Experts at the Metallurgy Day event at IIT(BHU) Varanasi: Calling on budding engineers, director of BENCO Group Chennai P Ramachandran appealed the students to focus on innovation, sustainability, and emerging technologies in the metals and materials sector. He was speaking on the occasion of Metallurgy Day 2026 held at the department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian…
Varanasi: A chain snatcher sustained a bullet injury to his leg and was arrested following an encounter with Shivpur police on Friday morning.ACP (Cantt) Apoorv Pandey said Shivpur SHO Ajit Kumar Verma and his team were on night patrol when informers tipped them off about criminals moving on the Ring Road in the early hours….
Women are climbing water tanks, mobile towers and even high-tension poles to force the system’s hand Varanasi/Prayagraj: Veeru climbed a water tank for Basanti in Sholay. Lately, Purvanchal districts have seen several replays of that iconic cinematic moment, but with a gendered twist.Women are climbing water tanks, mobile towers and even high-tension poles to force…
Varanasi: Halia police in Mirzapur district on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old man for posting objectionable videos of a woman on social media after she refused to convert to his religion.Mirzapur SP Aparna Rajat Kaushik said the complainant reported that Bablu Mustafa was pressuring his married sister to convert to his religion and when she refused…
Varanasi: The cyber crime cell on Wednesday night arrested a 37-year-old man for duping aspirants seeking multi-national company job after collecting their personal data and information from social media.The accused, Nitesh Saroj, is originally a resident of Pindra, Varanasi, but was currently living in Mumbai from where he was carrying his illegal activities.According to ACP…
Gorakhpur: The 165th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was celebrated with literary and cultural enthusiasm by Baat Chakra Literary Club in the city on Wednesday. Writers, educationists, students and literature enthusiasts participated in the programme and paid tributes to the Nobel laureate poet, philosopher and educationist.The programme began with floral tributes being offered to Tagore’s…
Varanasi: Depressed over no family visits for one-and-a-half years, a 17-year-old inmate of the Government Children’s Home for Girls, Ramnagar, died by suicide late Wednesday. DM Satyendra Kumar has ordered an inquiry.ACP (Kotwali) Vijay Pratap Singh said on Thursday that Ramnagar police reached the children’s home after being alerted. The forensic team collected evidence and…
Varanasi: In three separate encounters by Kotwali, Barsathi-Rampur and Mirganj-Pawara police, three criminals were arrested after suffering bullet injury in their legs in Jaunpur district on Thursday morning. The arrested criminals have multiples cases, including loot, theft and murder lodged at separate police stations.According Jaunpur SP Kunwar Anupam Singh, Kotwali police were busy in night…
Varanasi: Launching an awareness drive to mobilise litigants for taking benefits of the National Lok Adalat, to be held on Saturday, , district Judge and DLSA Varanasi chairman Sanjeev Shukla on Thursday flagged off two publicity vehicles at a ceremony at the district court premises.District Legal Services Authority ( DLSA) secretary Rajeev Mukul Pandey said…
Gorakhpur: The Yogi Adityanath govt is accelerating road infrastructure development in rural areas of Gorakhpur, with major widening and strengthening projects in the city’s southern belt nearing completion. The initiatives are expected to improve connectivity and ease transportation for lakhs of residents in areas that remained infrastructure-deficient for decades.According to the Public Works Department (PWD),…
