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PMC issues fresh notices to owners of 100 dilapidated buildings

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 8 -- Following the collapse of a portion of a more than seven-decade-old building in the densely populated Shahganj locality on February 5, the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) ha... Read More


Jeweller robbed of 3kg silver at gunpoint on Ayodhya-Prayagraj highway

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 8 -- Some unidentified motorcycle-borne criminals robbed a jeweller of three kilograms of silver at gunpoint on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj highway on Friday night. Upon receiving the inform... Read More


'2026 Budget will empower poor, middle class, women'

VARANASI, Feb. 8 -- Calling the 2026 Union Budget a roadmap for the empowerment of youth, poor and the middle, Union minister of state for rural development Kamlesh Paswan said it will create large-sc... Read More


KV temple trust receives gift from Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board

Varanasi, Feb. 8 -- The Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust on Saturday received a sacred gift and prasad from the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board on the occasion of Mahashivratri, officials said. ... Read More


UP Board makes roll 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


Fire breaks out at sealed Sundar Lal Yadav College

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 8 -- A fire broke out at Sundar Lal Yadav College in Pratapgarh district on Friday night, police said on Saturday. After receiving the information, police and fire department personnel... Read More


Illegal sale of meat and fish: VNN lodges FIR against eight

VARANASI, Feb. 8 -- In action against the illegal sale of meat and fish in the densely populated area near the temples in Chaukaghat, Varanasi Nagar Nigam's (VNN) animal welfare officer, Dr Santosh Pa... Read More


A lecture to sip on

India, Feb. 7 -- You expect a lot of things when you enter a bar. Drinks with names you can't understand. Tipsy friends who are two shots away from deciding to start a podcast. People seriously listen... Read More


Break from the herd

India, Feb. 7 -- My wife is not a vegetarian. She loves a good meat biryani as much as I do. Give her a kakori kabab, and while the high fat content may vanquish her after the second kabab, she will s... Read More


Xi's 'rejuvenating China' vision hits demographic wall

India, Feb. 7 -- In times of chaos, quiet developments that should provoke reflection are easily missed. So it is with the news that China's birth rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1949. Over ... Read More