Varanasi: Selection of Mirzapur’s Lalpeda in One District One Cuisine (ODOC) has opened opportunities for mega financial support to its producers by industries department, of Rs 25,000 to Rs 5 crore, to expand their product and business. District has 65 active units for Lalpeda making while 400 are associated with the trade.As per the decision…
Varanasi: Bhadohi police on Tuesday night arrested two juveniles aged 15 and 16 for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud racket that duped people of over Rs 10 crore on the pretext of facilitating benefits under govt schemes and arranging loans.The two were arrested from the Hariharnath Mandir area and Gopipur village.Three members of…
Varanasi: To ensure proper monitoring and survival of saplings planted during the current plantation season, district magistrate Satyendra Kumar has directed officials to begin geo-tagging every sapling planted this year. He also instructed departments to complete the process of notifying three wetlands in the district.The directions were issued during a joint meeting of the district…
Varanasi: Heavy traffic load, especially of vehicles carrying pilgrims, will ease on Varanasi roads in a couple of years as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted two elevlated roads worth Rs 25,000 crore to his constituency.A meeting of cabinet committee on economic affairs, chaired by PM Modi in New Delhi, gave its approval to a…
Varanasi: A three-day solo exhibition by artist Subhash Chandra, titled ‘Life Death Liberation in Banaras Ghat’ began at Bharat Kala Bhawan, BHU on Tuesday, offering visitors a visual exploration of the ghats of Varanasi as both a physical landscape and a metaphysical journey.The inaugural programme was attended by BHU VC Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi and…
Varanasi: To address the needs of rapidly expanding urban areas, industrial activity, national highways and rural safety, the fire station network in Varanasi is being expanded and modernised. The move is aimed at reducing response time during fire incidents and strengthening the protection of life and property across the district.The Pindra Fire Station has already…
Varanasi: An 18-year-old boy drowned in Ganga while bathing at Markandey Mahadev Ghat in Kaithi under Chaubepur police station area on Wednesday morning. The body was recovered after nearly three hours of search by local divers and police.According to reports, Vaibhav Gupta, a Class XI student, resident of Cholapur, had come to Markandey Mahadev Temple…
A woman can be seen lying on the floor with 2 men nearby. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) BALLIA: Police have booked a man and his elder brother for allegedly strangling his 22-year-old wife to death over dowry demands in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, an official said on Wednesday.According to news agency PTI, the…
Varanasi: Both Hindu and Muslim sides in Gyanvapi dispute on Tuesday rejected the mediation initiative started by the Supreme Court to resolve the long-standing dispute.Plaintiffs in four cases from the Hindu side and also the Anjuman Intejamia Masajid — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee — appeared before the mediation centre at a Varanasi court on…
Gorakhpur: Unidentified miscreants smashed the rear window of a parked SUV and decamped with a bag containing Rs 5 lakh cash outside a marble showroom near Fatima Hospital in Shahpur on Monday evening. The entire incident was captured on CCTV cameras installed in the area.According to police, Vivek Kumar Nigam of Deoria and Ajit Singh…
