Anamika Sharma, a 22-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, set a record of sorts when she jumped from a height of 13,000 feet with the flag of Ram Temple.This feat, accomplished in Bangkok, adds another milestone to Sharma's achievements in the field...

The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to install over 67,000 streetlights at the Maha Kumbh 2025 township where crores of pilgrims are expected to stay.It may be noted that the government has earmarked Rs 2,500 crore for Maha Kumbh.Out of the total allocations,...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday handed over keys to the beneficiaries of 76 affordable housing units constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) on the land reclaimed from the possession of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed. Adityanath...

Five policemen were suspended in Prayagraj in connection with the killings of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, a police officer said on Wednesday.The suspended police officers include Shahganj SHO Ashwani Kumar Singh, a sub-inspector...

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur launched month long nationwide campaign Swachh Bharat 2022 from Prayagraj in UP today. Shri Thakur participated in cleanliness drive on Sangam beach in Prayagraj with Nehru Yuva Kendra, National...

As the rising waters of the Ganga River in Prayagraj inundated the 'Bade Hanuman' temple on the banks of Sangam, the air was rent with chants of 'Jai Bajrangbali'.The water entered the temple just before midnight on Thursday.It is believed that the Ganga...

Three masked men entered a businessman's office in Prayagraj in broad daylight, held him at gun point and looted Rs 6 lakhs.A 25-second CCTV footage of the robbery showed the three men with their faces covered barging into the office of the businessman, who...

An eight-year-old boy, Shivansh Mohile, from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj has set a record of sorts by swimming across the Yamuna river in just 18 minutes.Earlier this month, Aradhya Srivastava had crossed the river ( about 250 metres) in 22 minutes.<blockquote...

Bulldozers, now a symbol of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths crackdown on anti-social elements, were moved to the residence of Mohammad Javed, a.k.a. Javed Pump, who has been identified as the main conspirator behind the violence that erupted in the...

'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' is being celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the nation. And the armed forces personnel too are dedicating their inspiring efforts to the heroes of the freedom struggle.Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Vikrant Uniyal, posted...

A team of 11 scientists from the Cleveland Clinic in the US and a researcher from Allahabad University (AU) have found a way in which chemo and radiation therapy will not be required to kill cancer cells.The work of the team led by Yang Li, Professor of...

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur participated in cleanliness drive on the launch of nationwide Clean India programme from Prayagraj in UP today. Deputy Chief Minister of UP Shri Keshav Prasad Mauryaand MoSSports, Youth Welfare,...

An increasing number of members from the Christian community are now adopting the Hindu tradition of cremating the bodies.They are then taking the ashes in urns to the graveyard for entombment."With the increasing number of deaths taking place in the second...

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare along with Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh digitally inaugurated the Super Speciality Block (SSB) at Motilal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj. The 220-bedded facility has been...

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi said on Monday her partys aim was to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also that of the SP-BSP combine, and added the Congress had no qualms about forging an alliance with "anyone".When asked if the Congress...

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday kicked off her three-day Lok Sabha campaign by taking a boat ride on the Ganga river from here, accusing the Modi government of slapping sedition charges against dissenters.As the boat sailed slowly, Gandhi,...

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is in Uttar Pradesh campaigning for the party, is drawing inspiration from her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who taught her to be fearless."Sitting in the courtyard of Swaraj Bhawan,...

Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 has been placed in the Guinness World Records in three sectors. It includes largest traffic and crowd management plan, the biggest painting exercise of public sites under paint my city scheme and  biggest sanitation and waste disposal...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took the holy dip at the Sangam - the holy confluence of sacred Ganga, Yamuna and mystical Sarawasti rivers - and prayed for peace and prosperity of the nation.Clad in a grey sweater, Modi, who is reportedly nursing a...

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today addressed the Swachh Kumbh, Swachh Aabhaar event in Prayagraj.He reached the dais after a dip in the waters of the Holy Sangam at Prayagraj, and after conducting a “Charan Vandana” of select sanitation workers, as...