Kanpur, Apr 25 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address an election rally at the Motijheel Maidan today.

Dr. Singh will address a rally for Congress candidate and Union Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal.

During his visit, the Prime Minister will also be felicitated by Ganga devotees for declaring the river as a national heritage.

It would be the first visit of Dr. Singh to the city since the Ganga being given heritage status.

Tight security arrangements have been made in view of his visit.

You are asking for a religious trouble (fatwa), if you are Muslim, using verses ("aayats") from the Koran as ringtones on your mobile phones! Ashraful Madaris, an Islamic seminary in Kanpur city of India, has issues a fatwa on using Quranic ringtones on mobile phones.

Ashraful Madaris has stated that it is a sin to use “aayats” (verses from the Quran) as ringtones and answer the phone calls during “aayats”. According to the Muslim organization, Muslims are prohibited to use ringtones from Quran on their mobile phones; Muslims are forbidden to mobile phones during “aayats” or prayers, as the acts degrade the Quran.

According to reports, a panel of clerics of the Kanpur-based Muslim organization, Jamia Ashraf-ul-Madaris, has issued a 'fatwa' over etiquettes related to use of mobile phones.

Kanpur, Mar 28 : Bol

Kanpur, Mar 23 : Devoid of electricity, villagers in Uttar Pradesh have now threatened to boycott the upcoming general elections.

Even after 60 years of India''s independence, villages like Sultanpur Tera Jor, Hathiyapur, Kundal, Gahana of Kanpur district don''t have basic amenities.

Miffed with politicians and their false hopes, enraged villagers have threatened to boycott the polls unless their villages are electrified.

Kanpur, Mar 6 : Activists of Samajwadi Party and Bharatiya Dalit Panther Party staged a demonstration here to protest the recent attack on Sri Lankan players in Pakistan.

The anger on the streets boiled down to the threat terrorism posed to India.

"We demand that terrorist training camps in Pakistan be immediately closed else India should give a befitting reply to Pakistan. We want to tell the Indian Government that instead of giving warnings to Pakistan, India should attack Pakistan and wipe out terrorism," said Ashok Kumar Yadav, an activist of Samajwadi Party.

The protesters burnt the effigies of terrorists and raised slogans.