Gorakhpur: Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) has secured an Indian patent for developing a low-cost motor control system using Arduino for lightweight robotic arm applications.The invention has been created by Prof Ashok Kumar Pandey of MMMUT’s electrical engineering department, along with research scholar Gaurav Kumar Mishra and Om Hari Gupta from NIT Jamshedpur.The…
Varanasi: The Anti-Corruption Team on Friday arrested a junior engineer (JE) of the electricity department while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 22,000.Inspector Umashankar Yadav said the complainant, Amit Kumar Srivastava of Taktakpur, had applied online on June 6 for a temporary electricity connection for construction of his new house in Manshanagar Colony. He met…
Azamgarh: In a crackdown on irregularities in madrassas, Azamgarh police arrested three persons in two separate cases on Thursday and Friday.In the first case, two accused wanted in connection with embezzlement of govt funds under the Madrassa Modernisation Scheme were arrested in the Phoolpur police station area. The accused have been identified as Sharad Yadav…
Varanasi: Two minor sisters, aged 13 and 16, were allegedly sexually assaulted by two men in Mau’s Ranipur police station area on June 8. The elder girl later died by suicide on the outskirts of the village, police said.Based on a complaint by the surviving younger sister, police on Friday registered an FIR and arrested…
Varanasi: A 70-year-old man was found murdered in Shekhpura village in the Azamgarh city Kotwali area on Thursday, police said.The deceased, Bhuwal Chauhan, was found with his throat slit.According to reports, Bhuwal was sleeping in his house on Wednesday night when an unknown person slit his throat with a sharp weapon. The incident came to…
Class 10 boy stabbed to death by fellow student during extra class in UP. CHANDAULI: An extra class at a school in Uttar Pradesh turned tragic on Friday when a Class 10 student was allegedly stabbed to death by a 16-year-old fellow student, police said. Teachers overpowered the accused soon after the incident and handed…
Varanasi: Traffic police on Thursday issued an advisory asking people to opt for alternative routes for night commuting between sis and trans-Ganga area through Malviya bridge from June 14 to Aug 13.The restriction will be imposed every night from 10pm to 6.30am for special repair work on drainage spouts and expansion joints of the upper…
Varanasi: A 20-year-old student of a private institute was found lying unconscious in a pool of blood on the stairs of a guest house in the city on Wednesday. Although Sarnath police were waiting for the arrival of postmortem report, it was suspected that the woman was administered a dose by her boyfriend to abort…
Varanasi: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will reached Kashi on Friday evening to inaugurate the two-day 7th national convention of Vigyan Bharti (VIBHA) at Banaras Hindu University on Saturday. He will also address a public meeting at Kotwa in Azamgarh on Saturday afternoon.On his two-day visit to the city Yogi will review progress in on-going projects…
Varanasi: Chaired by Afroz Ahmad, member/judge of National Green Tribunal, principal bench, New Delhi, a meeting to review compliance of orders passed by NGT and work being carried out for environmental protection in Varanasi concluded on Thursday. Ahmad obtained detailed information from officials of the departments concerned about river conservation, developing green belt, increasing awareness…
