Varanasi: A license agreement was signed on Thursday between Real Agri Creation Private Limited, a seed company based in Nagpur, Maharastra, and ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), Varanasi, for the research, production, and marketing of the advance tomato hybrid ‘Kashi Abhiman’ developed by the institute.The agreement is considered as a symbol of the growing…
Varanasi: More than 30 people were killed and several others injured after severe storms and hailstorms battered the Mirzapur and Bhadohi districts on Wednesday. The storm swept across eastern Uttar Pradesh around 5:30 pm, bringing heavy rain, hail, and winds reaching up to 80 kmph.Mirzapur DM Pawan Kumar Gangwar said the district was struck by…
Varanasi: Azamgarh police on Thursday booked three brothers for obtaining fake passports with different names. A case has been registered against them under relevant sections and police team formed to arrest the accused are conducting raids continuously to trace them. Azamgarh ASP (Rural) Chirag Jain said Raunapar police station received information about three brothers, Chandradeep,…
Varanasi: A patented bioactive glass compound invented by BHU scientists could bond dental brackets more durably, rebuild enamel during treatment and make brace removal far less damaging, said Prof. Ajit Vikram Parihar, Faculty of Dental Science, BHU on Thursday.He added that unlike the resin-based adhesives currently used in orthodontic clinics, this material does not simply…
Varanasi: In a swift judgment delivered within three years, the court of Special Judge (Pocso Act), Nitin Pandey, on Wednesday convicted a man in a case involving the gang rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The cases of the two other accused were transferred to the Juvenile Justice…
Gorakhpur: A 23-year-old BTech student from Aligarh ended his life in his hostel room in Gorakhpur’s Ramgarhtal area, leaving behind a note in which he apologised to his parents for “neither being a good son, nor a good student”.The third-year BTech student of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University was residing alone at a private Boys…
Varanasi: Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for fuel conservation and sustainable living, the municipal corporation of his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, has decided to observe a ‘No Fuel Day’ every Saturday in a bid to curb fuel consumption and contribute towards strengthening the nation’s economy.Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari, along with councillors of the municipal…
Varanasi: High voltage drama unfolded at the BHU gate in Lanka area and at Sardar Patel Maldahiya crossing where scores of sanitary workers dumped garbage and staged demonstration demanding wage hike, on Wednesday morning. They said they are compelled to work for up to 18 hours a day, so their remuneration should be increased judiciously.Taking…
Varanasi: An Indian Merchant Navy officer Manish Dwivedi, native of Mirzapur, has gone missing mysteriously from a port in Pennsylvania, USA since May 6. Accused the ship management company of not providing clear information, his distressed family met local MP and Union minister Anupriya Patel in Delhi on May 11.Anupriya sent a letter to MEA…
Gorakhpur: A man allegedly shot dead his sister-in-law before killing himself in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar on Wednesday morning. Police said the accused had arrived at his in-laws’ house in Tamkuhiraj area from Bihar on a motorcycle and called the girl to his room.Police said that Jitendra Prajapati (27), resident of Gopalganj district, Bihar, first shot…
