Varanasi: Police commissioner Mohit Agarwal patrolled on foot the security arrangements at Dashashwamedh Ghat, Godaulia, Namo Ghat and Assi Ghat areas, on Tuesday. Suspicious persons were questioned and thorough review was done of security arrangements, while officers were directed to take action against those encroaching public land. He instructed officers to update regularly security equipment…
UP Police invoke Gangsters Act against 10 over ‘gym jihad’ (File Photo) VARANASI: Police have invoked the stringent Gangsters Act against 10 gym owners in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur on charges of running a racket in which women were allegedly forced to convert to Islam and sexually exploited as part of an operation dubbed “gym jihad”.Gangsters…
Varanasi: The CBI team investigating the murder of West Bengal CM Shubhendu Adhikari’s PA, Chandrakanth Rath, succeeded in arresting the prime accused in the case from the Police Lines area in Varanasi on Tuesday evening. The team had been hunting for the key accused, Vinay Rai alias Pumpum of Ghazipur, since May 9.Investigators had earlier…
Varanasi: As Kashi recorded maximum temperature at 42.4 degree Celsius on Tuesday, extreme heat took a toll on people’s health and energy level and arrangements were made to provide relief. SSPG Divisional Hospital has taken several measures for patients and their attendants to beat the heat. As many as 14 water coolers have been installed…
Varanasi: A total of 250 new buses will be added to expand services of Varanasi City Transport Services Limited. Besides, the Kashi Darshan service will be linked with IRCTC.The 34th meeting of the Varanasi City Transport Services Limited Board was held on Tuesday, during which various important points regarding making the city’s traffic system smooth,…
Varanasi: A question in the MA Semester IV examination for “Women in Modern Indian Society (1950)” conducted by the History Department of Banaras Hindu University on May 16 asked: “What do you understand by the term Brahmanical Patriarchy? Discuss how Brahmanical patriarchy impeded the progress of women in ancient India.”While examiners will evaluate how students…
VARANASI: Mirzapur police have invoked the stringent Gangsters Act against 10 individuals accused of coercing women associated with various gyms linked to their network into converting to Islam. The gyms involved in the case — widely referred to as ‘Gym Jihad’ — were sealed by police on Monday.Mirzapur ASP (City) Nitesh Singh said that a…
Varanasi: Another Ballia man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, executive assistant to Suvendu Adhikari — now Bengal CM — near a toll plaza in Muzaffarnagar’s Chhapar area.The accused, identified as Rajkumar Singh, a resident of Ballia district, was allegedly returning from Haridwar with his family when the joint team…
Varanasi: The Sarnath police busted a pyramid scheme racket in Sarnath on Tuesday, arresting seven members of a gang accused of duping hundreds of youths of lakhs of rupees through a fake Multi-Level Marketing operation. For months, over 250 victims had been turning up at the gang’s office, operating as a call centre front, to…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University will institute a Gold Medal in the memory of renowned educationist and philosopher Bharat Ratna Dr Bhagwan Das, who worked closely with Mahamana Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya and Annie Besant in the pursuit of shaping India’s education landscape and contributing to nation-building. Dr Pushkar Ranjan and Samir Kant, great grandsons of…
