Varanasi: Advocates of the Banaras Bar Association on Friday protested the police action of allegedly making three detained persons apologize with folded hands following a scuffle over applying chandan tilak to devotees near the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. They submitted a memorandum to senior police officials, demanding action against the personnel involved and an inquiry into…
Varanasi: Deelip Veerpakshappa Swami, Managing Director, and Prafull Lahane, General Manager for Quality Assurance and Research, Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation Limited (MSSC), also known as MAHABEEJ, visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi, on Thursday to explore the Centre’s research facilities, field-based innovations and technologies supporting sustainable rice-based agriculture.The…
Varanasi: A 38-year-old woman was found with her throat slit inside her home under the Bardah police station limits of Azamgarh on Thursday afternoon, with police suspecting murder.The victim, Akbari, was found lying in a pool of blood by her two school-going sons when they returned home around 1 pm. On being alerted, police, forensic…
Varanasi: A 52-year-old labourer was seriously injured after a dilapidated balcony collapsed at old Kanshiram Housing Scheme in Shivpur police station area on Thursday evening.The injured labourer was taken to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Divisional Hospital for treatment, where he died around 8:30 pm.The labourer was identified as Sheetal alias Shatalu, a resident of Block No…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University, in collaboration with the Varanasi Municipal Corporation, has launched a comprehensive plantation drive under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative. The campaign began at Malaviya Bhawan, with plantation of white sandalwood saplings by vice-chancellor Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, mayor Ashok Tiwari and registrar Rajan Srivastava.The VMC has provided 5,000 saplings,…
Varanasi: Odisha deputy chief minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo on Thursday visited the International Rice Research Institute South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) in Varanasi and reviewed its research, innovations and technologies aimed at promoting sustainable and climate-resilient rice-based agri-food systems. During the visit, he toured key research and laboratory facilities and interacted with scientists and…
Varanasi: UP minister of state (independent charge) for registration, stamp and court fees, Ravindra Jaiswal said on Friday that officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) should ensure that people are not unnecessarily affected by the construction of the proposed elevated road project in Varanasi.The project, estimated to cost around ₹25,000 crore, is…
Varanasi: The sacred month of Shrawan has once again witnessed an unprecedented surge of faith at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, where over 53.69 lakh devotees have offered prayers in the first 19 days alone. With nine days still to go, the temple administration expects the footfall to reach nearly 80 lakh by the end of the…
Varanasi: Under the One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme launched by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation for property tax, water tax and sewer tax defaulters, 276 building owners have deposited ₹39.36 lakh in property tax within the first three days. Taxpayers have also received a waiver of ₹7.18 lakh on interest and surcharge.Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal said that…
Three construction workers died and several were injured when a building’s shuttering collapsed. MATHURA: Three workers, including a Nepali national, were killed and several injured after the shuttering of a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in Vrindavan on Friday, police said.The incident occurred around 7am at the Omaxe Mall construction site in the Rukmani Vihar…
