VARANASI: Tension gripped Kabiruddinpur village in Uttar Pradesh‘s Jaunpur district Wednesday morning when a 17-year-old boy was beheaded by his neighbours — who are also his relatives — in the wake of an almost three-decade-old property dispute pending in civil court for disposal.The teen, Anurag Yadav alias Chhotu, was a rising taekwondo player and the…
VARANASI: A resident doctor at Sir Sunder Lal Hospital of Banaras Hindu University has alleged harassment by a patient’s attendant while she was on night duty in the maternal and child health wing.BHU chief proctor Prof SP Singh on Monday confirmed getting the victim’s complaint on e-mail and said a probe has been started. Further…
NEW DELHI: Varanasi, one of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, is among the nation’s most high-profile constituencies as it is represented by PM Modi. It falls under the unreserved category and comprises five assembly constituencies which are Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt, Sevapuri and Rohaniya.After trailing in early trends, Prime Minister…
NEW DELHI: Shyam Rangeela, a comedian renowned for his mimicry of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has announced his candidacy for the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday, intending to contest from the Varanasi constituency against PM. In a post on X, Rangeela said, “I am excited by the love I am receiving from all of you…
VARANASI: Although his crime empire had started crumbling under crackdown by the Yogi Adityanath govt since 2017, the death of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari drew curtains on his over four-decade reign of terror in eastern UP.He faced over 60 criminal cases, 16 of them for murder. The first case lodged against him was in…
