Varanasi: A 10-year-old boy died after suffering a bullet injury during celebratory firing at a wedding ceremony in Pandey Dera of Ganga Shivpur Diyar in Ballia district on Friday night.Ballia ASP (South) Sanjay Verma said the victim was attending the wedding of his cousin sister when someone opened celebratory fire. The boy was hit and…
Varanasi: What began as a celebration ended in tragedy on Friday night, when a 22-year-old groom was shot dead by three men on a motorcycle as his ‘baraat’ passed Badshahi Bazar in Jaunpur’s Khetasarai.Initial police investigation found that the prime accused, Pradeep Bind, has a long criminal history and named in other murder cases. He…
Varanasi: A 22-year-old youth, who had gone to attend a wedding ceremony in Naribari village under Dehat Kotwali area of Mirzapur district on Friday night, was shot dead by some miscreants near a railway track at some distance from the venue.According to Mirzapur ASP (City) Nitesh Singh, Bhootnath Raidas of Rajapur village has lodged a…
Varanasi: A labourer died after falling from the sixth floor during construction work at the G-12 building located in the Police Line on Thursday. According to reports, the labourer, Mohammad Iftikhar (22), a resident of Araria in Bihar, lost balance while loading sand and fell from the sixth floor.He was taken to the DDU Hospital,…
Gorakhpur: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday declared the ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) results, triggering celebrations across schools in Gorakhpur.Among the top scorers in Class X, Pavani Maurya of Little Flower School and Akshita Gupta of HP Children Academy secured 99.4% each, bringing laurels to their institution.In…
Varanasi: The city basked in cool and pleasant weather on Thursday after a hailstorm accompanied by heavy rain and strong winds that swept through parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi a day before.With maximum and minimum temperatures settling at 31.3°C and 21.6°C, the city recorded a marked drop from the pre-storm highs of 41–45°C…
Varanasi: Two youths were killed after two motorcycles collided head-on on a bypass service road near Akhri village under Rohaniya Akhri police outpost in Varanasi on Thursday.On receiving information, police reached the spot and with the help of locals, admitted both the injured to trauma center, where they succumbed to injuries during treatment.The deceased were…
Gorakhpur: Under the Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana, the state govt facilitated the marriages of 7,453 girls across the Gorakhpur division in the financial year 2025–26, and transferred over Rs 44.71 crore directly to the bank accounts of the brides, officials said on Thursday.The scheme, run by the social welfare department, covered marriages of 3,070 couples…
Varanasi: A policeman was killed and three others were seriously injured late Wednesday when a dumper truck went out of control and rammed into a police patrol jeep near Baniyapar on Gorakhpur-Mau Highway in the Ghosi Kotwali area of Mau district. Head constable Pawan Kumar Yadav (38), a resident of Karmajeetpur, Chitaipur, Varanasi, was declared…
Varanasi: The Cantt police in Varanasi busted a liquor smuggling gang operating from a rented house in Taktakpur Anoula area on Thursday.Two key operators of the gang– Gaurav Sahni (22) and Arvind Sahani (35)– both residents of Begusarai district in Bihar were arrested, and a large stock of illicit liquor was seized.According to ACP (Cantt)…
