Varanasi: As part of the preparations for the convocation of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University to be held on July 30, a comprehensive special cleanliness drive was launched on Thursday from the historic main building of the university. The drive was led by the university’s vice-chancellor Prof Bihari Lal Sharma with participation from university officials, teachers, employees,…
Varanasi: In the era of ‘One Nation, One Syllabus’, the proposed new regulations of National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) appear to have excluded Home Science from nutrition and dietetics education, giving rise to fear of thousands losing their professional recognition and hospital jobs.To address this apprehension, Human Science Association of India (HSAI),…
Varanasi: UP has prepared a major plan for renovation, repair, restoration and reconstruction of 25 govt primary and secondary schools in Varanasi district, at a cost of approximately Rs 25 crore. The tender process will soon be initiated by the executing agency and work will be carried out by Northern Coalfields Ltd from their corporate…
Varanasi: A 52-year-old man was stabbed during a wedding ceremony in Marui village in Jakkhini locality under Rajatalab police station area on Wednesday night. Dispute at a wedding ceremony turned into an altercation, in which, the groom’s uncle was stabbed by the bride’s brother’s . The injured was admitted to hospital, where he died during…
Man apprehended following allegations of raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl (Representative image) SONBHADRA: A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping and impregnating a minor. The accused has been identified as Bharat Lal, police said.According to Inspector Sadanand Rai of the Obra Police Station, a written complaint was received on Wednesday alleging…
Gorakhpur: General manager of NE Railway Uday Borwankar on Wednesday conducted a window trailing inspection of the Gorakhpur-Chhapra rail section along with principal heads of departments and senior officials from the headquarters and divisions. He later inspected the Chhapra Junction-Chhapra Gramin section with Varanasi divisional railway manager Ashish Jain, CPRO, NER Sumit Singh said.During the…
Gorakhpur: A 13-year-old girl who had come to visit her uncle’s family was killed after a bullet allegedly fired from a licensed pistol struck her in the head under mysterious circumstances late Tuesday in Deoria district.The deceased, Gopi Barnwal, a resident of Sadat in Ghazipur district, had arrived at her uncle Sushil Barnwal’s house on…
Gorakhpur: Police arrested former Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Shalini Srivastava, prime accused in the Krishna Mohan Singh suicide case and absconding for nearly four months, from Delhi. The arrest was made by the Gulriha police with the help of surveillance teams, officials said on Wednesday.Shalini is being produced before the court for further legal proceedings….
Varanasi: Member of the UP State Women Commission, Geeta Vishwakarma, conducted a women’s public hearing at Circuit House auditorium here on Wednesday to address grievances related to women’s welfare and public services.A total of 28 applications were received during the hearing, of which two cases were resolved on the spot. The remaining complaints were referred…
Varanasi: A district-level peace committee meeting to ensure peaceful conduct of the mourning month of Muharram was held on Wednesday at the Traffic Police Line auditorium. The meeting was presided over by police commissioner Mohit Agrawal and attended by was district magistrate Satyendra Kumar, along with religious leaders/imams/taziadars and members of Civil Defence. The police…
