Varanasi: Six persons, including a woman YouTuber, were arrested in Mirzapur on Sunday for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to implicate some policemen in a false case of kidnapping and extortion.Mirzapur ASP Operations Rajkumar Meena said that after collecting scientific evidence, a joint team from Adlahat police station and the Special Operations Group arrested six people…
Gorakhpur: The state govt is set to complete a major sewage interception and treatment project aimed at cleaning the Rapti river before the onset of monsoon.Officials said that more than 96% work on Mahewa/Katniya drain interception, diversion and treatment project has already been completed.The Rs 53-crore project has been designed to stop untreated sewage and…
Varanasi: Governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath will reach Kashi on Monday to attend Somnath Swabhiman Parv events. One event is scheduled in Kashi Vishwanath Dham and another at Swatantrata Bhawan of Banaras Hindu University.In association with Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple trust and Union ministry of culture, UP culture department and district administration…
Varanasi: In the early hours of Sunday, two armed men aboard the DDU-Tarighat passenger train gunned down a youth before flinging his body onto the tracks between Alinagar and Sakaldiha in Chandauli district. Panic erupted in the coach as the train slowed, giving the assailants their chance to leap off and vanish into the morning…
Lucknow: In a freak accident, a three-year-old girl died after falling into a vessel of boiling sugar syrup while her father was preparing gulab jamuns for a wedding in Gorakhpur on Saturday evening.The incident took place in Bansgaon, around 30 km from the district headquarters, where preparations were underway for a wedding ceremony scheduled for…
Varanasi: Amidst chanting of Vedic mantras, rituals of bhumi pujan (groundbreaking) for the construction of a 500-bed super speciality hospital building were performed on SSPG divisional hospital premises here on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid foundation of the project during his visit on Apr 28.After the rituals, former UP minister and City South…
Gorakhpur: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers on Sunday staged a protest against SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at Indra Vihar Tiraha over the alleged objectionable comment made against BJP state chief Pankaj Chaudhary from a social media account, reportedly linked to the IT cell of Samajwadi Party.As part of the protest, the BJYM workers burnt…
Varanasi: Demolition picked up pace on Saturday for the Dalmandi road widening project, targeting newly acquired buildings and sites where structures were left partially standing in previous drives. The over Rs 200 crore project aims to improve access to Kashi Vishwanath Dham from the Naisadak point on the Lahurabir-Godowlia road.A joint team from the PWD,…
Gorakhpur: A dispute over an unfulfilled request for a chicken leg piece by a ‘baraati’ turned a Gorakhpur wedding venue into a battleground late Friday. The argument quickly escalated into a clash involving stones, belts, bamboo sticks, and swords, leaving one youth dead and another critically injured.The incident took place under the Shahpur police station…
Varanasi: Timely intervention by the police and mediation by elders of the community helped bring a dramatic wedding-day standoff in Varanasi’s Lohta area to a peaceful solution, with the bride eventually marrying her longtime lover on Friday.The high-voltage drama unfolded in Chhitauni village on Thursday night when the bride, whose marriage was arranged by her…
