VARANASI: “I become CM when I don’t contest elections,” Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday, indicating that he would not contest the upcoming UP assembly elections.Speaking to the media, SP supermo said, “I become CM when don’t contest elections. In past I had gone to swear in as CM while being a…
Varanasi: Escalating the BJP’s counterattack on Rahul Gandhi’s allegations against the Election Commission, party spokesperson Sambit Patra on Monday accused the Congress leader of misleading the nation with claims of the deletion of 13 crore votes. Citing the Congress’s record of repeated electoral defeats, Patra said the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls was a…
Varanasi: The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) and the Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell), IIT-BHU, in collaboration with Cisco thingQbator, powered by NASSCOM Foundation, organised a two-day ‘Innovation Mela’ from Oct 31 to Nov 1.Held on the theme ‘Empowering Ideas, Enabling Change,’ the event aimed to foster creativity, promote entrepreneurial thinking and skills to develop…
Gorakhpur: An 18-year-old youth died under suspicious circumstances after partying with friends at a house in Shahpur area on Sunday night. His mother has accused his friends of killing him.The deceased was a resident of Saraswatipuram Colony in Shahpur. His father, who hails from Gopalganj in Bihar, works as a labourer while his mother is…
Varanasi: The skies above Kashi are set to come alive with colour and adventure once again as hot air balloon rides return to the city from Nov 15. Tourists and locals will soon soar nearly 1,000 ft above the ground, taking in breathtaking views of the mythological ghats along the Ganga and the city’s iconic…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s affectionate bond with cows was on display at the Gorakhnath Temple gaushala on Monday morning, where he gently told a group of bovines jostling around him, “Come on, move over there, otherwise you might get hurt.”Several cows had gathered around the CM at the cowshed to seek his attention. After…
Varanasi: This Diwali, festive gift hampers in Varanasi will showcase the skills and hard work of rural women. Members of self-help groups (SHGs) under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) are preparing handmade traditional products and packaging them as attractive gift hampers.The initiative aims to provide rural women with an additional source of income while…
Varanasi: The Adani Group has committed more than $10 million to the Bharat Knowledge Graph initiative aimed at making India’s civilisational knowledge more accessible and promoting interdisciplinary research, Priti Adani, chairperson of the Adani Foundation, said on Monday.Addressing the inaugural session of the three-day World Symposium on Ancient Wisdom for Modern Challenges in Varanasi, she…
Varanasi: An accused in an attempt-to-murder case got injured in an exchange of fire with Dubahar police in Ballia district as the police foiled his bid to escape on Monday morning.The police had arrested the accused on Sunday night and took him to the site where he had admitted to having hidden the firearm.Ballia CO…
Varanasi: Aditya Kumar Padhi of the School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, has been conferred the prestigious Malaviya Memorial (Young Faculty) Award of the Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI) for 2025–26.The award was presented to him on Oct 22 during the XXIII BRSI Convention, held as a part of the International…
