Prayagraj: Padma Shri folk singer Malini Awasthi, the chief guest at the 21st convocation of UPRTOU, said every visit to Prayagraj fills her with the same spiritual feeling as visiting Vrindavan.Recalling her childhood in Mirzapur, she said her parents regularly brought her to the then Allahabad for musical programmes, where she had the privilege of…
Kanpur: Three people, including two children, were killed and nine others seriously injured after a speeding SUV carrying two families from Haryana to Bihar rammed into a truck parked on the service lane of the Kanpur-Prayagraj Highway near Ruma in Maharajpur on Monday morning.The impact of the crash, which occurred about 20 km from Kanpur…
Varanasi: Police in Mirzapur arrested two persons on Tuesday evening in the case of 31 passports that were recovered from a pond. The accused had collected passports of people seeking jobs abroad and confessed to dumping them in the pond. Mirzapur SP Aparna Rajat Kaushik said 31 passports were found wrapped in a bundle in…
Varanasi: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who arrived in Varanasi on a two-day visit on Tuesday, will on Wednesday launch two major welfare initiatives for govt school students and teachers, including the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for around 1.1 crore students and the ‘Chief Minister Teacher Cashless Medical Scheme’ providing cashless treatment of up to…
Varanasi: A bag containing 31 passports was recovered from a pond in Tulapur village under the Kachhwa police station area of Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district after it became entangled in a fishing net on Monday afternoon. The passports belonged to people from several districts, prompting police to launch an investigation.Mirzapur ASP (city) Nitesh Singh said…
Prayagraj: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday reviewed PWD projects worth over Rs 16,000 crore across the Prayagraj division and approved development works for the 2026-27 financial year. He also directed officials to ensure that foundation stones for all approved projects are laid and construction begins by Aug 15, while stressing timely completion and strict…
Prayagraj: The death toll in the Kaushambi oil tanker blaze at a toll plaza on June 26 has risen to five, with two more victims succumbing to their injuries late Thursday.Three people had died after an oil tanker crashed into a toll plaza in Kaushambi and caught fire. More than a dozen vehicles, including two…
Guwahati: Hundreds of residents from the Palasbari and Azara revenue circles protested outside the Palasbari revenue circle office on Thursday against possible evictions and proposed satellite township projects in the western outskirts of Guwahati.The protesters, joined by families apprehensive about possible eviction from areas surrounding Guwahati Airport, marched along National Highway-17 at Mirza, opposing the…
CM Yogi Adityanath addresses the 51st anniversary of the ‘1975 Emergency’ event at Lok Bhawan, in Lucknow on Thursday Gorakhpur: Chief minister combined his development pitch with a sharp attack on the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, accusing them of misleading people on issues related to democracy and the Constitution while recalling the Emergency imposed…
Prayagraj: The Prayagraj Division of North Central Railway (NCR) has intensified its crackdown on railway track trespassing, resulting in the arrest of 973 individuals between Jan 1 and June 21, 2026.According to public relations officer of the Prayagraj division, Amit Kumar Singh, “As per the data released by the division, the highest number of arrests…
