VARANASI: A 17-year-old tourist from Sonbhadra died on Sunday following an alleged scuffle with private security guards at Namo Ghat in Varanasi, police said. Kotwali Assistant Commissioner of Police Vijay Pratap Singh said the incident took place in the early hours of Sunday in the Namo Ghat area under the Adampur police station limits. Four…
Varanasi: At least seven girls, including six minors, were rescued from a spa centre near Malgodaam Crossing in Ballia on Friday evening by a joint team of Delhi and Ballia police. Delhi Police had come to trace a girl who allegedly helped in trafficking a girl from Delhi to a spa in Gujarat.Ballia CO (City)…
Varanasi: Three days after dividing their property among family members, an elderly couple was found dead inside their house in Gomadih village under Gambhirpur police station in Azamgarh district on Saturday. Their daughter alleged that they were poisoned to death by relatives.The deceased were identified as Shyamlal (80) and his wife Basanta Devi (70).After taking…
Gorakhpur: A 25-year-old woman allegedly ended her life after an argument with her husband over a video call in the Pandey Tola area under Jhagaha police station limits late Friday.Her body was found hanging at her brother’s house, where she had been staying for the past few days. Her family has accused her husband and…
Varanasi: Scorching heat coupled with strong surface winds continued to grip the holy city of Varanasi on Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a heat wave warning and forecasting “strong surface winds during daytime” over the next few days.According to the IMD, the maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 44.7 degrees…
Varanasi: The court of special judge (Pocso)/additional district and sessions judge on Saturday awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to a convict, who, at the age of 16 years and eight months in Jan 2024, kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl.Special public prosecutor (Pocso) Santosh Kumar Singh said that special judge (POCSO Act) Nitin Pandey…
Varanasi: The 19th edition of Rozgar Mela was organized by the Varanasi Division at the Banaras Locomotive Works on Saturday.The programme was attended by Union Minister, Anupriya Patel, MLA Sunil Patel, divisional railway manager of North Eastern Railway, Ashish Jain, along with senior officers from various departments.The event was simultaneously held at 47 centres across…
Varanasi: A 21-year-old social media influencer was publicly assaulted by two classmates on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus Friday, allegedly after she body-shamed them in response to continuous trolling.On Saturday, the influencer filed an FIR against the two classmates and posted a video on social media describing how they had been taunting and trolling…
Varanasi: An accused of cow slaughtering, Arif alias Fusi, 32, was arrested after suffering a bullet injury during an exchange of fire with Kaptanganj cops in Azamgarh district on Saturday early morning.Azamgarh’s ASP (Rural) Chirag Jain on Saturday said Kaptanganj police were busy in night patrolling when informers alerted them around 2.20 am about the…
Varanasi: A tense and dramatic scene unfolded late Friday during a wedding ceremony in Patwadh Kautuk slum, under the Bilriyaganj police station area of Azamgarh, after a woman arrived at the venue accompanied by police officers, alleging she had been in a long-standing relationship with the groom and insisting that the marriage be halted immediately.However,…
