Demolition drive underway for Dalmandi road widening project Varanasi: Only six of the 187 buildings demarcated for the Rs 224-crore Dalmandi road widening project remain to be demolished. As the demolition of purchased buildings, as well as those declared illegal by the Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) and dilapidated by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC), continued…
Varanasi: Three men posing as Crime Branch officials allegedly looted a bag containing around 27 kg of silver worth nearly Rs 60 lakh from employees of two jewellery traders in the Chowk police station area late Thursday night.Police said Shashi Verma, owner of Jai Maa Lakshmi Jewellers in Govindpura, had ordered the silver from Hema…
Varanasi: Panic gripped the high-security Kashi Vishwanath Dham area on Saturday morning after a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawan’s carbine accidentally discharged near the Nandu Feria Gate checkpoint, injuring three florists with concrete shrapnel. Police said the jawan was safe, the injured sustained only minor injuries and were discharged from SSPG Divisional Hospital after first…
