Varanasi: Three staff of a model wine shop were caught red handed while selling liquor near Varanasi Junction (Cantt railway station) after closing of the shop on Friday late night. Sigra police also seized huge stock of liquor from them.Station in-charge Shivanand Mishra said police raided the shop in Vijayanagram Market opposite Varanasi Cantt Railway…
Gorakhpur: Asserting that resolving people’s problems remains the govt’s priority, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed officials to ensure prompt, transparent and sensitive disposal of complaints, warning that negligence in grievance redressal would not be tolerated.During a Janata darshan held at Gorakhnath Temple, the CM met around 150 people, who submitted applications relatedto revenue,…
Varanasi: After a video of a youth having beer while bathing in the Ganga in Varanasi went viral and sparked outrage, Dashashwamedh police lodged an FIR against an unidentified person on Friday.The FIR was registered on the complaint of an advocate, Shashank Tripathi, under BNS sections 196 (promoting enmity or engaging in acts that disturb…
Varanasi: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirmath, spearheading a national movement to safeguard cows, has announced plans to launch GO-LX — a digital platform conceived to rescue cattle from slaughter by enabling direct purchase.Announcing the move in a video, the seer said he will buy cows through a new website modelled on OLX. Livestock farmers and…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University has called upon all undergraduate and postgraduate students to actively participate in the online feedback process for the current semester. The university’s teaching department, office of the registrar made an appeal to the students to submit their subject-wise feedback via the Namaste BHU platform by or before June 14. Students can…
Women cover themselves with an umbrella to shield themselves from the scorching heat Varanasi: Kashi, which recorded its hottest day on Thursday with 45.6°C, continued to suffer from intense heatwave conditions on Friday, with the maximum temperature settling at 44.5°C.According to IMD, the maximum temperature was 3.7°C above normal, while the minimum temperature was 28.6°C,…
Gorakhpur: A 16-year-old school topper drowned in the Rapti river in Gorakhpur’s Jhangha area while bathing with five friends. His mother has alleged that he was deliberately drowned out of jealousy over his academic success.The deceased was a Class XI student at Aditya Public School and had topped his school in the Class X CBSE…
Varanasi: A 26-day-old newborn, brought at the Community Health Centre (CHC) Cholapur in a critical condition on May 14 was successfully treated and discharged on Wednesday.The child was brought from a private clinic to the Pediatric OPD of Dr. Akanksha Singh at CHC Cholapur with severe jaundice and acute anaemia. During examination, yellowing was found…
Varanasi: Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal has given officials a 15-day ultimatum to clean and repair all gully pits on a war footing.To tackle waterlogging ahead of the monsoon, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation is cleaning all small and large drains, sewers, and gully pits across the city.On Thursday, mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari reviewed the progress of…
Varanasi: Ahead of the upcoming Shravan month and other festivals, a comprehensive on-site inspection of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham was conducted on Thursday. Additional Director IB Vinita Sharma, Varanasi Police Commissioner Mohit Aggarwal, and Additional Director General of Police (Security) Tarun Gaba took a thorough stock of the arrangements related to security, traffic, crowd…
