Varanasi: The holy city of Varanasi will have a hostel for working women, as the UP cabinet, chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday approved the construction of a 500-capacity CM shramjeevi women’s hostel in the city, along with a new hostel for students of Basant Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Rajghat.Officials said the shramjeevi hostel will…
Silchar: Security agencies carried out two major anti-narcotics operations in Assam‘s Barak Valley over the weekend, seizing Yaba tablets worth an estimated Rs 6 crore and more than 10 kg of suspected cannabis in separate incidents, officials said.In the bigger haul, Assam Rifles, acting on specific intelligence from the 3 Field Intelligence Detachment (3 FID),…
Varanasi: Panic gripped the high-security Kashi Vishwanath Dham area on Saturday morning after a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawan’s carbine accidentally discharged near the Nandu Feria Gate checkpoint, injuring three florists with concrete shrapnel. Police said the jawan was safe, the injured sustained only minor injuries and were discharged from SSPG Divisional Hospital after first…
New Delhi: At a time when work is underway to make at least seven major corridors of Delhi free of signals, authorities have turned their attention to another 25 stretches across the city. From Dwarka Mor to Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, these corridors will be studied to assess whether the model can work there, too. The signal-free…
Varanasi: A joint team of the Railways, district administration and police launched a mega drive on Tuesday night to clear railway land for the Rs 304.61-crore Kashi Railway Station remodelling project aimed at improving connectivity through road and water transport.During the drive, the decades-old Azgaib Shahid mosque and other encroachments were removed, and the debris…
New Delhi: Residents across Delhi-NCR were startled on Thursday evening when cellphones sounded an emergency weather alert around 5pm, warning of a severe thunderstorm and wind speeds that could gust up to 90kmph.While the strongest winds ultimately fell short of the forecast, reaching a peak of 70kmph at Palam, 59kmph at Pragati Maidan and 54kmph…
More than half a dozen trees were uprooted at various locations, including the Cantonment area, disrupting traffic on multiple routes More than half a dozen trees were uprooted at various locations, including the Cantonment area, disrupting traffic on multiple routes More than half a dozen trees were uprooted at various locations, including the Cantonment area,…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expressed sorrow over death of three teenaged boys who drowned in the Rapti river while bathing near Rajghat area of Gorakhpur on Tuesday evening. He directed officials to provide all admissible govt assistance to the bereaved families at the earliest and personally coordinate with them.Describing the incident as…
