Varanasi: GAIL Utkarsh Super 80, Varanasi, an all-girls residential coaching initiative under the CSR aegis of GAIL (India) Limited announced that all 30 students from its current JELE batch have successfully cleared JEE Main 2026, qualifying for the next stage, JEE Advanced. Among the high achievers, five students secured above the 95 percentiles, with Janhavi…
Varanasi: Sonbhadra Police on Thursday filed four chargesheets of 4,124 pages against 13 accused, including ringleader Shubham Jaiswal in the codeine cough syrup smuggling case.The Special Judge, NDPS Act, has taken cognizance and begun hearings. SP Abhishek Verma said summons have been issued to all accused, directing them to appear in the court on May…
Varanasi: A man was allegedly shot at by his uncle in Chitbadagaon police station area of Ballia district on Thursday. The accused has been taken into custody and is being interrogated. The injured person, who sustained bullet wound above his left armpit, was sent to the Ballia district hospital, from where he was referred to…
Women police personnel will take full charge of security at the event venue and perform duties with efficiency Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s April 28 Varanasi rally will be all-women-managed, with security at the venue also handled exclusively by women police personnel.Amid renewed political focus on the stalled women’s reservation legislation in Parliament, Modi is…
Varanasi: With an intense heatwave hitting Varanasi and parts of UP, experts warn that it could become a health crisis if precautions aren’t taken.As hospitals in the region are witnessing a rise in heat-related cases, Dr Shivshakti Prasad Dwivedi, Government Medical Officer & CPR specialist, said extreme heat disrupts the body’s cooling system. “Sweating usually…
Varanasi: Finance minister and district in-charge minister of Varanasi, Suresh Khanna said that opposition parties opposed important bills in Parliament on April 16-17. He said that by opposing these important bills, Congress, Samajwadi Party, TMC and DMK have betrayed half the country’s population and have completely exposed their anti-women mentality.Talking to reporters virtually from Lucknow…
Varanasi: The city recorded 42.3 degree Celsius on Thursday, while the minimum temperature was 24.2 degree Celsius. But, beating the scorching summer heat in Varanasi is a cherished ritual, often accomplished through the city’s rich, creamy and cooling traditional beverages – thandai and lassi. Served in traditional kulhads (terracotta cups) that add a distinct, earthy…
Varanasi: 12 persons, including four women and four minors, were killed in Dramandganj area of Mirzapur district on Wednesday night. Of them, nine were travelling in an SUV that turned into a fireball after collision. Locals and drivers of other vehicles said that they tried to rescue them but failed due to the very high…
Varanasi: Two Samajwadi Party MLAs, a district chief, 43 others named and 200 unidentified persons were booked on charges of rioting, unlawful assembly, criminal intimidation and assaulting a public servant by Karanda police following Wednesday’s violent clash in Katariya village.While SHO (Karanda) Santosh Kumar suffered a severe head injury, many others were injured when a…
Gorakhpur: International yoga athlete Arpan Kannaujia, who won two medals at a yogasana competition held in Sri Lanka, met chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday morning at the Gorakhnath Temple and sought his blessings.A Class 12 student at Academic Global School, Jungle Dhusad, Arpan presented her medals to the chief minister and shared that she…
