Union Bank of India, the lead bank of the district, organised an outreach programme at Rudraksh Convention Centre, Sigra, on Friday Varanasi: Union Bank of India organised an outreach programme on Friday, during which cheques worth ₹515 crore were distributed to entrepreneurs. Sanction letters and cheques were also handed over to more than 300 customers.District…
Jewellery worth 1.95 crore seized at Varanasi Cantt Railway Station Varanasi: A joint team of the Government Railway Police (GRP), Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Intelligence on Friday detained two men and seized jewellery worth ₹1.95 crore at Varanasi Cantt railway station.The duo — Raunak (23) and Gautam (24), both residents of Surat in…
Varanasi: Mirzapur police on Friday arrested a man in connection with the murder of a transgender person whose body was found near a railway track at Usarhawa village under Padari police station limits in Mirzapur district.Arshalan, a resident of Ghosia in Bhadohi district’s Aurai area, lodged a complaint at Padari police station on Thursday, alleging…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has constituted anti-ragging squads and monitoring cells for its main campus in Varanasi and the Rajiv Gandhi South Campus in Barkachha, Mirzapur, for the academic session 2026-27.The squads and monitoring cells have been formed in accordance with the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions,…
Varanasi: Phoolpur police in Azamgarh district arrested a 40-year-old sorcerer on Wednesday night on charges of raping two girls, both sisters and attempting to rape the third. He had even threatened to use his occult powers and kill the girls if they complained to anyone. The accused, Mahfooz, resident of Gahni Khurd under Phoolpur police…
Gorakhpur, Jul 23 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath greets during the inauguration and foundation stone laying program of 14 public welfare development projects costing more than Rs995 crore, including a 6-lane flyover from Transport Nagar to Padleganj and a 4-lane flyover connecting it to Deoria Bypass, in Gorakhpur on Thursday. (@CMOfficeUP X/ANI Photo)…
Varanasi: Resident of a village under Sukhpura police station in Ballia district, Ritesh Tiwari (45), was attacked with knife by two motorcycles-borne miscreants on Wednesday.With the knife lodged in his back, Tiwari reached the nearest police outpost and alleged inaction of Sukhpura police. He said he had complained about receiving life threats in a property…
Alambadi Azami (R) with SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav Varanasi: Alambadi Azami, the eldest member of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha and a five-time Samajwadi Party MLA from Nizamabad, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Azamgarh late Wednesday. He was 92.Expressing deep grief, SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav wrote on X, “The news of…
Varanasi: A day after a sack containing codeine syrup was found floating in the Ganga in Varanasi, Chandauli police seized a consignment of 7,200 bottles of codeine syrup worth around Rs 15 lakh from an abandoned truck near the Kori underpass under Alinagar police station on Thursday.Police are trying to ascertain whether the consignment was…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party and Congress over issues of faith, governance and development, saying those who attacked faith while they were in power are now taking the contract to become the greatest defenders of faith.Addressing a public gathering, the CM said: “Sermons on faith…
