Varanasi: In a shocking incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped after miscreants hit his mother with a speeding Bolero SUV in the Gagaha area on Saturday evening.Acting swiftly, police rescued the child within 45 minutes, and later detained two suspects for questioning.According to police, the woman, a resident of Gajpur village, had gone to…
Varanasi: An accused of of forced religious conversion and sexual assault, Aftab Ansari, escaped from Kotwali police station on Friday night after suspecting his arrest.ACP Kotwali on Sunday said that based on the woman’s complaint, an FIR under sections of the BNS and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act was lodged…
Gorakhpur: A couple and their son, returning by car from Ranchi, who died in a road accident, were cremated on Sunday. The newly-wed daughter joined the rituals and buried the pet dog who was with the family in the car. The bodies were taken to Rajghat cremation ground, where the bride’s cousin lit the funeral…
Varanasi: A 27-year-old man allegedly stabbed his wife and mother-in-law to death at Bachhaeepur village in Ballia late Saturday after his in-laws refused to send his wife with him. His minor son and father-in-law were injured in the attack, police said.Ballia SP Omveer Singh said the accused, Amit Gupta, a resident of Singhachaur under Gadwar…
Varanasi: Hundreds of women associated with Bhartiya Janata Party’s women’s wing took out a scooter rally on city roads on Saturday afternoon as part of campaign to mobilise people, especially women, to make proposed public meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at BLW ground on Apr 28 evening a grand success.After garlanding the statue of…
Varanasi: Varanasi reeled under intense heat on Saturday as the city recorded the hottest day of the season, with the mercury soaring to 45 degrees Celsius, 5.3 degrees above normal.The blistering heat kept streets largely deserted in the afternoon, while residents relied on fans, coolers and ACs to get through the day. The Met department…
Varanasi: Former Supreme Court judge RK Aggarwal inaugurated the SP Gupta Smriti Vidhi Pustakalaya at Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University (VBSPU) on Saturday, underscoring the role of modern libraries in strengthening legal education.Addressing the programme, Justice Aggarwal said libraries are essential for continuous learning and urged students to regularly study and refine their knowledge. “This…
Varanasi: The death of a girl from Vishwakarma community hailing from the other backward castes (OBC) in Katariya village under the limits of Karanda police station in Ghazipur district on April 15 and the stone pelting that followed when a delegation of Samajwadi Party functionaries was on its way to meet the family on Apr…
Varanasi: At least five people, including a couple and their son returning after their daughter’s wedding in Ranchi, were killed in a road accident in Mau, while three persons died and five sustained injuries in a separate accident in Sonbhadra on Saturday.Mau ASP Anup Kumar said around 2.30 am, a speeding SUV veered off its…
Gorakhpur: A combined awareness programme and review meeting on women’s empowerment and safety was held here on Saturday.The initiative led by UP State Wome’s Commission chief Babita Singh Chauhan focused on sensitising women and girls about their rights, safety measures and various govt welfare schemes. During the session, an expert from Madan Mohan Malaviya University…
