Lucknow: The transport department on Monday seized a private sleeper bus for carrying 167 passengers against the capacity of 47. Of the 167 passengers, 35 men were caught travelling on the roof of the bus.The overloaded bus (UP11BT0077) was carrying labourers travelling from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, to Patiala in Punjab. The bus entered Gorakhpur through the…
Gorakhpur: A 28-year-old woman died hours after giving birth to a baby boy through a C-section at a Community Health Centre (CHC) in Chauri Chaura on Sunday, sparking a six-hour protest by her family members, who alleged medical negligence and a lack of timely treatment.The deceased, Neelam Nishad, a resident of Belwa Dubauli village in…
Gorakhpur: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 20-year-old boyfriend in a field late Saturday.The matter came to light when the accused sent her clips of the assault and threatened to make them go viral.She informed her family, who immediately lodged a police complaint.Acting swiftly, Sahjanwa police recorded the girl’s statement and sent her…
Lucknow: A wanted contract killer carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 1.7 lakh was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Ayodhya late Sunday night, police said.The accused, Bhanu Pratap Singh alias Bablu (38) of Gorakhpur, suffered bullet injuries during an STF operation, led by its Prayagraj unit. He…
Kanpur: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, who is undertaking an 81-day nationwide “Gau Vishti Yatra” launched from Gorakhpur on May 3, reached the Samajwadi Party’s stronghold Saifai in Etawah on Saturday, where he was received by party functionary Shivpal Singh Yadav.The yatra seeks to build support for granting the cow the status of “Rashtra Mata” (National Mother)…
Gorakhpur: Three members of the Cockroach Janata Party were detained in Gorakhpur on Saturday after police foiled an attempt to burn an effigy of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests.The protest was held at the Indira Bal Bihar premises under the Cantt police station limits, where a group…
Lucknow: Faculty member in the ophthalmology department of KGMU, Prof Sanjiv Gupta, was suspended on charges of prescribing medicines and lenses for cataract surgery that were available at a private shop instead of the subsidised products sold through hospital-run stores.The university also sought an explanation from the head of the ophthalmology department over the alleged…
Gorakhpur: Bringing laurels to eastern Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur-born IAS officer Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal has received a national award for the fourth time, marking another milestone in his distinguished administrative career.Currently serving as the district magistrate and collector of Sepahijala district in Tripura, Jaiswal, a native of Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur, was awarded first prize in…
Gorakhpur: The city’s Dargah Mubarak Khan Shaheed congratulated Haji Syed Salman Chishty, the 26th-generation spiritual successor of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah for his address at Vagabond Club in Singapore during the spiritual dialogue programme, ‘Seena Ba Seena: Heart to Heart’.President of Gorakhpur’s Dargah Mubarak Khan Shaheed, Iqrar Ahmad, said Chishty has played significant role in…
Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed the officials to take stringent action against negligence in handling land-related complaints, warning them that laxity at any level would not be tolerated.While listening to matters of land disputes, he instructed the district administration officials to initiate disciplinary action, including suspension where warranted, against those found negligent…
