Varanasi: Nadesar police outpost in charge, a sub-inspector and a head constable were suspended following busting of a gambling racket in a surprise raid on the Mint House campus under Cantt police station on Tuesday night. In the police action, four accused of running a gambling racket were arrested and currency counting machines, cash and…
Varanasi has announced a ban on the sale of meat, fish and other non-vegetarian food during Shravan VARANASI: Non-vegetarian food will not be available in Kashi and along the kanwariya routes leading to the city from the outskirts during the auspicious month of Shrawan, commencing Thursday.Elaborate traffic restrictions have also been announced to ensure the…
Police Commissioner Mohit Agrawal and District MagistrateSatyendra Kumar conducted a foot inspection of key routes from Godowlia to Dashashwamedh Ghat Varanasi: Ahead of the Shrawan month and under the Reducing Traffic Congestion Scheme, police commissioner Mohit Agrawal and district magistrate Satyendra Kumar on Thursday conducted a foot inspection of key routes from Godowlia to Dashashwamedh…
Varanasi: An Italian national was referred to Govt Mental Hospital on Wednesday, following nuisance created by his antics and incidents of his getting beaten up by locals, videos of which were viral on social media.Police commissioner Mohit Agrawal said Adampur police were asked to initiate necessary action and send a report to the Italian embassy…
Varanasi: Ahead of the holy month of Shrawan, when lakhs of devotees are expected to throng the Kashi Vishwanath Temple for darshan, the Varanasi administration on Tuesday reviewed elaborate arrangements for crowd management, security, drinking water, medical aid, and other pilgrim facilities. Shrawan this year will be observed from July 30 and culminate on Raksha…
Varanasi: In a fresh crackdown on the multi-crore codeine cough syrup smuggling network, Sarnath police have booked 10 already arrested accused under the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, naming alleged smuggler Lokesh Agrawal as the gang leader.Police said Lokesh’s group operated as part of the syndicate of fugitive codeine smuggling kingpin…
Varanasi: A series of Yoga events were organised at different places in the holy city to celebrate the International Yoga Day on Sunday. Besides district and police administration, yoga sessions were organised by different institutions including Banaras Hindu University, IIT-BHU, Banaras Locomotive Works, Railways, CRPF, Army Recruiting Office and other organisations. The programme organised at…
Varanasi: A district-level peace committee meeting to ensure peaceful conduct of the mourning month of Muharram was held on Wednesday at the Traffic Police Line auditorium. The meeting was presided over by police commissioner Mohit Agrawal and attended by was district magistrate Satyendra Kumar, along with religious leaders/imams/taziadars and members of Civil Defence. The police…
