Varanasi: A 21-year-old social media influencer was publicly assaulted by two classmates on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus Friday, allegedly after she body-shamed them in response to continuous trolling.On Saturday, the influencer filed an FIR against the two classmates and posted a video on social media describing how they had been taunting and trolling…
Varanasi: An accused of cow slaughtering, Arif alias Fusi, 32, was arrested after suffering a bullet injury during an exchange of fire with Kaptanganj cops in Azamgarh district on Saturday early morning.Azamgarh’s ASP (Rural) Chirag Jain on Saturday said Kaptanganj police were busy in night patrolling when informers alerted them around 2.20 am about the…
Varanasi: A tense and dramatic scene unfolded late Friday during a wedding ceremony in Patwadh Kautuk slum, under the Bilriyaganj police station area of Azamgarh, after a woman arrived at the venue accompanied by police officers, alleging she had been in a long-standing relationship with the groom and insisting that the marriage be halted immediately.However,…
Varanasi: Three staff of a model wine shop were caught red handed while selling liquor near Varanasi Junction (Cantt railway station) after closing of the shop on Friday late night. Sigra police also seized huge stock of liquor from them.Station in-charge Shivanand Mishra said police raided the shop in Vijayanagram Market opposite Varanasi Cantt Railway…
Gorakhpur: Asserting that resolving people’s problems remains the govt’s priority, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed officials to ensure prompt, transparent and sensitive disposal of complaints, warning that negligence in grievance redressal would not be tolerated.During a Janata darshan held at Gorakhnath Temple, the CM met around 150 people, who submitted applications relatedto revenue,…
Varanasi: After a video of a youth having beer while bathing in the Ganga in Varanasi went viral and sparked outrage, Dashashwamedh police lodged an FIR against an unidentified person on Friday.The FIR was registered on the complaint of an advocate, Shashank Tripathi, under BNS sections 196 (promoting enmity or engaging in acts that disturb…
Varanasi: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirmath, spearheading a national movement to safeguard cows, has announced plans to launch GO-LX — a digital platform conceived to rescue cattle from slaughter by enabling direct purchase.Announcing the move in a video, the seer said he will buy cows through a new website modelled on OLX. Livestock farmers and…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University has called upon all undergraduate and postgraduate students to actively participate in the online feedback process for the current semester. The university’s teaching department, office of the registrar made an appeal to the students to submit their subject-wise feedback via the Namaste BHU platform by or before June 14. Students can…
Women cover themselves with an umbrella to shield themselves from the scorching heat Varanasi: Kashi, which recorded its hottest day on Thursday with 45.6°C, continued to suffer from intense heatwave conditions on Friday, with the maximum temperature settling at 44.5°C.According to IMD, the maximum temperature was 3.7°C above normal, while the minimum temperature was 28.6°C,…
Gorakhpur: A 16-year-old school topper drowned in the Rapti river in Gorakhpur’s Jhangha area while bathing with five friends. His mother has alleged that he was deliberately drowned out of jealousy over his academic success.The deceased was a Class XI student at Aditya Public School and had topped his school in the Class X CBSE…
