Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Cancer patient found dead with throat slit at PGI

LUCKNOW, May 19 -- A 61-year-old liver cancer patient was found dead with his throat slit inside the highly secured liver transplant unit (LTU) ward of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical ... Read More


Dhaba owner shot over filming dispute dies, 4 held

LUCKNOW, May 19 -- A 28-year-old dhaba owner who was shot in the head in Lucknow's Madiyaon area allegedly over a dispute related to filming a street altercation succumbed to injuries during treatment... Read More


PGI docs end toddler's 20-day respiratory ordeal

Lucknow, May 19 -- Doctors at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences removed a long-standing foreign body lodged in the airway of a 15-month-old child from Jaunpur district, brin... Read More


Cabinet approves LoI for Sardar Patel Apex University in Mirzapur

LUCKNOW, May 19 -- The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to issue a Letter of Intent (LoI) to the sponsoring institution for establishment of Sardar Patel Apex University, Mirzapur i... Read More


Four highway robbers arrested after police encounter

Varanasi, May 19 -- Four members of an interstate robbery gang, who allegedly dressed as women to target truck drivers and passersby on the Delhi-Kolkata National Highway, were arrested after a police... Read More


Forest fire spreads across 1.5 km in Manda

PRAYAGRAJ, May 19 -- A fire broke out in the Manda forest area, following which forest personnel at the spot immediately informed senior officials and the fire department. Acting on the alert, several... Read More


Prepare six-month progress calendar for ongoing schemes: Hardeep Puri

VARANASI, May 19 -- Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of petroleum and co-chairperson of the DISHA (District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee) meeting in Varanasi on Monday, said mai... Read More


Tempo traveller carrying Maha pilgrims overturns on highway

PRAYAGRAJ, May 19 -- A tempo traveller carrying pilgrims from Maharashtra overturned on the Prayagraj-Ayodhya Highway near Bhawanipur village in the Delhupur area on Monday afternoon after the driver ... Read More


Mini truck driven on railway track halts trains, major mishap averted

PRAYAGRAJ, May 19 -- A major railway accident was narrowly avoided on the Sultanpur-Varanasi rail route on Monday after a mini truck driver drove his vehicle onto the tracks to bypass a closed railway... Read More


Sonbhadra tops NITI Aayog's aspirational districts ranking

Varanasi, May 19 -- Sonbhadra has secured the top position in overall performance among all 112 aspirational districts in the country, according to the latest progress report released by NITI Aayog un... Read More