Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Congress in charge Rajendra Pal Gautam on Tuesday said the party was preparing to contest all 403 seats in the state in the 2027 assembly election.Addressing a meeting of the Rajbhar community and the Mool Nivasi Samaj Party at Jamalpur in Sadar tehsil of Azamgarh, he said the party was strengthening its…
Varanasi Receives National Recognition in the Field of Official Language Varanasi: The Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC), Varanasi, led by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) GM Ashutosh Pant, has been honoured in the ‘Commendable’ category under the TOLIC Incentive Award for its notable performance in promoting and effectively implementing Official Language Hindi.The award, instituted by…
Varanasi: Defence minister Rajnath Singh and chief minister Yogi Adityanath will flag off the BJP and Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s ‘Seva Sankalp Bike Yatra’ from Kashi to Vadnagar in Gujarat on Sept 17, marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday and 25 years of his public life.Before that, a function will be held at Rudraksh Convention…
Varanasi: 25-year-old man was shot dead and his friend injured after bike-borne assailants allegedly chased them for nearly three kilometres following a dispute over overtaking in Sarsena village under the Chiraiyakot police station area of Mau on Monday evening.After inspecting the spot late at night and going through the statement of the deceased’s friend, Mau…
Varanasi: Azamgarh SP Anil Kumar suspended the SHOs of Ahraula and Atraulia police stations with immediate effect late Monday night over alleged negligence in duty and failure to clear pending investigations.Kumar said that Ahraula SHO Mantosh Singh and Atraulia SHO Devendra Nath Dubey kept several cases unresolved during their postings and did not show the…
Varanasi: Sigra Police on Tuesday arrested Manoj Maurya, 28, on charges of raping multiple times, making obscene video to blackmail and threatening of dire consequences. Apart from sections of BNS, he was booked under sections of SC/ST Act.Singra police station in charge Shivanand Mishra on Tuesday said the arrest was made on a tip-off. Maurya…
Varanasi: Three people were killed and six injured after a four-wheeler carrying nine people overturned after hitting a roadside tree in Azamgarh on Tuesday. The group was returning after visiting a Ganesh pandal when the accident occurred on the border of Saraimir and Phulpur police station areas.Azamgarh CO Phulpur Kiran Pal Singh said the nine…
Varanasi: A 35-year-old man died after being allegedly assaulted by a group of assailants in the Kaithi Shankarpur Matiya area under Ubhaon police station limits in Ballia district on Monday night. Initial investigation indicated that the assailants had allegedly ambushed him over an old enmity.Ballia SP Omveer Singh and ASP (Northern) Dinesh Kumar Shukla said…
Gorakhpur: Pipraich police arrested two men, accused of allegedly demanding money from a local resident at gunpoint, and seized a .32-bore pistol along with two empty cartridges from their possession late on Monday night.According to police, the accused had allegedly threatened Sandeep Nishad, a resident of Badi Retwahiya village, and demanded money from him while…
An overturned car can be seen. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) VARANASI: Three people were killed and six injured when a Swift Dzire car carrying nine people overturned after hitting a roadside tree on the border of Saraimir and Phulpur police station areas in Azamgarh district around 4.30am on Tuesday.All the injured were sent…
