Bahraich: Terror swept through a Bahraich village as a leopard brazenly prowled into a residential lane in broad daylight, pouncing on a five-year-old boy. However, in an astonishing display of valour, the child’s mother grappled with the beast for nearly 10 minutes, refusing to yield until her son was wrested from its jaws.The incident took…
Varanasi: Police recovered three pistols and two revolvers allegedly used in the May 6 murder of West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant, Chandranath Rath, following the arrest of another accused in Ballia on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.In a joint operation with STF’s Varanasi field unit, CBI arrested Naveen Kumar Singh…
Gorakhpur: Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology (MMMUT) has appointed Prof Anupama Kaushik Sharma as its new vice-chancellor. Sharma is the fifth VC and the first woman to hold the post since the university’s days as Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College.According to the order issued from Jan Bhavan, Lucknow, Prof Sharma has been appointed as…
Varanasi: The academic council of BHU has approved a series of reforms aimed at making the PhD admission process more accessible, transparent and student-friendly. The meeting was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prof.Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi.One of the key proposals passed by the council allows university departments to conduct a screening test before interviews…
Gorakhpur: A 30-year-old man was beaten to death with an iron rod and sticks by his relatives over an old rivalry in Bhusa village under Harpur Budhat police station limits on Thursday night. His parents were also injured seriously when they tried to intervene.The deceased, identified as Ramsevak Chauhan, was returning home after irrigating his…
Victim, Deepak with his wife and daughter Bahraich: In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old man was allegedly dragged into the Ghaghara river by a crocodile while he was attending his mother-in-law’s funeral in Gonda on Wednesday noon.The victim, Deepak, a resident of Greater Noida, had travelled to his in-laws’ village with his wife and daughter…
Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur is set to further strengthen its position as a national rowing hub as chief minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to attend the closing ceremony of the 46th Junior National Rowing Championship at Ramgarh Tal on Thursday.During the event, the CM will watch two final rowing competitions before felicitating winners and addressing participants.The championship…
Gorakhpur: Ahead of Samajwadi Party’s proposed protest on Wednesday against pollution in GIDA industrial area and other local issues, district administration placed Kajal Nishad and several party members under house arrest late Tuesday night. Police teams reached the residences of SP members and stopped them from stepping out, the party’s district office informed.Those confined included…
Varanasi: On the fifth day of the 10-day Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC-281) organised by 91 UP Battalion NCC Mughalsarai, various military and personality development activities were conducted for cadets on Wednesday.The camp featured morning drill, class firing competition and various training sessions.During the training, cadets were given technical knowledge of map reading, inspirational accounts…
Varanasi: Following the row over BHU’s exam paper on Brahmanical patriarchy’s impact on women, Congress state president Ajai Rai demand that educational institutions should be kept free from BJP‘s political and RSS interference.. “We strongly oppose this question and such a mentality and demand from the university administration that this question be immediately withdrawn. It…
