Varanasi: In a case of violent communal clash sparked by frisking of Mufti-e-Banaras Maulana Abdul Batin by security personnel near Gyanvapi gate on Sep 2, 2005, court of additional session judge on Wednesday acquitted all 14 named accused, giving them benefit of doubt.In his order, Additional Session Judge Yajuvendra Vikram Singh ruled that prosecution failed…
Varanasi: A joint team of the Railways, district administration and police launched a mega drive on Tuesday night to clear railway land for the Rs 304.61-crore Kashi Railway Station remodelling project aimed at improving connectivity through road and water transport.During the drive, the decades-old Azgaib Shahid mosque and other encroachments were removed, and the debris…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday criticised previous govts, alleging that lakes and ponds were either encroached upon or allowed to turn into centres of filth and criminal activity, but the current govt is prioritising their conservation, rejuvenation and sustainable development.Speaking after inaugurating the tourism development and beautification works at Chiluatal, completed at a…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said his govt has dealt firmly with miscreants, asserting that those who did not mend their ways through ‘boli’ (words) were compelled to do so through the ‘goli’ (bullets).After launching and laying the foundation for 278 development projects worth over Rs 424 crore in Kushinagar, the CM contrasted…
Varanasi: The arrest of a constable by the Lucknow unit of UP-STF for running an organised extortion racket targeting truckers has once again exposed how eastern UP districts bordering Bihar remain a hub for such illegal activities. The accused allegedly posed as an RTO official to extort money in exchange for allowing overloaded trucks to…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the upcoming Mahatma Buddha Agriculture and Technology University in Kushinagar would play a transformative role in enhancing farmers’ income and improving agriculturalproductivity across eastern Uttar Pradesh.Inspecting the under-construction university campus, being developed at a cost of nearly Rs 450 crore, the chief minister said the project…
Varanasi: A District and Sessions Court in Ballia on Tuesday extended the judicial custody to 14 days of Navin Singh, who was arrested on May 19 with five firearms allegedly used in the killing of Chandranath Rathi, personal assistant to West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari.On May 20, Fefna police produced Navin before the CJM court,…
Varanasi: After rescuing an 11-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on May 29 and raped, Haldharpur police arrested the accused Danish (21) in Mau district on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.Mau’s CO (Ghosi/Madhuban) Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that the teams of Haldharpur police station carrying out raids to nab Danish, resident of Mustafabad…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the state’s second flatted factory complex at the Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA) on Wednesday. Built at a cost of Rs 42.5 crore in Sector 13, the facility is aimed at boosting MSME growth and generating employment in the region. The plug-and-play industrial complex, spread over 2.68 acres,…
Varanasi: An occultist from Aligarh, Imtiyaz Khan (48), who was on the run after robbing a woman of jewelleries was held in an encounter with the police in Azamgarh district late on Monday.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain on Tuesday said that on May 9, Imtiyaz misled a woman, Chanda Devi, of Rajapur after making her…
