Varanasi: The arrest of a constable by the Lucknow unit of UP-STF for running an organised extortion racket targeting truckers has once again exposed how eastern UP districts bordering Bihar remain a hub for such illegal activities. The accused allegedly posed as an RTO official to extort money in exchange for allowing overloaded trucks to…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the upcoming Mahatma Buddha Agriculture and Technology University in Kushinagar would play a transformative role in enhancing farmers’ income and improving agriculturalproductivity across eastern Uttar Pradesh.Inspecting the under-construction university campus, being developed at a cost of nearly Rs 450 crore, the chief minister said the project…
Varanasi: A District and Sessions Court in Ballia on Tuesday extended the judicial custody to 14 days of Navin Singh, who was arrested on May 19 with five firearms allegedly used in the killing of Chandranath Rathi, personal assistant to West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari.On May 20, Fefna police produced Navin before the CJM court,…
Varanasi: After rescuing an 11-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on May 29 and raped, Haldharpur police arrested the accused Danish (21) in Mau district on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.Mau’s CO (Ghosi/Madhuban) Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that the teams of Haldharpur police station carrying out raids to nab Danish, resident of Mustafabad…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the state’s second flatted factory complex at the Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA) on Wednesday. Built at a cost of Rs 42.5 crore in Sector 13, the facility is aimed at boosting MSME growth and generating employment in the region. The plug-and-play industrial complex, spread over 2.68 acres,…
Varanasi: An occultist from Aligarh, Imtiyaz Khan (48), who was on the run after robbing a woman of jewelleries was held in an encounter with the police in Azamgarh district late on Monday.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain on Tuesday said that on May 9, Imtiyaz misled a woman, Chanda Devi, of Rajapur after making her…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed officials to ensure that the benefits of the welfare schemes reach every eligible citizen.“From housing to medical treatment, from a daughter’s education and marriage to pensions for destitute persons and senior citizens, the govt has numerous schemes for every needy section of society. Applications should be facilitated…
Varanasi: Police on Tuesday arrested a teenager for allegedly appearing in the Class XII Physics examination of the UP Board as a proxy candidate for his friend in the city last year. His friend has already been arrested.A case was registered against him under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Uttar Pradesh…
Varanasi: Days after a 30-year-old ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker died allegedly following a C-section performed by a quack at a Sonbhadra hospital that had been sealed multiple times by authorities, police arrested two people, including a nurse, late Monday.Sonbhadra circle officer (Obra) Amit Kumar said on Tuesday that teams from Kone police station…
Varanasi: As many as 45 tortoises packed in nine bags were recovered from a bogie of Doon Express train by GRP and RPF when it reached Varanasi Junction on Monday. Police were trying to identify the smugglers carrying tortoise.Varanasi Junction GRP station in-charge Rajol Nagar said that after the Howrah bound Doon Express arrived at…
