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Ganga rises in Vns, ghats marooned as administration steps up flood preparations

VARANASI, Aug. 31 -- The Ganga continued to rise in Varanasi on Sunday, forcing boats to be anchored, shifting the Ganga Aarti to a higher location and leaving several vibrant ghats marooned. The risi... Read More


Headmistress penalised after students seen carrying bricks at school

VARANASI, Aug. 31 -- The Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) has withheld one annual salary increment of the headmistress of Primary School Purnakalan in Ghorawal area of Sonbhadra after students were seen c... Read More


Nine SHOs shifted in Varanasi police reshuffle

VARANASI, Aug. 31 -- Nine police stations under the Varanasi Police Commissionerate got new station house officers (SHOs) in a major reshuffle carried out by police commissioner Mohit Agarwal after a ... Read More


Over 1,000 rescued as Mandakini floods Chitrakoot

KANPUR, Aug. 31 -- Around 1,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas of Chitrakoot in UP and Madhya Pradesh as SDRF and NDRF teams continued overnight operations after the Mandakini river inundate... Read More


Kheri villages inundated as Nepal rivers swell

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, Aug. 31 -- Rising water levels in Nepal-originated Mohana and Karnali rivers have inundated Naya Pind and Chaugurji villages in Tikunia area of Nighasan tehsil, while posing concerns ... Read More


Nepal: Kathmandu-Sonauli road caves in, Gandak flow rises

India, Aug. 31 -- The connecting road from Sonauli to Kathmandu caved-in near Krishna Bhar in Nepal's Dadhinya district, around 35 km from the Sonauli border in Maharajganj, disrupting traffic between... Read More


IAS officer Divya Mittal resigns after 13 yrs of service

LUCKNOW, Aug. 31 -- Divya Mittal, a 2013-batch officer, announced her resignation from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on Sunday morning on social media, saying she may have given up her posit... Read More


Judicial officers' body seeks action into 'bid to influence' Gonda judge

LUCKNOW, Aug. 31 -- The Uttar Pradesh Judicial Services Association has strongly condemned the alleged administrative pressure by Devi Patan commissioner Durga Shakti Nagpal on civil judge (senior div... Read More


High court orders 30% quota for women in Sultanpur Bar Assn

LUCKNOW, Aug. 31 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the Sultanpur Bar Association to implement 30% reservation for women advocates in its executive committee and governing c... Read More


70-yr-old man injured in tiger attack

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, Aug. 31 -- A 70-year-old man was injured after being attacked by a tiger in Bharigawan forest beat of Mailani range in the Dudhwa buffer zone on Sunday afternoon, officials said. The ... Read More