The Latest Breaking News from Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: Four people, including two girls, all aged between 15 and 22 years, drowned while swimming in the Ganga at Matinpur village under the limits of Hussainganj police station of Fatehpur district early on Tuesday.

PRAYAGRAJ: The Special Task Force (Prayagraj unit) on Monday claimed to have busted an interstate racket involved in liquor smuggling and arrested its two key operatives near Wahida power house on Prayagraj - Varanasi highway and seized illegal liquor consignment worth Rs 50 lakhs from them.

PRAYAGRAJ: The leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Kashi Prant) have written to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath urging him to impose a ban on the sale of liquor, meat, eggs and fish within five kilometre radius of Sangam area in Prayagraj district.

PRAYAGRAJ: Ever heard of an auto lifter who believes in following a proper dress code for committing thefts? Well, cops in Prayagraj came across one when they busted an inter-district gang of auto lifters and arrested its six members, including the kingpin, on Sunday.

PRAYAGRAJ: A wanted criminal was injured and arrested in an exchange of fire with the police near Khebrajpur village, under the limits of Tharwai police station in trans Ganga pocket of Prayagraj district, on late Wednesday night.

PRAYAGRAJ: In a curious case, unidentified thieves returned 14 precious idols they had stolen from a 300-year-old temple of Lord Bala ji at Ramleela ground in Taruha village of Chitrakoot district within six days of stealing them and left behind a ‘confession’ letter seeking forgiveness while mentioning that they were…

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque case till May 20.

PRAYAGRAJ: In a curious case, unidentified thieves returned 14 precious idols they had stolen from a 300-year-old temple of Lord Balaji at Ramlila ground in Taruha village of Chitrakoot district within six days of stealing them and left behind a ‘confession’ letter seeking forgiveness. In the letter, the thieves mentioned…

PRAYAGRAJ: After successfully conducting the class 10 and 12 Board exams, authorities of the UP Board are now gearing up to declare the results of high school and intermediate examinations sometime in the next month.

The Inland Waterways Authority told the tribunal that the Allahabad High Court, in its April 28, 2016, order, allowed the project subject to receipt of all required statutory clearances

PRAYAGRAJ: “The law has now been settled that use of a loudspeaker from a mosque is not a fundamental right,” the Allahabad high court observed while rejecting a plea seeking use of a loudspeaker/mike in a mosque.