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Review: The Bengali Reader,Edited and translated by Arunava Sinha

India, July 11 -- In the Bengali film Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1970), directed by Satyajit Ray, four young men from Calcutta drive down to Palamau (then in Bihar, now Jharkhan... Read More


Man who killed nephew by slamming him to ground in UP's Firozabad gets death penalty

India, July 11 -- A court in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for killing his one-and-a-half-year-old nephew by repeatedly slamming him against the gro... Read More


SP govt 'allowed namaz' at Hanumangarhi temple, should apologise: CM Yogi

AYODHYA/BASTI, July 11 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday accused the Samajwadi Party and the Congress of disrespecting Hindu faith, alleging that the former had earlier allowed namaz to be o... Read More


Man awarded death for killing 18-month-old nephew in Firozabad

AGRA, July 11 -- Delivering the verdict within 40 days of the crime, the court of the district and sessions judge in Firozabad district on Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his one-and-a-hal... Read More


Monsoon in full swing across UP, orange alert issued for 13 districts

LUCKNOW/MEERUT/VARANASI/GORAKHPUR/AGRA/KANPUR, July 11 -- Monsoon activity remained vigorous across Uttar Pradesh on Friday following widespread showers that brought pleasant weather to most parts of ... Read More


SIT probes sale of Atiq Ahmed's alleged benami properties

PRAYAGRAJ, July 11 -- An investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged sale of benami properties linked to slain mafia don Atiq Ahmed has gathered pace. The probe will examine w... Read More


19 of a cyber fraud gang including kingpin held

Varanasi, July 11 -- A Varanasi Cyber Crime police team on Friday arrested 19 members of an interstate gang that had been swindling unemployed youth. The group promised victims jobs with a monthly sal... Read More


Probe restores 22 bighas of PDA land transferred to Atiq aide

PRAYAGRAJ, July 11 -- A fresh case allegedly exposing the nexus between associates of slain mafia don Atiq Ahmed and government officials has come to light in Prayagraj. Around 22 bighas (54,973.77 sq... Read More


Woman, daughter electrocuted while cutting grass

VARANASI, July 11 -- Two people, a woman and her daughter, were electrocuted on Thursday morning while cutting grass in a field in Bhira-Balua village, located in the Saidpur area of Ghazipur district... Read More


STF busts SIM-to-UPI racket, arrests four

LUCKNOW, July 11 -- Exposing a sophisticated cyber fraud module that allegedly misused the names of government welfare schemes, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested four members of ... Read More