Gorakhpur: Bringing laurels to eastern Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur-born IAS officer Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal has received a national award for the fourth time, marking another milestone in his distinguished administrative career.Currently serving as the district magistrate and collector of Sepahijala district in Tripura, Jaiswal, a native of Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur, was awarded first prize in…
Varanasi: A man and his son were electrocuted while trying to save his wife at Pyarepur Mishra Moiddinpur village under the Rampur Belauli police station limits of Mau on Thursday morning.Mau ASP Anoop Kumar said Meena Devi (45) had gone to switch on the water pump at her house when she came in contact with…
Gorakhpur: The city’s Dargah Mubarak Khan Shaheed congratulated Haji Syed Salman Chishty, the 26th-generation spiritual successor of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah for his address at Vagabond Club in Singapore during the spiritual dialogue programme, ‘Seena Ba Seena: Heart to Heart’.President of Gorakhpur’s Dargah Mubarak Khan Shaheed, Iqrar Ahmad, said Chishty has played significant role in…
Varanasi: Two construction workers were found dead in an under-construction house in Baniyapur village under Cholapur police station on Thursday morning.The deceased have been identified as Abhijit Ganguli, 47 a resident of Baniyapur Cholapur, and Nihal Singh, 40, a resident of Jaunpur.According to police, the duo worked at the site and had been living in…
Varanasi: Mocking the BJP for staging a protest against him, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai questioned whom the ruling party was demanding action from when it was itself in power. Referring to the display of his criminal record during the protest, Rai said, “If action has to be taken, they are in government…
Varanasi: The UP govt has set a target to plant more than 1.85 crore saplings this year under Vriksharopan Abhiyan-2026.During the drive, large-scale plantation will be carried out in the four districts of Varanasi division—Varanasi, Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Chandauli— with public participation.The highest plantation target under this campaign, aimed at promoting environmental conservation and green…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed the officials to take stringent action against negligence in handling land-related complaints, warning them that laxity at any level would not be tolerated.While listening to matters of land disputes, he instructed the district administration officials to initiate disciplinary action, including suspension where warranted, against those found negligent…
Varanasi: BJP public representatives and functionaries staged a sit-in protest and a public meeting at district headquarters on Wednesday against derogatory remarks made by UP Congress Committee president Ajay Rai against PM Modi.The protest was attended by BJP UP ministers including Ravindra Jaiswal, Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, Hansraj Vishwakarma, MLA Neelkanth Tiwari, Saurabh Srivastava, Awadhesh Singh,…
Varanasi: In a case of violent communal clash sparked by frisking of Mufti-e-Banaras Maulana Abdul Batin by security personnel near Gyanvapi gate on Sep 2, 2005, court of additional session judge on Wednesday acquitted all 14 named accused, giving them benefit of doubt.In his order, Additional Session Judge Yajuvendra Vikram Singh ruled that prosecution failed…
Varanasi: A joint team of the Railways, district administration and police launched a mega drive on Tuesday night to clear railway land for the Rs 304.61-crore Kashi Railway Station remodelling project aimed at improving connectivity through road and water transport.During the drive, the decades-old Azgaib Shahid mosque and other encroachments were removed, and the debris…
