the third ODI between India and New Zealand, in Kanpur, on Sunday.
14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express was derailed near Pukhraya in Kanpur Dehat district on November 20. The findings showed that it was a "conspiracy".
The agency officials said they are studying the judgment and an appeal would soon be filed in the Supreme Court.
India's newest batting star Sarfaraz Khan and wicket-keeper Dhruv Jurel were inducted into Group C of BCCI's central contract with an annual retainership fee of Rs 1 crore, having fulfilled the criteria of playing three Tests in a current season.
The hunger strike by the students of IIT, Kanpur, entered the third day on Monday with a group of students from the Kanpur University joining them in their protest against the passage of reservation in higher education bill in the Lok Sabha.
The gas leak started at the Katiyar Cold Storage in the afternoon. In the resulting explosion, the roof of the structure collapsed.
'Hindutva will not win any elections. Hindutva as a political plank never works.'
The BCCI Ground and Pitch Committee chairman said the condition of the out field and pitch has improved a lot.
The Indian skipper deferred his departure to follow up his appeal to the ICC against the two-Test ban.
The top court said that the case suffers from multiple investigative lapses and flaws which fortified the presumption of innocence in favour of the accused.
A beaming father Chandrapal, said that the son told his mom that he was confident of stopping the legendary MSD on his tracks.
The sustainable impact of this process is under scrutiny, Tripathi added.
Pravin Bhagwat, a member of the team which developed the technology, said that after the Ahmedabad bomb blasts where terrorists hacked the wi-fi system of an American in Mumbai, security agencies did not think of securing government and business organisations where a large number of wi-fi systems were installed. A terror e-mail claiming responsibility for the Ahmedabad bomb blasts was sent to some private new channels on July 27 from US national Haywood's computer.
After a lot of dilly dallying, the Kanpur administration has finally granted permission to Bharatiya Janata Party to hold Narendra Modi's rally at BuddhaPark in Indiranagar on October 19.
The suspense over whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the polls from Amethi and Raebareli respectively continued.
Once you enter IIT Kanpur, you know you have arrived at a place which is at par with the best educational institutes worldwide. If not better.
Teams of army and National Disaster Response Force on Thursday morning rescued the 9-year-old girl and her father from the building's debris. The duo received minor injuries in the incident, a senior official said, adding that total seven persons were killed in the incident and 18 injured.
Addressing reporters at his residence soon after the meeting ended, Chowdhury said six names came up before the panel for the selection of the two ECs and the names of Sandhu and Kumar were finalised by a majority of members of the high-powered panel.
The forest department officials have filed a case against Arif under relevant sections of the wildlife protection act and issued him a notice, asking him to appear and record his statement.
Like last year, IISc Bangalore, Delhi University and five Indian Institutes of Technology -- Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur -- have secured positions in the elite top 100 institutes in Asia.
State capital Lucknow shuddered at 0.7 degrees Celsius, while Bahraich recorded a low of 0.2 degrees Celsius.
Statistical highlights of day two of the third and final cricket Test between India and South Africa in Kanpur on Saturday.
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