Gorakhpur: In a courageous act, an 18-year-old girl chased and briefly overpowered a youth, who snatched gold jewellery from her family’s shop in Gola area on Monday evening. The entire incident was captured on CCTV.According to police, two youths entered the shop posing as customers and asked to see jewellery. When shown gold earrings, one…
Varanasi: A a modern 3-tier ghat, constructed by UP govt at a cost of Rs 17.06 crore, has come up at birthplace of Bhagwan Chandraprabhu Ji, eighth Tirthankar of Jainism, in Chandravati village on Ghazipur Road. Built under the Jain Circuit scheme, the 200-metre-long ghat was inaugurated during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the…
Varanasi: A Special Operations Group team of the district police came under attack from a mob during a raid in Khalispur village on Monday night, when it went to arrest the accused in the businessman lynching case in Ghamahapur.Acting on inputs that some accused were hiding in Khalispur village, a joint team of the SOG…
Varanasi: Shivprasad Gupt Divisional Hospital in Kabirchaura will transform into a super multi-speciality healthcare complex. The 318-bed hospital will be demolished, and a 500-bed multi-super-speciality hospital will be constructed at Rs 315 crore. In the new facility, patients from Purvanchal will get quality and affordable healthcare services, diagnosis, treatment and emergency medical aid, all under…
Varanasi: Alongside the Ayurvedic system of medicine, Varanasi is emerging as a centre for the Tibetan medical system with the construction of the Yuthog Sowa Rigpa Medical College and Hospital at Sarnath. The first phase of the four-storey, 100-bed state-of-the-art facility, being developed at an estimated cost of around Rs99 crore, has been completed.Registrar of…
Varanasi: A 12-year-old girl was raped and murdered allegedly by her maternal uncle in the Myorpur police station area of Sonbhadra district.In a swift action, the police arrested the accused in a late-night encounter on Monday. He was shot in the leg during retaliatory firing by police.Pipri CO Harsh Pandey said the accused confessed to…
Varanasi: The proposed state of the art eco-friendly building of Nagar Nigam will be designed like a temple, in keeping with the holy city tag of Kashi and foundation stone of the Mini Sadan was laid during Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s two-day visit to the city on Tuesday. Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal said the new…
Gorakhpur: The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has begun trial runs of long-distance electric buses (e-buses) from Gorakhpur on key routes including Ayodhya, Sonauli and Tamkuhi Raj.Officials said a full-fledged rollout with a detailed timetable is expected within the next 10 days.A total of 20 e-buses will be deployed from two main bus stations,…
PM Modi being welcomed by governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi upon his arrival in the city Varanasi: Linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said opposition parties conspired to block 33% reservation for women in Parliament and assemblies, sparking anger among…
Varanasi: The city remained under intense heatwave conditions on Monday, though partial cloud cover brought some respite. Temperatures stayed high, with AP recording 41.5°C and BHU 41.1°C.After days of 43–45°C that made the city one of the hottest spots in UP, the clouds helped moderate the scorching sun.The city remained mostly sunny to partly cloudy,…
