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The whole of Uttar Pradesh has been choked by the North Western icy winds coming through the snow-covered Uttarakhand mountains. There has been an increase in melting and chill with a sharp drop in day and night temperatures. Day and night temperatures in all the places of the state are registering much lower than normal. This cold wave will disturb the residents of the state for two more days. Schools and colleges have to be closed due to cold in the districts, while trains and air travel are affected. Due to the cold, 18 more people died in the state on Saturday. Aligarh was the coldest place in the state on Friday night where the mercury was recorded at 1.8 degrees Celsius. Earlier in Aligarh, 46 years ago, on 30 December 1973, nighttime mercury has been the lowest ever recorded. Cold wave outbreak for two more days Similarly, 4.4 in Meerut, 2 in Kanpur, 2.3 in Jhansi and 2 degrees Celsius in Bahraich. According to the Meteorological Department, during the next two days, there can b

A special court in Muzaffar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced a 50-year-old man to 20 years in the case of raping his 17-year-old girl. A special court in Muzaffar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced a 50-year-old man to 20 years in the case of raping his 17-year-old girl. The case is three years old. A court constituted under the Poxo Act on Saturday convicted the person. Judge Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari also imposed a fine of Rs 56,000 on him. According to special counsel Dinesh Kumar Sharma, the police had registered a case against him on 18 February 2016. In the complaint, he was accused of raping his daughter for about three-four months and threatening her for not giving any information about the incident.