Gorakhpur: At a tea stall in front of DDU Gorakhpur University, three sisters sell tea to fund their preparation for qualifying the civil services exam.Hailing from Maharajganj, Vartika, Vandita and Avantika Upadhyay run the tea and snacks stall, ‘Believer Bistro’, which, for them, provides means to continue their education and support their family.The family’s circumstances…
Varanasi: The portion built in Package-I of the Ghazipur-Ballia (Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border) Greenfield Highway of National Highway-31 will be opened by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for a trial run from Oct 1.NHAI Azamgarh’s project director Piyush Agrawal on Thursday said vehicular movement will be permitted during the trial run in the particular…
Gorakhpur: A two-year-old boy was killed and a four-month-old infant seriously injured after a speeding auto-rickshaw ran over a family waiting for a bus in Gorakhpur’s Uruwa area on Thursday morning. The driver fled towards Sikriganj with the vehicle after the accident.According to police, Vinay Pandey, a resident of Pipra Pandey, was waiting for a…
Varanasi: A murder accused was arrested after suffering bullet injury in leg during exchange of fire with Chiraiyyakot police in Mau district early morning on Thursday.He was on police radar after he allegedly killed one Aneesh Kumar over a wedding-related dispute near Kajha on Sept 9. He also carried a cash reward of Rs 25,000…
Varanasi: A team of Azamgarh police arrested a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, forcing her to have an abortion without consent and threatening to circulate obscene photos and videos. Police brought him to the district on Thursday.Azamgarh SSP Anil Kumar said Tarkeshwar Yadav (51) was arrested after a woman…
Varanasi: Five persons, including two constables, were arrested in two cases of loot and extortion here. Three of the arrested persons were posing as policemen. Sureri police station in-charge was suspended in the extortion case.The action was taken after DIG, Varanasi range, Vaibhav Krishna assigned a DSP to probe into the matter. Krishna said that…
Gorakhpur: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Thursday hit back at allegations levelled against its workers, urging those making the claims to present evidence instead of attempting to vitiate the university atmosphere through “unverified accusations”.Addressing a news conference at the organisation’s provincial office, ABVP’s Nikhil Gupta said some individuals were making baseless allegations against the…
Varanasi: Janata Dal (United) chief and Bihar health minister Nishant Kumar—son of Bihar’s former chief minister Nitish Kumar—will be exploring the party’s possibilities for contesting the forthcoming UP assembly polls in 2025. He is scheduled to address a state-level workers’ meeting in Korauta area in Varanasi on Oct 25.In view of JD(U)’s past unsuccessful stint…
Gorakhpur: Taking note of complaints related to illegal occupation of land, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday instructed officials to get encroached properties freed and initiate strict legal action against land grabbers.During Janata Darshan at Gorakhnath Temple, the CM heard the grievances of nearly 200 people, assuring them that their issues would be resolved promptly….
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said India’s ancient knowledge tradition had faced repeated attempts at destruction by foreign invaders and colonial policies, and stressed the need to identify, preserve and present the country’s intellectual heritage to the world using documentary evidence and modern technology.“Attacks on temples and centres of learning at different points…
