Varanasi: Reacting to Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the country’s youth compelled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to bow before their pressure and also started the countdown to its ouster from power.After visiting Karmi Tola in the main city area of Azamgarh to console the family…
Varanasi: The Varanasi Municipal Corporation has taken a strict stance on sanitation and encroachment issues in the city. During a surprise inspection of the Ramnagar zone on Saturday, Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal found heaps of garbage at several places, damaged drains, and large-scale encroachments over drains and sewers.Taking serious note of the negligence, the municipal…
Varanasi: Ghazipur police on Friday registered an FIR against Mohammad Shahid, an associate of the Mukhtar Ansari gang, the then station house officer (SHO) of Mohammadabad police station, and the area lekhpal for allegedly facilitating the issuance of an arms licence in 2001 using the address of a rented house by falsely showing it as…
Varanasi: A play school teacher allegedly branded the private part of a five-year-old nursery student with a hot knife after he urinated in his pants on Friday.Lalpur-Pandeypur police station in-charge Atul Singh said on Saturday that an FIR has been registered against the school authorities and the teacher in this connection. However, the medical report…
Varanasi: A cattle smuggler was killed and another seriously injured after they jumped off the Saidpur–Balua bridge while trying to escape from police during a vehicle check in Chandauli district early Saturday. Police arrested their third accomplice and rescued 11 bovines from a pick-up van allegedly being used for cattle smuggling.Chandauli ASP Anant Chandrashekhar said…
Varanasi: Ahead of arrival of chief minister Yogi Adityanath on the occasion of Guru Purnima on Jul 29 to visit the temple at the birthplace of Sant Ravidas in Seer Gowardhanpur, Varanasi Municipal Corporation has intensified drive to keep the area clean and free of civic problems.BJP too has also geared up preparations to hold…
Police Commissioner Mohit Agrawal and District MagistrateSatyendra Kumar conducted a foot inspection of key routes from Godowlia to Dashashwamedh Ghat Varanasi: Ahead of the Shrawan month and under the Reducing Traffic Congestion Scheme, police commissioner Mohit Agrawal and district magistrate Satyendra Kumar on Thursday conducted a foot inspection of key routes from Godowlia to Dashashwamedh…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University will host its 106th convocation for the academic session 2025–26 on Dec 12 at Swatantrata Bhawan.Degrees will be awarded to successful students of undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes. Gold medals will also be presented to meritorious students from various faculties and institutes.According to a BHU spokesperson, 11 sub-committees have been formed…
Five retired education department employees arrested in Ghazipur Varanasi: Ghazipur Kotwali police arrested five retired education department employees on July 22 for allegedly fraudulently withdrawing pension benefits.According to police, sub-inspector Vijay Kumar and his team arrested the accused during a checking drive at Lanka Bus Stand as part of an ongoing anti-crime campaign.Following the arrests,…
Varanasi: A Ballia court on Thursday sentenced a man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.The court of the special judge (POCSO Act) also imposed a fine of ₹20,000 on the convict, Sadhu Yadav, a resident of Pradhanpur village under Rasra police station limits.In default of payment of the fine,…
