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Prayagraj: Ganga, Yamuna stabilise, but flood threat persists; officials on alert

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 4 -- The city received only light showers at intervals on September 2 and 3, but water levels in the Ganga and Yamuna continued to rise steadily, raising concerns about flooding in lo... Read More


37 families evacuated as Sharda stays above danger mark in Palia

LAKHIMPUR KHERI, Sept. 4 -- As many as 37 families living in the low-lying area between the Mohana river and the right afflux bund of the Girija barrage in Jasnagar village, along the India-Nepal bord... Read More


Flood preparedness stepped up in Varanasi as water levels rise

VARANASI, Sept. 4 -- Amid the rising flood threat, Police Commissioner Mohit Agarwal and District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar inspected flood-affected areas, travelling by motorboat from Namo Ghat to P... Read More


PM speaks to Varanasi DM, mayor on flood situation

VARANASI, Sept. 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to Varanasi district magistrate Satyendra Kumar and mayor Ashok Tiwari over the phone and obtained detailed information about flood ... Read More


Firecracker factory owner's son held after encounter in Kaushambi

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 4 -- Police on Thursday arrested 18-year-old Adil, son of Naushad, owner of the illegal firecracker factory in Kaushambi where 14 people, including nine children, were killed in a pow... Read More


Army officer duped of Rs 11.50L in investment scam

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 4 -- An Army officer posted in Prayagraj has allegedly been cheated of Rs 11.50 lakh after being lured into an investment scheme promising lucrative monthly returns. The Cantonment Po... Read More


Man hired to make cupboard key 'steals' jewellery

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 4 -- A man hired to prepare a key for a cupboard locker allegedly fled with gold and silver jewellery from a residence in the Lowther Road area of Prayagraj. The Georgetown Police reg... Read More


Man attacks 5 members of in-laws' family with sickle, beaten to death

Kanpur, Sept. 4 -- A man allegedly attacked five members of his in-laws' family with a sickle in Bheekampur village in Aung area of Fatehpur district around 2am on Thursday. Three of his nephews, his ... Read More


30,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup seized in Banda

Kanpur, Sept. 4 -- UP Special Task Force (STF), along with Banda police, seized a large consignment of codeine-based cough syrup worth around Rs 60.45 lakh and arrested four people in Banda, police sa... Read More


Handia SHO, S-I suspended over bribe allegations

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 4 -- Commissioner of police, Prayagraj, Piyush Mordia has suspended Handia SHO Anup Saroj and sub-inspector Brijesh Singh following allegations that they accepted a Rs 4 lakh bribe in... Read More