Varanasi: In the aftermath of the Shambhupur killings that left five people dead, Azamgarh Police has stepped in to secure the future of two minor girls left orphaned in the tragedy, with SSP Anil Kumar pledging a month’s salary and every police personnel in the district contributing a day’s pay towards their upbringing and education.The…
The air show is scheduled to be held in Varanasi on Oct 22, 23 and 25 Varanasi: Kashi is gearing up for a spectacular IAF air show, with the city bracing for a massive turnout of nearly 30 lakh people and police commissioner Mohit Agarwal directing officials to draw up a detailed crowd management plan…
Gorakhpur: A case was registered at Cantt police station against NSUI state general secretary Aditya Shukla on Friday for allegedly putting up hoardings and flex banners at various locations in the city without obtaining permission from the municipal corporation. The hoardings carried the message: “When will student union elections be restored in UP?”The case was…
Varanasi: Under a special campaign being carried out as part of Operation Conviction to ensure swift and maximum punitive action against accused persons in crimes related to women and children, a Bhadohi court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a 22-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old Dalit girl in 2024.The court…
Varanasi: Sonbhadra Police arrested two alleged members of an interstate ganja smuggling gang and recovered 625 kilograms of illegal cannabis worth approximately Rs 3.10 crore.The action was carried out by Shahganj Police and the SOG team under the direction of Superintendent of Police Sonbhadra Abhishek Verma, with supervision by Additional Superintendent of Police Operations Rishabh…
Varanasi: On the occasion of the 11th Ayurveda Day, a special awareness programme was organised at the 11th Battalion, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Varanasi on Thursday.The programme was coordinated by Dr Vivek Singh, medical officer of the 11th Battalion, NDRF. Expert doctors from Govt Ayurvedic College, Varanasi, Dr Shweta Mishra and Dr Nitin Sharma,…
Varanasi: A Union Bank of India branch manager was found dead inside his car near a dhaba on the Lucknow-Varanasi highway in Jaunpur district on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Durgesh Srivastava, 40, a resident of Lucknow. He was posted as branch manager at UBI’s Sarai Padri branch in Jaunpur and was living with…
Varanasi: A week-long orientation programme, “Shiksha,” is being conducted for interns at the faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, in line with the directions of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM).Addressing the interns on Thursday, Prof Anand Chaudhary of the department of Rasa Shastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana said…
Gorakhpur: BJP MP from Gorakhpur Ravi Kishan on Wednesday targeted Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, saying there was no ‘Raj Yog’ in his horoscope for years and that he should forget the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.Speaking to reporters, Kishan said Akhilesh was free to dream but claimed people no longer wanted to return to…
Gorakhpur: Sejal Gupta, an alumna of Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT), won a silver medal, securing second place at the Asian Bench Press Championship being held in Istanbul, Turkey, by lifting 92.5 kg on Sept 24.Sejal, a Mechanical Engineering graduate, has shown a steady improvement in bench press. Earlier, she won a silver…
