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Rinku Singh's father Khanchand no more

LUCKNOW, Feb. 28 -- Khanchand Singh, father of Indian cricketer Rinku Singh, passed away in the wee hours of Friday after a prolonged battle with Stage 4 liver cancer. He breathed his last at a hospit... Read More


IMD predicts hotter than usual days in NW India

New delhi, Feb. 28 -- Day temperatures across large parts of northwest India are likely to remain 3-5degC above normal over the coming week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned on Friday,... Read More


Kashi drenched in devotion and gulal

Varanasi, Feb. 28 -- With the beats of the damru, gulal filling the air and chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' echoing in the ambience, Rangbhari Ekadashi was celebrated with devotional and colourful fervour... Read More


Ashes, sanctity & dance: Masan Holi celebrated at Harishchandra Ghat

Varanasi, Feb. 28 -- Masan Holi was celebrated at the cremation ground of Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi on Friday. During the celebration, people applied pyre ashes to one another. Many devotees, dre... Read More


Father-son duo arrested in codeine cough syrup racket

VARANASI, Feb. 28 -- Two men, including an accused carrying a Rs.25,000 reward, were arrested from separate locations in Varanasi in connection with a codeine-based cough syrup smuggling racket, polic... Read More


Bahraich: Pocso accused dies inpolice custody; kin allege assault

BAHRAICH, Feb. 28 -- A 55-year-old man booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act died in police custody in Bahraich's Ramgaon area on Thursday night, triggering protests... Read More


Car hits pole, house wall; 3 die

GORAKHPUR, Feb. 28 -- : At least three youths were killed and three others seriously injured after a speeding car skidded off the road, hit an electric pole and rammed into a house wall near BM City R... Read More


'Depressed' woman, two daughters consume poison; two dead

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, Feb. 28 -- A 50-year-old woman and her 19-year-old daughter died while the woman's other 24-year-old daughter was critical after the trio allegedly consumed some poisonous substance a... Read More


Eyesight of 374 patients restored during Mega Surgical Eye Camp

GORAKHPUR, Feb. 28 -- An ophthalmic team from the Indian Army and Air Force restored the eyesight of 374 patients during the 'Mega Advanced Surgical Eye Camp,' which concluded on Friday at the 12 Air ... Read More


NITI Aayog honours Kheri DM for performance under Sampurna Abhiyan

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, Feb. 28 -- NITI Aayog has awarded Lakhimpur Kheri district magistrate Durga Shakti Nagpal with certificates of appreciation for the performance of aspirational Bankeyganj and Dhaurahr... Read More