Varanasi: As Kashi recorded maximum temperature at 42.4 degree Celsius on Tuesday, extreme heat took a toll on people’s health and energy level and arrangements were made to provide relief. SSPG Divisional Hospital has taken several measures for patients and their attendants to beat the heat. As many as 14 water coolers have been installed…
Varanasi: A total of 250 new buses will be added to expand services of Varanasi City Transport Services Limited. Besides, the Kashi Darshan service will be linked with IRCTC.The 34th meeting of the Varanasi City Transport Services Limited Board was held on Tuesday, during which various important points regarding making the city’s traffic system smooth,…
Varanasi: A question in the MA Semester IV examination for “Women in Modern Indian Society (1950)” conducted by the History Department of Banaras Hindu University on May 16 asked: “What do you understand by the term Brahmanical Patriarchy? Discuss how Brahmanical patriarchy impeded the progress of women in ancient India.”While examiners will evaluate how students…
VARANASI: Mirzapur police have invoked the stringent Gangsters Act against 10 individuals accused of coercing women associated with various gyms linked to their network into converting to Islam. The gyms involved in the case — widely referred to as ‘Gym Jihad’ — were sealed by police on Monday.Mirzapur ASP (City) Nitesh Singh said that a…
Varanasi: Another Ballia man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, executive assistant to Suvendu Adhikari — now Bengal CM — near a toll plaza in Muzaffarnagar’s Chhapar area.The accused, identified as Rajkumar Singh, a resident of Ballia district, was allegedly returning from Haridwar with his family when the joint team…
Varanasi: The Sarnath police busted a pyramid scheme racket in Sarnath on Tuesday, arresting seven members of a gang accused of duping hundreds of youths of lakhs of rupees through a fake Multi-Level Marketing operation. For months, over 250 victims had been turning up at the gang’s office, operating as a call centre front, to…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University will institute a Gold Medal in the memory of renowned educationist and philosopher Bharat Ratna Dr Bhagwan Das, who worked closely with Mahamana Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya and Annie Besant in the pursuit of shaping India’s education landscape and contributing to nation-building. Dr Pushkar Ranjan and Samir Kant, great grandsons of…
Varanasi: Researchers from the department of surgical oncology of Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, have published a study titled ‘Defining Surgical Excellence in Gallbladder Cancer: A Meta-Analysis Validating the 6-Node Threshold and Extended D2 Lymphadenectomy Across All T-Stages’ in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology, enlisting surgical guidelines and improve clinical outcomes in gallbladder cancer,…
Varanasi: The city is currently in the grip of a severe heatwave, with conditions intensifying in line with the peak pre-monsoon summer season, with the maximum temperature touching 45°C, marking a 4.4°C departure from normal.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), temperatures may climb further to 45–47°C in the coming days. The intense heat has…
Rajeev.DikshitVaranasi: A 30-year-old man Amaresh Singh was shot at by Thar-borne miscreants on the Mau highway near Karha village under Chiraiyyakot police station in Mau district on Sunday night after a dispute over giving way. In a similar incident, a youth was shot at by car-borne attackers in Varanasi on Saturday night.Mau’s circle officer (Mohammadabad)…
