Varanasi: In a clash with his younger brother a 70-year-old Jagdish Vishwakarma in Karsada village under Mehnajpur police station in Azamgarh district killed his younger brother Omprakash (65) by hitting his head with a stick.After taking stock of the incident site Azamgarh’s CO (Lalganj) Bhupesh Pandey on Wednesday said that Jagdish was arrested near Gangwal…
Varanasi: Manager of an illegally operated madrassa `Madarsatul Nishan Niswan’, Anis (85), was arrested by Kotwali police on charges of embezzlement of govt funds on Wednesday. SIT probe found Anis was siphoning govt funds by uploading fake records on the madrassa portal. He was absconding, hence, cash reward of Rs 25,000 was announced on information…
Varanasi: In a clash with his younger brother, Jagdish Vishwakarma (70), resident of Karsada village under Mehnajpur police station in Azamgarh district killed his younger brother Omprakash (65) by hitting his head with a stick.After inspecting the incident site, Azamgarh (Lalganj) CO Bhupesh Pandey on Wednesday said Jagdish was arrested near Gangwal Panchayat building on…
Varanasi: The Vitamin-A Supplementation and Iron Folic Acid (IFA) distribution campaign was launched on Wednesday by chief medical officer D. Mukesh Kumar at the Anganwadi Centre in Nawabganj, where he administered Vitamin-A doses and IFA syrup to children. The month-long campaign aims to cover 3,92,921 children across the district with Vitamin-A supplementation.Dr Mukesh Kumar said…
Varanasi: Court sentenced a man to life imprisonment on Tuesday for killing his wife and burying the body in the courtyard of his house in Bhitari village under Lohta police station in 2020. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fourteenth) Atul Chaudhary sentenced Rajendra Prasad (56) to rigourous imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine…
Varanasi: On successful completion of 10 years of the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA), aimed at providing quality antenatal check-ups and safe motherhood services to pregnant women, ‘Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Diwas’ was organised on Tuesday at all community health centres, primary health centres and other urban health units in the district. Arrangements were…
Varanasi: In accordance with directives issued by the National Health Mission and the Family Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, a district-wide Vitamin-A Supplementation Campaign will commence on Wednesday. Under the campaign, the Health Department has set a target of administering Vitamin-A doses to 3,92,921 children in the age group of 9 months to 5 years. Iron…
Gorakhpur: A dispute over the organisation of their mother’s post-death ‘brahm bhoj’ turned fatal in Gorakhpur’s Pipraich area on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot his younger brother dead.The victim, Shubham Sharma, sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was rushed to Nehru Hospital at BRD Medical College, where doctors declared him dead. The…
Varanasi: A 20-year-old woman, Anchal Sonkar, and her father Prithvi Nath Sonkar (64) of Ramnagar were killed while their neighbour Dinesh Sonkar (24) suffered grave injuries when a speeding vehicle hit their motorcycle near Belwa under Phulpur police station on Tuesday morning.The accident occurred, when Anchal was going to appear for the UP police constable…
Varanasi: In a major push for urban infrastructure development, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has approved the exchange of over 227.5 bigha (57.6 hectares) of land with the Defence Estate and the Railways to facilitate public amenities, traffic management projects and parking facilities across the city. The proposal has already received clearance from both the…
