Air like a furnace, streets empty: Heat hits you first as you enter world’s hottest city Banda | Kanpur News

Banda/Lucknow: As you enter Banda, the heat hits you first. This isn’t summer — it’s survival.At over 48°C, the town having a population of 17,99,410 folds in by noon. Streets empty. Shops shut. Kids are locked indoors. Fans just swirl hot air. For days now, this Bundelkhand town has been hotter than Middle Eastern deserts….

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Man accused of killing twin daughters slits own throat inside Kanpur jail, hospitalised

KANPUR: A 48-year-old man accused of murdering his twin daughters attempted suicide in Kanpur jail by slitting his throat with a sharpened steel plate, officials said on Monday.The accused, identified as Shashi Ranjan Mishra, a medical representative from Kidwai Nagar, was rushed to Ursula Horsman Memorial (UHM) Hospital after inmates noticed him bleeding inside the…

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