Gorakhpur: A 30-year-old man was found murdered with his hands and legs tied and his throat slit near the Aami River in Gorakhpur on Monday. The killers dumped the body in a sack near the riverbank in an attempt to conceal his identity.The body was recovered near Semrahwa Baba temple in Bharsand village under the…
Varanasi: Power workers of Purvanchal under the banner of Vidhyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti UP on Monday held a demonstration at the managing director’s office at Bhikhareepur, expressing their strong opposition to the proposed privatisation of the state’s electricity distribution system.Electricity employees, engineers, junior engineers, technical staff and contractual workers participated in the demonstration.Addressing the…
Varanasi: Political temperatures soared in Varanasi on Monday as BJP and Congress workers staged separate protests, trading barbs over remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NEET aspirant’s gang rape case in Mahoba.Scores of BJP functionaries took to the streets and burnt effigies of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and UP Congress Committee chief Ajay…
Varanasi: Continuing its crackdown on touts, fake priests and bogus guides allegedly extorting money from pilgrims in the name of providing hassle-free entry to crowded temples such as Kashi Vishwanath, police on Monday arrested 11 such persons from the vicinity of the Kaal Bhairav temple.ACP (Kotwali) Vijay Pratap Singh said the action followed several days…
Varanasi: Padari police in Mirzapur district arrested Ajay Bind (20), accused of murder of a minor girl, near Baudari hill, early Monday morning. Bind had accompanied his friend Sajan alias Rajan to meet the latter’s 15-year-old girlfriend and attempted to rape her on Saturday night. Failing in his bid, Bind and Sajan killed her by…
Varanasi: The prime accused in the ambush and killing of a 22-year-old groom during a ‘baraat’ procession on May 1 was shot dead in an encounter with police near Ranimau in Jaunpur early Monday. During the exchange of fire, the SHO of Line Bazar police station also sustained a bullet injury to his hand, while…
Varanasi: A man accused of repeatedly raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl and forcing her to take abortion pills was shot in the leg and arrested after an encounter with Karanda police in Ghazipur early Monday.CO (Sadar) Shekhar Sengar said a case was registered on Sunday after the girl became pregnant and was allegedly given…
Varanasi: Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has signed an MoU with BHU for joint efforts in areas of urban management, infrastructure development, environmental sustainability, civic services, beautification, and social development initiatives for the benefit of citizens and the academic community.Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal and BHU registrar Prof Arun Kumar Singh signed the formal agreement.As per the…
Varanasi: In a major boost to maternal and newborn healthcare services, Varanasi has received a significant gift. South city MLA and former minister Neelkanth Tiwari on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Varanasi’s first MSNCU (Maternal Sick Newborn Care Unit) building at the Govt District Women’s Hospital in Kabirchaura. This state-of-the-art health unit, to be…
Varanasi: Body of a 15-year-old girl was found lying in a pool of blood almost 200 meters away from her home in a village under the limits of Padri police station area of Mirzapur district on Sunday morning.“We have arrested the girl’s boyfriend Sajan alias Rajan (18) and teams have been deployed for arrest of…
