Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday participated in yoga sessions at different venues in city as part of the Yoga Week celebrations being organised ahead of the International Day of Yoga on June 21. He said that Yoga is an invaluable part of India’s cultural heritage and it helps create harmony between the body,…
Gorakhpur: Prof Ajay Kumar Shukla, former head of English department at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, has assumed charge as the director of Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC), succeeding Prof Chandrashekhar.MMTTC, a flagship initiative of the University Grants Commission, conducts faculty induction programmes, refresher courses, orientation programmes and NEP-2020-related training for university and college…
Gorakhpur: Three members of a family, including a husband, wife and their son, were killed while their minor daughter sustained critical injuries after a motorcycle collided with a tanker in Kushinagar district on Tuesday.According to CO (Khadda) Virendra Kumar Singh, the accident took place around 6.30 am near Nirbhaya Salalveer Filling Station atKhotahi on the…
Varanasi: Chandauli district administration has imposed a ban on the sale of certain prohibited and hazardous mosquito-repellent incense sticks. The ban includes products containing unapproved, toxic insecticides that pose serious health risks when burned and inhaled.The directive was issued on Monday by the district agriculture protection officer, Vinod Kumar Yadav. The banned brands include Sweet…
Varanasi: Following an encounter, Vindhyachal police arrested three members of a cattle smuggling gang in Mirzapur district on Tuesday.One of the smugglers sustained bullet injury in the exchange of fire and sent to the hospital for treatment. The police also seized an illegal country-made pistol with cartridges, five cattle and a pickup vehicle.Mirzapur SP Aparna…
Varanasi: Two teenager boys drowned in the Ganga while bathing at Fatahan Ghat in City Kotwali police station area of Mirzapur district on Monday afternoon. One of the body was fished out while the search operation is on for the other.According to police, Naitik (14) of Pratapnagar Metro Sabji Mandi, New Delhi, had come to…
Varanasi: Achieving major success under “Operation Chakravyuh,” Varanasi Police on Tuesday arrested seven accused involved in purchase and sale of illegal weapons and criminal activities. A joint team of Cholapur Police and SOG arrested all accused near the underpass located behind Katari Block. Police received information that the gang members were preparing for some big…
Varanasi: In a remarkable public health awareness initiative, the country’s flagship Vande Bharat Express transformed into a platform for life-saving education as renowned expert and govt medical officer Dr Shivshakti Prasad Dwivedi conducted an intensive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training session for passengers on board on Monday.The unique programme is aimed at empowering ordinary citizens with…
Varanasi: Under the series of national countdown programmes organised by Bharat Adhyayan Kendra and Banaras Hindu University, in collaboration with the ministry of Ayush, govt of India and Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), New Delhi, on the occasion of International Day of Yoga–2026, the sixth countdown day of ‘Yoga Mahotsav-2026’ concluded on Monday…
Varanasi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh claimed that 0.645 hectares of nazul land of gata number 247 in Ayodhya worth Rs 2.92 crore was bought by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for Rs 24 crore.Addressing a press conference at Circuit House here on Monday, Singh leveled…
