Varanasi: Gomti zone of Varanasi police commissionerate on Wednesday booked under NSA charges Ashish Rajbhar, prime accused in the Apr 26 case of mob lynching in which trader Manish Singh was killed. Rajbhar was arrested after suffering bullet injury in leg on May 4 during police encounter. As many as 12, including Rajbhar, were arrested…
Varanasi: On the occasion of Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav’s birthday on Wednesday his party members and workers displayed many posters of Akhilesh Yadav, some portraying him as Lord Krishna carrying the Constitution in his hands and some showing him as saviour of Lord Ram’s treasure, carrying bow and arrow.Earlier, the city witnessed the arrival…
Varanasi: Azamgarh police on Wednesday arrested a man wanted in a case related to the alleged embezzlement of govt funds released in the name of a non-existent madrasa.The accused, Jitendra Singh Chauhan, 39, a resident of Shekhwaliya village, was found to be the manager of the madrasa, Gaffarul Uloom, in Paindapur village.He was accused of…
Varanasi: The 10-day national online research workshop ‘Research Methodology in Social Sciences’’ organised under the joint aegis of Centre for Social Inclusion Studies (Faculty of Social Sciences), department of Microbiology of Institute of Medical Sciences, Vihaan Samiti and Jan Kalyan Vikas Foundation Trust of Banaras Hindu University concluded on Tuesday.In the closing ceremony, Prof JB…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has received a proposal for the upgradation of several infrastructure facilities and the implementation of campus development projects from industrialist Kunal Dalmia.Kunal Dalmia, grandson of late Dulichand Dalmia and son of late Savitri Devi Dalmia, recently met BHU vice-chancellor Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi to formally submit the proposal aimed at…
Gorakhpur: Calling for major changes in the Ayodhya Ram temple trust’s functioning, BJP MLC Devendra Pratap Singh wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a fair and transparent investigation into the alleged theft from the donation box. Speaking to TOI on Tuesday, he said he mailed and posted the letter on X. Singh said the…
Gorakhpur: A 26-year-old woman attacked her 57-year-old mother-in-law with a knife and slit her throat following an argument over a phone conversation she had with a young man in UP’s Gorakhpur district late Monday. The victim sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at AIIMS Gorakhpur.According to police, Jaihind, a resident of Malmalia Jagdishpur village,…
Varanasi: District magistrate Satyendra Kumar, who is also the district election officer, held a meeting on Tuesday with representatives of political parties and electoral registration officers regarding revision of electoral rolls and polling stations of the assembly constituencies.Suggestions of representatives were taken and the EROs were given necessary directives. Kumar said voters of the same…
Gorakhpur: A constable posted at Pipraich police station was suspended after a 32-year-old man alleged he was assaulted inside the police station following a family dispute. A departmental inquiry was ordered into the incident.According to police, Abdul Rahim, resident of Mahmoodabad alias Mogalpura, got into an argument with his brother-in-law, Shah Rukh, while consuming alcohol,…
Varanasi: The Chandauli police have busted an alleged multi-crore interstate cattle smuggling racket and arrested a wanted accused who was allegedly using a mobile and hardware shop in Bihar’s Rohtas district as a front for the illegal trade. The investigation has uncovered financial transactions worth nearly Rs 187 crore among 31 suspected members of the…
