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Prayagraj: Two unidentified bike-borne assailants shot at a former gram pradhan near his house at Alamchand village under the limits of Sandipanghat police station of Kaushambi on Monday.The incident took place when Manoj Kumar (50) had gone for a morning walk.Upon being alerted, senior police officials, including Kaushambi SP and forensic experts, rushed to the…
Uttar Pradesh has over 60% of India’s total access-controlled expressway network. Ganga Expressway, the longest expressway so far in Uttar Pradesh, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. The 594 kilometres long Ganga expressway is a six-lane expressway that aims to reduce the travel time between Meerut and Prayagraj to just 6…
PRAYAGRAJ:The dominance of smaller districts continued on the top five ranks with students from Farrukhabad, Pratapgarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Mau, Saharanpur, Etawah, Fatehpur and Gonda bagging these ranks. Notably, no major city, including Prayagraj, featured prominently in the top 10, except one student from Kanpur at the seventh position. This consistent pattern across both examinations underscores…
Prayagraj: With the heatwave raging unrelentingly, the Sangam City on Thursday once again stood the hottest in the state at 44.4 degrees Celsius and also the second fiercest furnace in the nation after Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan.According to IMD, the minimum stood at 24.8 degrees Celsius, 0.8 units above normal. Weather experts said similar conditions…
Earth Day was observed in Sangam city on Wednesday Prayagraj: A strong message of environmental responsibility marked the Earth Day celebrations in the city on Wednesday.Environmentalists, social workers and citizens gathered at Parmarth Niketan Ashram and pledged to conserve water through collective action. The programme was organised by Mangal Bhoomi Foundation, where participants symbolically performed…
Prayagraj: To improve riverfront management in the city, the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to hand over the maintenance of seven main ghats along the Ganga and Yamuna to private institutions.The aim is to ensure better upkeep, regular cultural activities and enhanced basic facilities at these ghats.Under the plan, four ghats on the Ganga…
Before every major exam season, a familiar ritual played out across millions of Indian homes. Phones were propped against textbooks, earphones slipped in, and anxious students searched for one name on YouTube. They were not looking for entertainment. They were looking for clarity. Because when this teacher explained physics, something unusual happened: the confusion lifted….
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has observed that it is ‘wrong’ for any person in secular India to claim that a particular religion is the “only true religion”, as it implies a “disparagement” of other faiths and attracts section 295A of IPC.With this, Justice Saurabh Srivastava, in his judgment dated March 18, dismissed a quashing…
PRAYAGRAJ: Ghazipur police have arrested two persons, including a woman and her son, on charges of killing her 19-year-old daughter after allegedly being angered by her relationship with a Hindu youth. The accused, identified as Afsana (48) and her son Afsar (26), were arrested near Tikri turn village on Monday evening while allegedly planning to…
PRAYAGRAJ: Ashutosh Maharaj, who had filed an FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple for allegedly sexually exploiting two minor boys at his ashram, has claimed he was attacked by an unidentified person on the Rewa Express early Sunday.A GRP officer said that Ashutosh claimed he was travelling in an AC first-class coach from…
