prayagraj

UP govt to construct VVIP guest houses in Ayodhya, Prayagraj

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has unveiled plans to construct state-of-the-art VVIP guest houses in the holy cities

ATS unearths link between terror suspect and Samajwadi Party leader

NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Delhi Crime Branch team are believed to have identified a connection between the terrorist Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Sarik, who serves as the district secretary of the Samajwadi Party (SP). This comes after his arrest on September 29. The suspected terrorist was believed to be […]

BREAKING: Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf shot dead in Prayagraj

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while being taken for a medical check-up in Prayagraj. The incident occurred just a few days after Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad was killed in an encounter in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Atiq Ahmed was a former mafia don turned politician and had been accused in […]

Death to Atiq: What can bring peace to Shanti Devi

Shanti Devi seeks death penalty for Atiq Ahmed, who was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping of her son, Umesh Pal

Ghar Wapsi: UP Police take Atiq Ahmad’s custody; to bring him home

Team of 45 UP police personnel, led by IPS Abhishek Bharti, will bring gangster turned politician from Gujarat’s Sabarmati jail

UP will become the ‘growth engine’ of India: Yogi Adityanath

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday called upon the country’s banking and financial world to become partners in the development of the country’s most populous state — Uttar Pradesh. The Chief Minister met a number of banking giants as part of his two-day visit to Mumbai with the goal of making Uttar Pradesh, the ‘growth […]

Amid Prayag’s ‘Hindi’ Legacy, Premchand’s Grandson Finds Akhilesh ‘More Modern’, ‘Can Do Something’

PRAYAGRAJ (UTTAR PRADESH): In the leafy boulevards of Prayagraj’s Court Road, Prof Alok Rai, a retired faculty from IIT Delhi and University of Pennsylvania, wears the strong influence of his grandfather and master of Hindi literature, the great Munshi Premchand. For a bit, Rai turns joyful at Dhoop Chaaon —  his splendid bungalow is called that […]

In Sirathu, UP’s Dy CM Still A Precocious Kid Who Helped Father Sell Tea, Worked As Newspaper Hawker

SIRATHU(KAUSHAMBI): Tucked away inside an uneventful corner of Sirathu village, 73-year-old Dhanpati Maurya rubs her eyes in disbelief how her son, who once dutifully helped his father Shyamlal sell tea or worked as a newspaper hawker, has become a prominent figure in UP. For Dhanpati, the life is still about drying her sarees on a […]