Varanasi: To promote green mobility, the Varanasi Development Authority has ordered 100 e-bikes for its staff busy in field work.VDA vice-chairman Purna Bora said, “Over 90% of the VDA’s officials and other employees remain busy in field. Approximately 300-400 litres of petrol and diesel is estimated to be consumed in their field visits and other…
Varanasi: Finally piped natural gas (PNG) supply line reached the kitchens of Annakshetras (food courts) run by Shri Annapurna Annakshetra Trust on Sunday. GAIL had earlier charged kitchen of the Annakshetra of the Kashi Vishwanath temple on Apr 17.Former UP minister and City South MLA Neelkanth Tiwari, GAIL’s executive director H K Garg and Annapurna…
Varanasi: A couple was killed, while their two children, aged 10 and 12, survived after a speeding trailer rammed into their motorcycle near Mahuli crossing on the Shaktinagar Highway in Mirzapur on Sunday.Police said the children were thrown several metres away by the impact but miraculously escaped, while the couple came under the wheels of…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday claimed that Congress began its “appeasement politics” long before the Constitution came into force or the country had its first election, and this led to the country’s Partition.“India’s Constitution was framed on Nov 26, 1949, and adopted on Jan 26, 1950, when parliamentary democracy came into force in…
Varanasi: A trader was killed after being hit by a speeding car at busy Maidagin crossing.The trader, Rajkumar Aggarwal (62), a resident of Bangali Bada in Visheshwarganj area, was returning home late on Saturday night. He was passing through Kotwali police station area when a car taking U-turn in high speed hit him.Passersby rushed to…
Gorakhpur: In a breakthrough in maternal and foetal healthcare, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Gorakhpur successfully carried out its first intrauterine blood transfusion, saving the life of an unborn baby, AIIMS Gorakhpur informed.The patient, a woman from Kushinagar, was undergoing her fourth pregnancy after suffering repeated pregnancy losses due to Rh isoimmunisation, a condition…
Gorakhpur: Yashita Rai, a student of The Pillars Public School, has secured a place among the top 35 students selected nationwide for the Orientation-cum-Selection Camp (OCSC) under the Indian National Biology Olympiad (INBO), bringing laurels to the city.The selection process is conducted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, one of India’s premier scientific…
Gorakhpur: Asking officials to ensure justice is delivered without any discrimination, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday asserted that addressing public grievances is the top priority of the Uttar Pradesh govt.Interacting with around 150 people from various districts during the Janata Darshan held at the Gorakhnath Temple, Yogi directed officials to deal with complaints swiftly…
Varanasi: As the number of structures either fully demolished or currently under demolition in Dalmandi has crossed 100, the district administration and Public Works Department (PWD) have stepped up negotiations with the management of six mosques falling along the alignment of the road widening project.Officials have proposed two options — either allotment of land for…
Varanasi: Turning the heat on Special Operation Group-2, which was formed to crack down on criminal activities like flesh trade, sex racket operations and gambling, police commissioner Mohit Agrawal dissolved the unit and attached many police stations and outposts in charges to police lines. Charge of three police stations was also inter-changed.While reviewing law and…
