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)…
Varanasi: Police have announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 each for five accused in the lynching of a 36-year-old businessman on April 26 night after his car hit a woman washing utensils on the roadside in Ghamhapur village under Pindra police station area.A 36-year-old businessman, Manish Singh, was lynched by a mob after his…
Varanasi: Tahbarpur cops in Azamgarh district caught a juvenile on Tuesday night on the charges of killing a 22-year-old man during a wedding function on Monday night.Police said the accused asked the man, Suraj Prajapati, to assist him in bringing some disposable utensils. When Suraj went with the accused, the latter hacked him to death…
Varanasi: Dispute over direction of desert cooler snowballed into a violent clash in which one person was killed, while four others suffered serious injuries during a wedding party in the Indira Nagar area under Jiyanpur police station limits in Azamgarh district on Tuesday night. The wedding ceremony was called off.Azamgarh ASP (Rural) Chirag Jain said…
Varanasi: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday voiced confidence that his party will form the govt in West Bengal with a “massive majority”.Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at the Vindhyachal temple in Mirzapur, Nabin said: “Wednesday was a special day for Bengal as people turned out in record numbers to ensure a BJP-led govt…
Gorakhpur: The inauguration of Ganga Expressway by PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday will significantly strengthen connectivity between eastern UP and the western parts of the state, while giving a major push to the region’s economy, former president of the Chamber of Industries, S K Agarwal said on Wednesday.He added that with Gorakhpur emerging as an…
Gorakhpur: Marking International Workers’ Day, the state govt will organise a mass wedding ceremony for 200 daughters of labourers across Gorakhpur division on May 1. The event will be held at Champa Devi Park from 11am, with labour minister Anil Rajbhar and several public representatives attending the event.The initiative, aimed at easing the financial burden…
Gorakhpur: On Monday afternoon, a jeweller’s shop in the city became the scene of a brazen heist. Two youths walked in as customers, then seized the moment to snatch roughly 20 grams of gold before bolting. Yet the shop owner’s 18-year-old daughter refused to freeze. She gave chase for nearly 100 metres, caught one by…
Varanasi: Noted author, poet and professor of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at BHU, Dr Rajeev Kumar Dubey, was conferred the prestigious Bharat Vibhushan Samman during a ceremony held in Chandigarh on Tuesday.The award was given by Punjab Legislative Assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan. The programme was organised by the Institute of Social Reforms and…
