Gorakhpur: A 16-year-old boy allegedly hacked his elder brother, sister-in-law and their three-year-old son to death while they were asleep in a village in Gorakhpur early Monday.The incident took place around 3 am in Balua village under Bansgaon police station limits, nearly 50 km from the district headquarters. According to police, the victims were sleeping…
Varanasi: NEET re-examination conducted by the National Testing Agency was completed successfully at various centres across the district. A total of 25,480 candidates were registered at 47 examination centres in the district. Of them, 23,787 appeared for the examination, while 1,693 remained absent, resulting in an attendance rate of 93.36 per cent.District magistrate Satyendra Kumar…
Gorakhpur/Lucknow: A nine-month-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by her 14-year-old relative in Gorakhpur district, police said on Sunday, adding that the juvenile claimed he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crime.According to police, the incident occurred early Saturday when the accused allegedly lifted the infant from her home…
Varanasi: A series of Yoga events were organised at different places in the holy city to celebrate the International Yoga Day on Sunday. Besides district and police administration, yoga sessions were organised by different institutions including Banaras Hindu University, IIT-BHU, Banaras Locomotive Works, Railways, CRPF, Army Recruiting Office and other organisations. The programme organised at…
Varanasi: In a major milestone for clean and safe energy adoption in Kashi, the city’s Piped Natural Gas (PNG) network has expanded to one lakh households. To mark the achievement, GAIL (India) Limited felicitated its 100,000th domestic consumer at a special ceremony held at Shanti Kunj Apartment in Tarna.Speaking at the event, Mayor Ashok Kumar…
Varanasi: Municipal Commissioner Himanshu Nagpal conducted an extensive inspection of development projects across the city on Saturday and ordered penalties, show-cause notices and disciplinary action against agencies and officials for poor-quality work, delays and negligence.During his visit to the road construction work being carried out under the CM Grid Scheme at Kachehri, Nagpal found the…
Varanasi: Police in Azamgarh have arrested a man for allegedly murdering his 24-year-old partner after her skeletal remains were recovered from bushes near Badaila Tal in the Jahanaganj police station area on Saturday evening, nearly a month after she went missing.The accused, Manoj Yadav alias Murha (28), was arrested after he allegedly confessed to the…
Varanasi: A 14-member mountaineering team from the University Mountaineering Centre of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was flagged off on Saturday for an expedition to Friendship Peak in the Pir Panjal range of Himachal Pradesh.The team was flagged off by BHU vice-chancellor Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, who interacted with the students and enquired about their training, preparation…
Gorakhpur: Eminent agricultural scientist and Padma Shri awardee Ram Chet Chaudhary was conferred the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award for Kalanamak Rice’ at a ceremony held at Hotel Ashoka, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, on Sunday.The award was presented by KisaanSay CEO Nitin Puri and Padma Shri recipient Ashok Gulati in recognition of Chaudhary’s decades-long contribution to the promotion,…
Varanasi: Azamgarh police arrested two miscreants for stealing gold jewellery from women on the pretext of cleaning it in Kanjahit village.During an encounter, one of the criminals was shot in the leg and was arrested while the other was arrested after a brief chase.The police seized looted gold chain, earrings, illegal country-made pistol and cartridges…
