JAUNPUR: A Class 2 student at a government primary school in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district was left trapped inside a locked classroom for nearly 90 minutes after school staff inadvertently shut the room and left for the day, leading to the suspension of an assistant teacher responsible for the error, an official said on Sunday.District…
Prayagraj: A wanted criminal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 25,000 was arrested along with three accomplices after a police encounter in Kaushambi on Sunday night.The criminal, identified as Mohd Arshad alias Cheddan, sustained bullet injury and was admitted to the district hospital for treatment. A country made pistol of 0.315 bore, two used and…
Prayagraj: A 16-year-old boy was killed and two others were injured after two factions of a family clashed over a property dispute in Koni village of Pratapgarh on Wednesday night, police said.Police arrested three members of one faction — Hirawati (58) and her sons, Subedar Verma alias Sonu (30) and Rohit Verma (26) — in…
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Centre and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file their counter-affidavits on a petition claiming that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu temple known as “Tejo Mahalaya”.The petitioners have cited 109 archaeological and historical features that they claim establish the monument’s Hindu origins and…
Scientists found that between 60% and 66% of the DNA of present-day Sindhis can be traced to populations that inhabited the ancient Indus Valley region. PRAYAGRAJ: A first-of-its-kind genome-wide study has found that Sindhi communities living across India and Pakistan have retained a remarkably strong shared genetic identity despite being dispersed by the Partition and…
PRAYAGRAJ: Police have registered a case against Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA from Handia, Hakim Lal Bind, and four others following the mysterious deaths of two brothers within a span of 22 days in Banpurwa village, officials said on Saturday.Police said the accused have been booked on charges of criminal intimidation and conspiring to murder the…
A 17-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly murdering his 20-year-old wife in Prayagraj PRAYAGRAJ: A 17-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly murdering his 20-year-old wife and, with the help of his father, dumping her body near an underpass on the National Highway in Fatehpur district on June 12. Police said the father allegedly…
PRAYAGRAJ: Observing that elected gram pradhans cannot be allowed to continue functioning as administrators indefinitely, the Allahabad high court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh govt to specify a timeline for conducting panchayat elections in the state.Calling state authorities to file a counter affidavit, the court observed that under Article 243E, the term of the…
Representative image generated using AI PRAYAGRAJ: A man was arrested in Pratapgarh district for allegedly posting objectionable comments against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on a social media platform, police said on Friday.An FIR was also registered against Ashok Mishra alias Puttan Mishra, a resident of Poore Vijai Mazre Rajapur village, based on a complaint filed…
Eight police constables, including a woman, have been booked in Pratapgarh for allegedly securing jobs using fake freedom fighter dependent certificates Prayagraj: Eight police constables, including a woman, have been booked for allegedly securing jobs in the 2023 direct police recruitment drive using forged documents claiming they were dependents of freedom fighters, in Pratapgarh district.All…
