Varanasi: An unprecedented force of over 1,500 women personnel will stand guard at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s all-woman public meeting in his parliamentary constituency, where he is poised to unleash a political broadside against the opposition over the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.Amid a grand fleet rehearsal ahead of the PM’s two-day visit from Tuesday, senior…
Varanasi: Hectic preparations are underway for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency on Tuesday afternoon, where he will inaugurate an exhibition showcasing over Rs 60,000 crore in development works carried out in Varanasi during his govt.District administration and police officials are on extra alert due to the strong possibility that the…
Varanasi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying its foundation, the Rs 2,642-crore Signature Double Decker Bridge on the Ganga in Kashi will start taking shape parallel to the 139-year-old Malviya bridge. It will have four rail tracks on the lower deck and a six-lane road on the upper deck.Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced…
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…
