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Arrange pregnancy tests of rape victims to avoid breaching 24-week limit: Allahabad high court

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 14 -- The Allahabad high court has said that in rape cases measures must be taken to provide the victims with pregnancy tests so that the option to keep or terminate the pregnancy can ... Read More


HCBA, Allahabad, opposes SC proposal to appoint 5 retd HC judges on ad hoc basis

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 14 -- The High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Allahabad, has sent a communication to the President of India, with a copy to the Union law minister and the Chief Justice Of India, expres... Read More


Akhilesh frustrated because SP won't come to power in UP: Maurya

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 13 -- Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has said that SP president Akhilesh Yadav is making nonsensical statements under stress. The deputy CM, who arrived in Prayagraj on Fr... Read More


Conversion or inter-caste marriage does not change caste determined by birth: Allahabad HC

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 13 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that caste determined by birth remains unchanged despite religious conversion or inter-caste marriage. The high court was hearing a crimina... Read More


Illegal ova extraction racket: Police to audit all IVF centres in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 13 -- All 11 In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) centres in Prayagraj will face intensive scrutiny after police busted an alleged gang that lured unmarried minor girls into illegal ova extrac... Read More


Magh Mela 2026 set to record highest-ever footfall in the fair's history

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 12 -- The ongoing Magh Mela 2026 is on course to create history, drawing the highest-ever footfall recorded at the annual fair, which has been held for centuries on the banks of the Sa... Read More


Volleyball player found dead in sports hostel; autopsy confirms poisoning

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 11 -- A 17-year-old volleyball player was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Tuesday morning in the hostel of the Amitabh Bachchan Sports Complex (Mayo Hall), located under t... Read More


Two drown, 8 rescued after two cars plunge into Belan canal in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 10 -- : Two men drowned while eight others were rescued safely after two cars carrying the members of a wedding procession (baraat) fell into the Belan main canal near Badhwari Kala vi... Read More


Prayagraj Municipal Corporation launches installment scheme to boost property tax collection

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 9 -- The Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced a major relief for property owners by introducing an installment facility for payment of pending property tax. Officials sa... Read More


UP Board makes roll number, sheet number mandatory on every answer page

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 8 -- More than 53 lakh students appearing for the UP Board High School and Intermediate examinations starting February 18, 2026, will now be required to write their roll number and ans... Read More