Varanasi: A massive fire that broke out in pipes in the storage yard of GAIL, about 50 meters away from its CNG pump at Karkhiyaon industrial area along Varanasi-Lucknow highway under Phulpur police station area, led to chaos on Friday night.Due to the high intensity of fire, vehicular movement was stopped in one lane of…
Varanasi: Named FIR was registered against nine persons, including former MLA and district president of Samajwadi Party Manoj Singh Dablu, along with 250 unidentified workers, in Chandauli district, on charges of pushing policemen in a bid to enter the collectorate campus, recently.The SP organised a protest near Vikas Bhawan on Friday in support of their…
Varanasi: In view of the NEET examination on Sunday and Muharram, commissioner of police Mohit Agrawal asked all additional commissioners of police (CPs), deputy commissioners of police and other senior officials to increase vigilance and alertness.Agrawal held a meeting at his camp office on Friday evening to review preparations for the forthcoming events and also…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University will celebrate the 12th International Day of Yoga on June 21, at Malaviya Bhavan. Expecting participation of over 1,000 people, the event is going to be the biggest yoga event held by the BHU.The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Yoga for Healthy Ageing’. The event is expected to witness the…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University has achieved a landmark milestone in the globally recognised QS World University Rankings 2027, ascending from the 1001–1200 band in 2026 to the 951–1000 band in 2027.The latest assessment indicates growth across several key performance indicators. BHU’s Citations per Faculty score climbed from 18.8 to 20.8. The International Research Network score…
Gorakhpur: Three students from Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) secured Rs 45 lakh per annum packages from Amazon during the campus placement drive, while one student was offered Rs 21 lakh per annum by Engineers India Ltd (EIL). The university recorded its best-ever placement performance, securing more than 1,100 job offers from over…
Bihar–UP–Delhi Rail Link Gets A Major BoostGorakhpur: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday flagged off the Chhapra–Delhi Express and inaugurated the Mau–Delhi Express, while also launching the extension of the Doharighat–Aurihar passenger service up to Varanasi City through video conferencing.The programmes were held during a function at Chhapra Junction, where he was joined by…
Varanasi: The Cantt police, on Friday, arrested the accused in the theft case linked to a railway catering establishment operating in Mint House located in Nadesar of the Cantt police station area.The police team, led by the in-charge inspector Raj Kishore Pandey, arrested the accused employee, Prashant Kumar Singh, a resident of Begusarai, (Bihar), and…
Varanasi: To mark the International Day of Yoga 2026 on June 21, a regular yoga practice programme is being organized at the Employee Club of Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) and the Shivanshi Fitness Zone. A large number of BLW employees, their family members, and local citizens are participating in this programme.During the yoga sessions, participants…
Varanasi: To end the digital network and influence of the criminals and gangs, a special campaign, ‘Operation Vajrapat,’ was conducted in all three districts of the Varanasi range under the direction of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Varanasi Range, Vaibhav Krishna.The Operation Vajrapat is aimed at ending the dominance of criminals in the digital space….
