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Father's celebratory firing kills teenager son at Chitrakoot wedding

Kanpur, March 8 -- A joyous wedding celebration in a Chitrakoot village turned into a scene of mourning after a father's celebratory gunfire accidentally killed his 18-year-old son in Rampura police s... Read More


All that ash: From pyre to ire, row erupts over Kashi's Masan Holi

VARANASI, March 8 -- The issue of celebrating Masan Holi with ashes from funeral pyres at Manikarnika Ghat is kicking up dust in Kashi with one side opposing the practice and the other supporting it. ... Read More


Empowering women, harbingers of agriculture technology to region

VARANASI, March 8 -- Standing at the boundary of a wheat farm in Mehandi Ganj area of Rajatalab, around 15 km from Varanasi, Neetu Singh, a mother of three and a housewife, is spraying nano urea on th... Read More


'12 times more educated unemployed than uneducated ones in Prayagraj'

PRAYAGRAJ, March 8 -- Prayagraj-which is home to 'Oxford of the East', state's only NIT and only state open varsity besides a state university, a rural university, an agriculture university and an III... Read More


HC dismisses PIL seeking ban on 'Shankar Parwati Chhap' beedi

PRAYAGRAJ, March 8 -- The Allahabad high court dismissed a PIL petition seeking a ban on the sale of a 'Beedi' brand named 'Shankar Parwati Chhap' along with its logo. Dismissing the PIL filed by one ... Read More


Bihar govt aims to construct 5,495 bridges across state

PATNA, March 8 -- Rural works department minister Ashok Chaudhary on Friday informed the legislative council that the department has proposed to build 5,495 bridges across the state under Mukhyamantri... Read More


Bihar's gulab jamun, ghee go global

PATNA, March 8 -- Bihar's dairy product under the brand name of Sudha has gone global. Bihar State Milk Cooperative Federation Limited (COMFED), which was till now selling the products of its famous ... Read More


Muzaffarpur: Minor girl abducted and gang-raped, 2 held

PATNA, March 8 -- A 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, gang-raped by five persons and later deserted at an isolated place in Muzaffarpur district, police said on Friday. Police further said tha... Read More


Pathetic condition of SC hostels in Gaya infuriates commissioner

GAYA, March 8 -- Magadh divisional commissioner Prem Singh Menna was shocked to see the poor condition of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Welfare Hostel and Jyotiba Phule Hostel in Gaya district, officials said. ... Read More


Two awarded life term for murder in hapur

Meerut, March 8 -- The Hapur district court sentenced a former village head and his two sons to life imprisonment for the murder of a local resident, Neeraj, in 2016. According to additional district ... Read More