Varanasi: The Varanasi Municipal Corporation has prepared a special action plan to maintain cleanliness and safeguard public health in view of Bakrid. Under the plan, elaborate arrangements have been made for prompt disposal of the large volume of waste generated following qurbani.The civic body has identified 79 locations across the city where waste generation is…
Varanasi: Cyber Crime Team of Varanasi police commissionerate on Wednesday arrested two cyber criminals and busted the gang involved in withdrawing money fraudulently from people’s bank accounts . Mobile phones used in the crime, forged fabricated Aadhaar cards and cash were recovered. According to police, Shivdatt Harijan, resident of Ballia, living in Police Lines, had…
Varanasi: Mere hours after bidding a farewell to their sister at her wedding, tragedy struck the family after her two cousin brothers were mowed down by a speeding truck in Bhadohi early Wednesday. Their friend, who was riding with them, was left battling for his life with serious injuries.The deceased were identified as Karan (18),…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expressed sorrow over death of three teenaged boys who drowned in the Rapti river while bathing near Rajghat area of Gorakhpur on Tuesday evening. He directed officials to provide all admissible govt assistance to the bereaved families at the earliest and personally coordinate with them.Describing the incident as…
Varanasi: Kopaganj police in Mau arrested two youths on Wednesday for allegedly writing pro-Pakistan slogans on the signboard of Kurthijafarpur outpost.The incident came to light on Tuesday, and within minutes, photographs and videos of the signboard went viral across social media platforms.Mau circle officer (Ghosi) Jitendra Singh said teams from Kopaganj police and the surveillance…
Varanasi: A police constable assigned to the personal security of Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari — the son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari — has been suspended for allegedly leaving duty for personal work without informing senior officials.During his recent visit to Mau, armed constable Upendra Kumar, deployed as Abbas’s gunner, was absent while the…
Varanasi: Mugalsarai police of Chandauli district on Wednesday arrested four individuals aged between 19 and 21 years, accused of allegedly looting a man of Rs 1.34 lakh on May 21 near Chaurhat.The police identified the accused as Aryan Shrivastava, Shivang Pandey, Mohammad Tariq Ansari, and Dev Sarkar alias Dayal.According to police, the accused looted Mehtab…
Varanasi: In a notable international academic recognition, Shyam Kamal, associate professor in the department of Electrical Engineering at IIT- BHU has been nominated to serve as an Area Chair for the prestigious International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA 2027).The conference is scheduled to be held from Feb 25 to 27, 2027, in Paris,…
Gorakhpur: A minor altercation over giving way on a narrow village road turned violent in Gorakhpur’s GIDA area late Monday, leaving a car driver injured and his vehicle reduced to ashes after an alleged attack by motorcycle-borne youths.The incident occurred at Nagwa village under the GIDA police station limits. According to police, Nandan Pandey, who…
Varanasi: Workers of Ganga Samagra cleaned Shultankeshwar Ghat and performed puja and aarti of Maa Ganga on Tuesday on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra.Volunteers reached the ghat early morning and carried out a cleanliness drive. Regional organisation secretary Sanjay and Sah Prant Sanyojak Diwakar Dwivedi performed the rituals.Addressing the gathering, Sanjay stressed the need for…
