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'Show your Aadhaar': How a ritual for wife's slain brother turned deadly in UP's Azamgarh Original
VARANASI: Two priests and a woman were allegedly shot dead by her husband during a dispute over a religious ritual in Shambhuganj village in Azamgarh on Tuesday evening. Police said the accused, Arvind Singh , 35, opened fire with his rifle after an argument with priests who had come to conduct rituals at his house. The deceased were identified as Mahendra Pathak, 60, Akhilesh Mishra, 50, and Singh’s wife Babita, 32. Two other priests escaped unhurt.
During Mundan ceremony, 2 UP girls slip into river Ganga; rescue attempt turns fatal, 4 drown
News City News varanasi News During Mundan ceremony, 2 UP girls slip into river Ganga; rescue attempt turns fatal, 4 drown Trending Four individuals, including two young girls, tragically drowned in the Ganga River near Shivrampur Ghat in Ballia district on Sunday morning VARANASI: At least four persons, including two girls of a family, drowned in the river Ganga while bathing near Shivrampur Ghat under City Kotwali police station in Ballia district on Sunday morning.
Woman in black: How Sonam resurfaced at a dhaba in Ghazipur after 16 days; broke down while calling brother
News City News varanasi News Woman in black: How Sonam resurfaced at a dhaba in Ghazipur after 16 days; broke down while calling brother Trending Sahil Yadav helped Sonam Raghuvansi, who was distressed, at his dhaba. Sonam had gone missing from Meghalaya. She made a call to her brother. Sahil then called the police. Indore police alerted Ghazipur police. Sonam was taken to a One Stop Center. She was exhausted and slept. Police await Meghalaya team to record her statement.
Meghalaya honeymoon murder: Trail had gone cold, but then she made a call from highway dhaba
News City News guwahati News Meghalaya honeymoon murder: Trail had gone cold, but then she made a call from highway dhaba Trending After being missing for two weeks following her husband's death in Meghalaya, Sonam Raghuvanshi was apprehended in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. A late-night phone call from a highway dhaba to her brother in Indore triggered a coordinated effort across three states. Cyber surveillance teams tracked her digital footprint, leading UP police to intercept her.
Woman in black appears at highway dhaba, cracks case
Trending Lucknow/Varanasi: A cold trail pinged back to life just past midnight Monday when a visibly disoriented woman in a black T-shirt walked up to a highway dhaba in eastern UP and asked to make a call.It was around 1am. The rush at Kashi Dhaba on Varanasi-Ghazipur highway had thinned. Owner Sahil Yadav was catching a breather when the woman, exhausted and shaking, sat outside in silence. Then she asked for a phone."She requested a woman sitting with her father and two children to make a call.
10 killed, 3 injured as truck hits tractor-trolley in UP's Mirzapur
News City News varanasi News 10 killed, 3 injured as truck hits tractor-trolley in UP's Mirzapur Trending In Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, a tragic accident involving a truck and a tractor-trolley claimed ten lives and injured three others. The collision occurred on GT Road around 1 am as laborers were returning from construction work. The injured were taken to IIT-BHU hospital and are stable. Police have registered a case and investigations are ongoing.
Triple murder in UP's Ghazipur: Couple, son found dead with throats slit
A middle-aged couple and their son were found murdered in Kusumhikala village. The motive behind the killings is still unknown. Police have formed teams to investigate the case. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination. More details to follow as the investigation progresses. ADG Varanasi zone, Piyush Mordia, DIG Varanasi range, OP Singh, and Ghazipur SP, Omvir Singh, inspected the incident site.
Four killed, 28 injured as bus of pilgrims collides with truck in Uttar Pradesh
VARANASI: At least four persons including two women were killed while 28 suffered injuries when a bus of pilgrims collided with a stationary truck near Musepur Barachavar on Purvanchal Expressway in Ghazipur district on Monday early morning. Pilgrims from Bhojpur in Bihar were returning home after offering prayer in Ayodhya when the incident occurred.
‘End of Mukhtar’s terror will reflect in free & fearless voting’
Neither the people of Ghazipur nor the BJP candidate from Ghazipur, Parasnath Rai, is hesitant in mentioning that he was fielded by the party he was the choice of former MP and Lt Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha. Rai, who has been associated with the RSS and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, is the manager of three educational institutions.In a conversation with Rajeev Dikshit, Rai explained how he will tackle challenges in the constituency.
‘People to decide Mukhtar was mafia or messiah’
He may be a five-time MLA and a two-time MP, but Afzal Ansari is better known as the elder brother of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died in Banda jail on March 28.
Four die of asphyxiation in UP's Chandauli district
VARANASI: At least four persons including three sanitary staff were killed of asphyxiation inside a septic tank of a house in Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (Mughalsarai) of Chandauli district on Wednesday late night. Circle Officer PDDU Nagar Aniruddh Singh on Thursday morning said that one Bharat Jaiswal of New Mahal area under Mughalsarai police station has engaged some sanitary staff to clean his private septic tank. They started work around 2 am.
Hours after Dhananjay Singh's wife gets BSP ticket, his aide murdered in Jaunpur
VARANASI: A close aide of jailed gangster turned politician Dhananjay Singh was murdered in Rithi area under Sikrara police station of Jaunpur district on Tuesday night. Dhananjay's wife Shrikala Reddy is Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency. DIG Varanasi range OP Singh said that in their old enmity three locals and one Aneesh clashe in Rithi area.
Rahul Gandhi pays respect to Ganga in Kashi during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
After offering prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple on Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said: “Gangaji ko pranam karne aaya hoon (I have come to pay respect to the river Ganga).“I bowed (my) head in temple (Kashi Vishwanath temple). I come before the Ganga without any arrogance” he said at a public meeting.
Red carpet for rich, poor ignored during consecration: Rahul Gandhi
CHANDUALI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi launched a broadside against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 'laying out the red carpet for billionaires but ignoring the marginalised people at the consecration ceremony at newly constructed Ram Temple in Ayodhya'. Addressing a public meeting at National Inter College in Saiyyedraja township after his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered UP, Rahul said: "In that function (consecration ceremony), you didn't see tribal President, farmers, labourers and poor.
Fast-track court also says unseal ASI report on Gyanvapi study Original
: A Varanasi fast-track court of civil judge (senior division) Prashant Kumar Singh on Tuesday ordered the unsealing of Archaeological Survey of India's Gyanvapi survey report, and directed ASI to hand over its copies to the parties in the original suit, titled 'Swayambhu Lord Vishweshwar and others vs Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee and others.
ASI report a bid to set false narrative, says Muslim side | India News - Times of India Original
VARANASI: Gyanvapi mosque management committee, Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, has disapproved of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on scientific study and survey of the mosque, terming it "an attempt to set a false narrative". Based on history available with AIM, it claimed that the mosque was constructed in three phases starting in 15th century CE.
Gyanvapi wuzukhana cleaned after SC nod | India News - Times of India
VARANASI: After nod from the Supreme Court, Varanasi district magistrate S Rajalingam deputed a team of officials who supervised the cleaning of wuzukhana (ablution pond) of Gyanvapi mosque on Saturday. Heavy police deployment was seen in the area. The cleaning workers were checked with their identities before entering the mosque. For almost three-and-half hours, the wuzukhana remained unsealed for cleaning. During this time, the water of the pond was drained out.
Mukhtar handed 6th conviction in 13 months - Times of India Original
Jailed mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was on Thursday pronounced guilty in a Gangsters Act case by a Ghazipur district court (MP-MLA), reports Rajeev Dikshit. The quantum of punishment for the former MLA and another accused Sonu Yadav will be pronounced on Friday. This is Ansari's sixth conviction since September 2022.
Women Reservation Bill से महिला मतदाताओं को साधने की जुगत में भाजपा, MP-MLA की बैठक में आज होगा मंथन
यूपी के 16 PCS और 22 IAS अफसरों को मिल सकता है प्रमोशन का तोहफा; आज होगी चयन समिति की बैठक
लखनऊ, राज्य ब्यूरो। प्रदेश में पीसीएस अïफसरों की आइएएस संवर्ग में पदोन्नति के लिए सोमवार को संघ लोक सेवा आयोग के सदस्य राजीव नयन चौबे की अध्यक्षता में लोक भवन में चयन समिति की बैठक होगी। प्रमोशन के लिए 22 रिक्तियां अधिसूचित केंद्र सरकार के कार्मिक एवं प्रशिक्षण मंत्रालय ने चयन वर्ष 2022 में प्रदेश में पीसीएस अïफसरों के आइएएस संवर्ग में प्रमोशन के लिए 22 रिक्तियां अधिसूचित की हैं। कुछ अफसरों के लिफाफे बंद होने के कारण 15 या 16 पीसीएस अधिकारियों के आइएएस संवर्ग में प्रोन्नत होने के आसार हैं।...
Gyanvapi: Mosque panel joins Gyanvapi survey; ASI 3D-maps complex | India News - Times of India Original
VARANASI: The Gyanvapi mosque management committee, Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM), joined the court-mandated ASI scientific survey of the mosque in Varanasi on Saturday as experts began 3D mapping of the compound and also checked out one of cellars. The ASI completed the cleaning, measurement, and mapping of the entire Gyanvapi compound on Saturday. It also initiated 3D imaging in the main mosque area where namaz is offered, as well as in adjoining areas, including the western wall.
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Local court to ASI
VARANASI: A local court directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Friday to conduct a scientific investigation of the Gyanvapi complex, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, to determine whether it was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. But the survey will not cover the “wuzukhana (ablution pond)” area of the complex, which has been sealed following a Supreme Court order in May 2022.
Bike falls off flyover in Varanasi as duo make reel, man below dies | India News - Times of India
VARANASI: A couple’s alleged reels-on-wheels stunt on a Varanasi flyover ended in tragedy when they lost control of their “brand new bike” and fell on the bridge while their two-wheeler toppled over and landed on a car below, killing the driver and leaving his friend injured. The couple were unhurt and vanished after the episode Sunday evening, leaving behind the bike without any registration number, police said.
Bike falls off flyover as duo make reel, man below dies | India News - Times of India
VARANASI: A couple’s alleged reels-on-wheels stunt on a Varanasi flyover ended in tragedy when they lost control of their “brand new bike” and fell on the bridge while their two-wheeler toppled over and landed on a car below, killing the driver and leaving his friend injured. The couple were unhurt and vanished after the episode Sunday evening, leaving behind the bike without any registration number, police said.
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BJP alliance partner AD(S) defeats SP to retain Chhanbey assembly seat in by-poll
VARANASI: Apna Dal (Sonelal) candidate Rinki Kole (76,176) defeated Samajwadi Party's Kirti Kole (66,587) by a margin of 9,589 votes to win Chhanbey assembly by-election in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. District election officer Divya Mittal said that following 32 rounds of counting for the Chhanbey assembly by-election, Rinki Kole defeated Kirti Kole by a margin of 9,589 votes. A total of eight candidates were in fray for the Chhanbey assembly by-election.
Varanasi exhibits initiatives to reduce carbon emission | India News - Times of India Original
VARANASI: This year when G20 presidency is with India, a CNG-driven boat rally was flagged off by Union petroleum & natural gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri at Namo Ghat in Varanasi on Sunday as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to cut India’s carbon emission. Addressing the event, Puri said, “From February 6 to 8, an event ‘Growth, Collaboration, Transition’ is being organised at — India Energy Week — in Bengaluru as the first major event under India’s G20 Presidency.
Kashi among 3 airports to kickstart DigiYatra
VARANASI/LUCKNOW: The Varanasi airport, along with Bengaluru and Delhi, on Thursday joined ranks with world class airports like Heathrow, Atlanta and Dubai International Airport, where both passenger and aircraft departure time is saved by 40% with biometric self-boarding gates or check-in using facial recognition tech (FRT).
Girl married off, ex-BF in UP chops body into pieces | India News - Times of India Original
VARANASI: Azamgarh police on Sunday claimed to have solved the mystery behind the brutal killing of a woman, whose dismembered body was recovered from a well of Pashchim Patti village of the distri ct on November 16 by arrestingher ex-boyfriend. Police said Prince Yadav (24) stangled Aradhana Prajapati (22) with the help of his cousin, Sarvesh, and hacked her body into pieces before dumping them into a well on November 10. Her head was disposed of six kilometres away.
Uttar Pradesh: Shringar Gauri lawyer, Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh chief part ways
Rajeev Dixit / TNN / Updated: Jun 1, 2022, 05:55 IST AA Text Size Small Medium Large Gyanvapi wall with Hindu religious symbols VARANASI: The fissures appearing between veteran advocate Harishankar Jain and Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS) chief Jitendra Singh Visen, who has rallied behind the Shringar Gauri case while his niece Rakhi Singh is one of the plaintiffs in the case, lately widened so much that two have parted ways, reports Rajeev Dikshit.
gyanvapi: Plaintiffs don’t represent all Hindus: Gyanvapi body | India News - Times of India
AA Text Size Small Medium Large VARANASI: Lawyers for the Gyanvapi mosque management committee, Anjuman Intezamiya Masajid (AIM), argued before the district judge that "the five women plaintiffs who have sought the right to worship the idol of Shringar Gauri inside the masjid do not represent the entire Hindu community". After hearing the AIM’s lawyers, district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha posted the matter for July 4, when they will continue their arguments on the maintainability of the case.
gyanvapi: Avoid any divisive action in Gyanvapi case: SP chief to court | India News - Times of India
VARANASI: Targeting BJP led governments at the Centre and in the state on the Gyanvapi issue, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday appealed to the court to “avoid any action which could create differences in society and panic among Muslims”. Talking to reporters in Azamgarh, Akhilesh said, “There are many decisions of the Supreme Court making it clear that old structures can’t be disturbed. But, BJP is not ready to follow these decisions.
Uttar Pradesh: Violent protest in Chandauli as girl allegedly dies during police raid
The incident led to violent protest by villagers who indulged in brick batting and tried to block national highway-2 after damaging an ambulance. VARANASI: Unruly scenes were created in Manrajpur village under the limits of Saiyyedraja police station in Chandauli district on Sunday night when a 21-year-old girl Nisha Yadav died due to alleged thrashing by police during a raid to nab her father and history-sheeter Kanhaiya Yadav.
Caste in play, main players bank on allies in UP endgame | India News - Times of India
LUCKNOW: The seven-phase battle for UP enters endgame on Monday, with both BJP and Samajwadi Party on a similar wicket in terms of their dependence on allies to crack the caste code in several of the 54 constituencies across nine south Purvanchal districts going to polls in the final round.
narendra modi: Role of saints & gurus in freedom fight not properly recorded: PM Narendra Modi | Varanasi News - Times of India
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that "saints, gurus and seers played a significant role in keeping the countrymen united during the freedom struggle of several hundred years, but their contribution has not been described in history as it should have been done". He was addressing the 98th anniversary celebrations of Sadguru Sadafaldeo at Swarveda temple of Vihangam Yog Sansthan in Umraha area here on Tuesday.
With 'Shivarchan', PM Narendra Modi to open Kashi Vishwanath Dham corridor project today
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yogi: Azamgarh could be renamed Aryamgarh, signals UP CM Yogi Adityanath | India News - Times of India
AZAMGARH: Hinting that Azamgarh could be renamed as Aryamgarh , UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that “setting up of a state university will truly turn Azamgarh into Aryamgarh”. At a public meeting following the university’s foundation laid here by Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday, Yogi said, “PM Narendra Modi’s vision of development and Shah’s work has changed the image of Azamgarh. There is no doubt that this university will soon turn Azamgarh into Aryamgarh.
shah: Amit Shah’s 2022 mantra for party cadre: ‘Win booths to win UP’ | India News - Times of India
VARANASI: Finalising the strategy for winning over 300 seats in 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, senior Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) leader and Union home minister Amit Shah gave the party cadre the mantra of ‘winning booth to win UP’.
PM asks to focus on `test, track, treat’ strategy to combat second wave of Covid-19 | India News - Times of India Original
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the officials in his parliamentary constituency to focus on getting early lab test reports of Covid-19 samples and contract tracing as a part of the strategy- `test, track and treat’ adopted to combat the first wave of the pandemic.
UP: 12 new Covid-19 positive cases in Varanasi, three in Jaunpur
VARANASI: Twelve more persons in Varanasi were tested Covid-19 positive on Tuesday. In neighbouring Jaunpur, three migrant labourers from Mumbai were tested positive.
55-year-old Varanasi trader becomes UP's third Covid-19 casualty
Shailvee Sharda & Rajeev Dixit | TNN | Apr 5, 2020, 20:23 IST Representative image LUCKNOW/VARANASI: A 55-year-old resident of Varanasi who died on April 3, became the third Covid-19 casualty in Uttar Pradesh after his coronavirus test came positive on Sunday. “This is the third coronavirus related death in the state,” said principal secretary health and family welfare Amit Mohan Prasad. “The person was unwell since March 22 and took his symptoms lightly.
UP: AIMIM's local unit chief arrested in Bhadohi for anti-CAA protest violence
The arrested accused in police custody. VARANASI: District unit president of Asaduddin Owaisiâs All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) Tavir Hayat Khan, partyâs youth wing district president Tabish and 13 other persons were arrested on Sunday following detection of their role in December 19 violence in the name of protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Bhadohi city area.
BHU official quits post after RSS flag âinsultâ | India News - Times of India
VARANASI: Banaras Hindu Universityâs (BHUâs) south campus deputy chief proctor Kiran Damle resigned from the proctorial board on Wednesday after an FIR was lodged against her for removing an RSS flag from the sports ground. âDamle tendered her resignation, which has been accepted,â south campus professor in-charge Ramadevi Nimannapalli said. Earlier on Tuesday, hostel inmates of BHUâs Rajiv Gandhi South Campus had staged a protest against Damle, accusing her of insulting the RSS flag.
Varanasi: Man commits suicide by jumping from sixth floor of building
Varanasi: Man commits suicide by jumping from sixth floor of building Representative image VARANASI: One motorcycle mechanic from Sigra area committed suicide by jumping from sixth floor of a building on Monday evening. The man was later identified as Sonu Vishwakarma (23). He ran his shop near his residence in the area. On Monday evening he reached near a multistorey building near Sigra crossing on a motorcycle. Later, he climbed up the sixth floor of the building.
Being a reflection of her grandma both good and bad? - Times of India
The decision to assign major responsibility to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is a right one but it has come too late to do any good for the party, feel most voters in Varanasi, where they feel the hope for any miracle from her in the Lok Sabha elections would be unfair. In this high-profile parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress cadres are jubilant that Priyanka has the charge of east UP after becoming the party’s general secretary.
She will pull the crowds, but can Priyanka Gandhi get votes?
In PM's own constituency of Varanasi, most voters feel the decision to bring in Priyanka was good but had come too late, particularly after the SP-BSP alliance was announced. At Ahmed Nadeem’s pan shop in Tanda, 191 km from Lucknow, the early morning talk has just veered towards the upcoming general elections, as it invariably does these days.
UP: Cop returning from PM's security duty killed in mob violence in Ghazipur - Times of India
VARANASI: A police constable was killed in an attack by a group of protesters belonging to the Nishad Party near Kathwa bridge here in Ghazipur district on Saturday. The deceased, identified as Suresh Vatsa of Karimuddinpur police station, along with SO Karimuddinpur and four other constables was returning from duty at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting at ITI Ground.
UP: Cop returning from PM's security duty killed in mob violence in Ghazipur - Times of India
Rajeev Dixit The deceased, Suresh Vatsa of Karimuddinpur police station, along with SO Karimuddinpur and four other constables was returning to police station after the end of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting at ITI Ground. | TNN | Dec 29, 2018, 21:06 ISTDeceased police constable Suresh Vatsa VARANASI: A police constable was killed in an attack of a group of protesters belonging to Nishad Party near Kathwa bridge here in Ghazipur district on Saturday.
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