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Codeine Syrup Nexus: Accused admit smuggling 6L bottles to Bangladesh, earning crores

VARANASI, Jan. 29 -- Three men arrested in Siddharthanagar district have confessed to smuggling approximately six lakh bottles of codeine cough syrup and earning crores of rupees through a network of ... Read More


Codeine case: rRs.r28.5 crore assets of kingpin's father attached

VARANASI, Jan. 24 -- The special investigating team (SIT) of Sonbhadra police on Friday attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs.28.50 crore of Bhola Prasad, a prime accused in a codeine-based c... Read More


Two cattle smugglers arrested after encounter in Sonbhadra

VARANASI, Jan. 23 -- Sonbhadra police arrested two alleged cattle smugglers following an encounter near the Khakhe Mor canal bridge intersection in Kewali village under the Ghorawal police station are... Read More


Manikarnika Ghat row: 18 protesters detained, FIR lodged

VARANASI, Jan. 20 -- Members of the Pal community reached Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi on Monday to stage a protest against the alleged damage to an idol of Ahilyabai Holkar on the wall of a platform ... Read More


28-year-old physiotherapist dies in Jaunpur after kite string slits his throat while riding bike

VARANASI, Jan. 14 -- A 28-year-old physiotherapist died after his throat was slit by a kite string, manjha, while he was returning home on his motorcycle, near a public school in the Panchhatiya area ... Read More


Codeine case: After father, kingpin's cousin arrested

VARANASI, Jan. 14 -- As police continued to probe the codeine cough syrup racket, they arrested a cousin of the alleged kingpin Subham Jaiswal, who continued to remain absconding, they said. Aditya J... Read More


UP deputy CM Maurya pushes canteens, autos for SHGs to create 'lakhpati didis'

VARANASI, Jan. 12 -- Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that members of self-help groups (SHGs) should be given the opportunity to open canteens at the district training institute, railwa... Read More


Eight-time MLA Vijay Singh Gond laid to rest near ancestral home

VARANASI, Jan. 10 -- The last rites of Samajwadi Party (SP) veteran and eight-time MLA Vijay Singh Gond was performed as per the Gond traditions near his ancestral home in Katauli village in Sonbhadra... Read More


Kashi BJP forms 100 teams to verify ASD voters in Varanasi

VARANASI, Jan. 9 -- A day after UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary directed BJP workers to verify absentee, shifted and dead (ASD) voters, Kashi BJP has formed 100 teams of its workers for the verifica... Read More


BJP to conduct booth-level verification of ASD voters: UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary

VARANASI, Jan. 8 -- State BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary on Thursday said that BJP workers would visit every polling booth with the electoral rolls to verify whether any names had been wrongly deleted... Read More