Gorakhpur: A 28-year-old Gorakhpur woman has registered an FIR against her 32-year-old husband, accusing him of physical assault and attempt to murder during their honeymoon in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2023 after she got her period.The woman alleged that her in-laws did not return her dowry articles and that her husband continued to…
Varanasi: The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the govt of Uttarakhand (GoUK) through the Uttarakhand Gramya Vikas Samiti (UGVS) on Aug 10 to strengthen specialty rice value chains and enhance the productivity, profitability, and livelihoods of smallholder farmers across the state.UGVS, a specialized society promoted and overseen by…
Varanasi: On the occasion of Independence Day, Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust organised various special programmes. The celebrations began early morning with Mangala Aarti of Baba Shri Kashi Vishwanath and the deity was adorned in tricolor decoration. The tricolour was represented with decorations of saffron, white and green flowers. During Mangala Aarti, special prayers were…
Varanasi: A 28-year-old man died and another was critically injured after an iron flagpole came into contact with an 11,000-volt high-tension power line while they were lowering the Independence Day flag in Ballia’s Bhikharipur village on Saturday evening.Rakesh Yadav, who ran a private library near the main road along the embankment in Bhikharipur under the…
Varanasi: Two airport security staff members were injured on Sunday morning after a passenger’s licensed pistol accidentally discharged during checking at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Babatpur, Varanasi.The incident occurred around 9:30 am when 55-year-old Kamlesh Rai, a resident of Ramgarh village under Jiyanpur police station in Azamgarh district, arrived at the airport with…
Varanasi: Azamgarh Kotwali police on Saturday arrested inter-district criminal Raju Patharkat, who carried a reward of Rs 50,000 and had been absconding for over six years. Police recovered an illegal .315 bore country-made pistol and two cartridges from his possession.Raju was wanted in connection with the Rs 6.31 lakh robbery at a Flipkart office in…
Varanasi: Right leg of a woman was severed on the spot when a in the e-rickshaw Varanasi Municipal Corporation dumper crashed into the e-rickshaw in which she was commuting, in the city on Saturday afternoon. In the accident, four other women commuters and the driver were injured too.According to eyewitnesses, the dumper was moving at…
Varanasi: Ghazipur police on Saturday solved the murder case of Rohit Yadav, whose body was found near a canal in Karimulapur (Vasdeiya) under the Shadiabad police station area of Ghazipur.According to police, the murder was planned over to an old rivalry. Three juveniles have been taken into police custody. A country-made pistol, cartridges, mobille phone…
Varanasi: Two advocates returning from court were intercepted, assaulted and robbed by four unidentified assailants in Cantt police station area late Friday evening.Advocate Naushad Ali and his junior colleague Ramashankar were returning home after finishing work at the court when four unknown youths intercepted them near the bridge. The accused abused and attacked them.The advocates…
Varanasi: Around 15 youths allegedly vandalised a restaurant, assaulted its staff and later set a car on fire after the eatery could not serve them noodles in the Sarsauli and Chandmari areas under Cantt police station limits late Saturday. The youths also allegedly assaulted an employee of another restaurant with hockey sticks and rods and…
