Varanasi: In efforts towards getting the city freed from garbage accumulated at the dumping ground in Karsada, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation initiated the disposal process following a formal launch by Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari on Tuesday. The mayor said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had initiated this project on April 28, and in over a…
Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur is all set to establish a Centre of Excellence of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for rowing near Ramgarh Tal on the directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.The proposed facility,to come up at the world-class Water Sports Complex, aims at providing international-standard training to rowing athletes.The move gained momentum after Ramgarh Tal…
Varanasi: A 20-year-old and his juvenile aide were arrested after an exchange of fire with Bilariyaganj police personnel in Azamgarh district early Tuesday morning. The duo had snatched the purse of a woman who was commuting on an e-rickshaw on May 23. The 20-year-old accused was identified as Fuzail Ahmad.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain said…
Gorakhpur: Prof Anupama Kaushik Sharma on Tuesday assumed charge as the fifth vice-chancellor of Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT), becoming the first woman to head the institution since its inception as Madan MohanMalaviya Engineering College.Her appointment is also being seen as a landmark moment for technical education in Uttar Pradesh, as no woman…
Varanasi: In view of the onset of Nautapa and the continuously rising temperature, the health department organised a special health camp under the joint aegis of Ramna health centre and AYUSH department. A large number of villagers participated in the camp and availed themselves of health check-ups, medical consultations, and free medicines.Around 250 villagers underwent…
Varanasi: A series of events marked the Ganga Dussehra celebrations in the city on Tuesday.Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust organised various religious and spiritual programmes on the occasion. Special prayers and Vedic rituals were also performed at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham. In the early morning hours, a special aarti of Maa Ganga was performed at…
Varanasi: With 23 of its 27 garbage dumps already shut and the rest set to disappear soon, Varansi would become India’s first garbage-free city in next two months, said mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari on Tuesday adding that work was underway to eliminate the remaining four.Tiwari, who completed three years in office, added that Varanasi’s Swachh…
Varanasi: Five people from Varanasi received Padma awards from President Droupadi Murmu on Monday during the first civil investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The awards included one Padma Vibhushan and four Padma Shri. The President presented 66 of the 131 approved Padma awards for the year. The Padma Vibhushan was received by N Rajam,…
Varanasi: A police team on Sunday raided the Bada Darwaja residence of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in Ghazipur and served a notice to his son, Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari. The notice seeks an explanation for his continued stay at the house beyond the three-day limit set by the Supreme Court as a bail condition…
Varanasi: As the scorching nine-day period of ‘Nautapa’ commenced on Monday with temperatures soaring across eastern Uttar Pradesh, devotees at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham sought spiritual solace amid the blazing heat by offering cooling fruit juice abhishek to Bhagwan Shri Vishweshwar.Varanasi reeled under intense heatwave conditions as the mercury touched 44.9 degrees Celsius — 4.1…
