Uttar Pradesh

RAJPURA - Animal carcasses are not to be dumped into the river, washermen should not use chemicals to wash dirty clothes, the river bank is not to be used as a toilet and no polythene bags - these are among the measures villagers in Rajpura, in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, have planned as part of their campaign to clean up the polluted Yamuna.

BAHRAICH - In the second incident in three days, a tiger has killed a man near the Katarniaghat forest reserve in this Uttar Pradesh district, an official said Saturday, adding it was not known yet if it was the same animal.

BAHRAICH - A tigress killed an old man near the Katarniaghat forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich Thursday, an official said.

BARSANA - A religious leader from the Braj region in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district has announced a march along the Yamuna river from Allahabad to Delhi March 1 next year to mobilise people for cleaning the polluted river.

FARAH - A goat, which had been artificially implanted with fertilised eggs through in-vitro technique, has delivered twins at a research institute in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district.