Elderly man shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Colonelganj (Representative image) PRAYAGRAJ: A morning walk turned fatal in Colonelganj on Saturday after a 70-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants, police said. The incident took place at around 7 am at the Lalla Chungi crossing under the Colonelganj police station limits,…
Lucknow: After a quiet IPL season, Lucknow leg spinner Zeeshan Ansari has been named for India ‘A’ squad for the 2026 multi-day match series in Sri Lanka, marking a significant step in his red-ball rise.Ansari made his IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2025 after grabbing attention by finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the…
Three members of a crorepati family — an elderly couple and their unmarried daughter — were found dead under mysterious circumstances on the second floor of their two-storey house in the South Malaka area under the Kotwali police station limits on Tuesday. PRAYAGRAJ: Three members of a crorepati family — an elderly couple and their…
PRAYAGRAJ: In a major development, a joint team of West Bengal Police and Handia (Prayagraj) police on Sunday arrested former Trinamool Congress MLA Khokan Das near the Handia toll plaza on the Kanpur–Varanasi highway.DCP (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Singh confirmed the arrest of the former TMC MLA near the Handia toll plaza while he was travelling…
Representative image generated by AI PPRAYAGRAJ: Three persons, including an elderly couple died after a bus moving in the opposite carriageway lost control, came over the divider collided head-on with a car in Prayagraj’s Ganga Nagar area on Friday afternoon, police said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Gunawat said the accident occurred on GT…
PRAYAGRAJ: A video showing a woman waving a country-made pistol during a wedding ceremony has led Pratapgarh police to register an FIR against her. The incident took place during a marriage function on May 7, prompting authorities to take action over the alleged reckless display of firearms. DSP (Raniganj) V P Sahni said, “After a…
PRAYAGRAJ: A major fire broke out at Vitthal Hotel on MG marg under the limits of Civil Lines police station on Monday gutting properties worth lakhs of rupees. Upon being alerted, joint teams of police, fire department and administration rushed the spot and carried out firefighting operations.At least eight fire tenders were rushed to the…
PRAYAGRAJ: A mother lost her life while saving her children from a massive fire that broke out in a crockery trader’s house in Prayagraj earlier this week. The tragic incident took place on the night of May 12 in the narrow lane of Naini Bazaar of Prayagraj’s trans-Yamuna area, where a devastating blaze engulfed a…
PRAYAGRAJ: At least nine people were injured after a gas cylinder leak triggered a blast at a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district on Monday morning, police said.The incident took place in Bilkhani village under the Kalyanpur police station area, where a two-room house caught fire following the explosion.According to superintendent of police Abhimanyu Manglik,…
