Gorakhpur: In a bid to strengthen safety measures at Ramgarh Tal, Gorakhpur Development Authority has decided to establish a floating police outpost inside the lake. The facility will be set up at Platform No. 3 and will be managed by the water police, officials said.The floating outpost will house offices for water police personnel, a…
Gorakhpur: A police constable arrested for abduction and murder of a 10-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted by doctors, nurses and hospital employees when he was brought to the district hospital for a medical examination on Thursday afternoon.The accused, Abhishek Yadav (35), posted with Dial-112 in Gorakhpur, was taken to the hospital by police around 2.30…
Varanasi: A special Pocso court in Varanasi has sentenced a 35-year-old man convicted of sexual assault and circulating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to life imprisonment for the remainder of his life, holding that stringent punishment is necessary to deter such crimes.The court also directed the DM to chalk out an action plan for an…
CM Yogi Adityanath at a public meeting in Ghazipur on Thursday Varanasi: On the turf of gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party, saying those who offered ‘Fatiha’ at the grave of the mafia don brandished weapons during Ramlila and patronised his family were…
Kavadias started arriving in Varanasi on the first day of the month of Sawan Varanasi: Thousands of devotees thronged Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham on the first day of the holy month of Shrawan on Thursday for the sacred darshan and jalabhishek of Lord Shri Kashi Vishwanath, as the temple administration put in place extensive arrangements…
Varanasi: Maharajganj police in Azamgarh district arrested two youths on Wednesday for selling tractor-trolleys after hiring them from their owners. They divulged they had borrowed and lost huge amounts in online gaming and to clear the debt, indulged in this practice. Police recovered three trolleys sold by them.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain on Wednesday evening…
CM Yogi offers prayers at KV Temple on Shrawan’s first day Varanasi: With the commencement of the auspicious Shrawan month, chief minister Yogi Adityanath performed rituals at the sanctum sanctorum of Kashi Vishwanath Temple on Thursday morning. He also offered prayers at Kaal Bhairav Temple before leaving for Ghazipur. It was a rare occasion when…
Varanasi: With the holy month of Shrawan beginning on Thursday and continuing till Aug 28, lakhs of devotees and kanwariyas from India and abroad are expected to visit Kashi for darshan and jalabhishek of Baba Shri Kashi Vishwanath. To manage the massive influx, the local administration has put in place extensive security, traffic, crowd-management and…
Varanasi: A man and his 13-year-old son were killed after an uncontrolled speeding cement container truck ran over them and crashed into four roadside houses in the Kalna Gaharwar area under Vindhyachal police station area early Thursday.Mirzapur ASP (City) Nitesh Singh said the accident occurred around 3 am near Kalna Gaharwar when a cement container…
CM Yogi inaugurates BJP’s kalash yatra in Kashi Varanasi: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fulfilling Sant Ravidas’s 650-year-old message of equality, social harmony and a caste-less society by ensuring development of all without discrimination.“The dream of an egalitarian society that Sant Ravidas had envisioned is being realised under…
