Prayagraj

Robots to replace human scavengers to clean clogged sewers in Prayagraj

There is some good news for human scavengers. In a first for the region, smart robots will soon begin cleaning clogged sewers and the project will begin from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj

Another accused in Umesh Pal murder case killed in encounter: UP Police

Vijay alias Usman, an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, was shot dead by a Prayagraj police team in an encounter here in the early hours of Monday, officials said. Dhumanganj Station House Officer (SHO) Rajesh Kumar Maurya said the encounter took place in Kaundhiyara police station area around 5.30 am. He said Usman was involved in the shooting of Umesh Pal and two other policemen on February 24. Umesh Pal, the key witness in the former BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, and his police security guards Sandeep Nishad and Raghvendra Singh were shot on February 24 outside his home in the Dhoomanganj area. While Pal died on the same day, the security personnel died later during treatment. A couple of days later, Arbaz, who allegedly drove the SUV of the assailants, was killed in an encounter with the police in Prayagraj.

UP to develop bus stations with modern facilities, on lines of airports

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet gave its approval on Friday for developing 23 bus stations on a public-private partnership with state-of-the-art facilities on the lines of airports. The stations include two each in Lucknow, Agra and Prayagraj, besides Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Kanpur, Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh said. During a meeting that was presided by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the cabinet approved the proposal to develop 23 bus stations in big cities in the first phase, Singh told the media. Later, it will be taken up in all the 75 districts of the state, he said. Hotels, restaurants, malls, toilets and separate facilities for women will be made available at these bus stations, according to Singh. It will have good seating facilities and good toilets like those at airports, he said, adding that the tenders would be floated soon.

UP: Agra, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj to have police commissionerates

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet gave its approval on Friday for setting up a police commissionerate in Agra, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj districts. In the system, a commissioner of police heads the district police department or commissionerate, which is also vested with powers of an executive magistrate under various acts. The decision has been taken due to the increase in population, importance of these districts and to provide better policing and maintain law and order, Urban Development Minister Arvind Sharma said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave the approval during a cabinet meeting, Sharma told the media in Lucknow. Sharma said the entire districts of Agra, Ghaziabad and Prayagraj would be brought under the commissionerate system after completing all formalities. These districts will be declared metropolitan areas to set up the commissionerate system, he said. The state will have a commissionerate system of policing in seven districts out of the total 75 districts now. Earlier, i

Uttar Pradesh govt begins preparing for 2025 Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj

To chalk out the outline of the Maha Kumbh 2025, a high-level meeting will be held in Prayagraj on Thursday

Prayagraj hospital accused of juice in IV drip gets demolition notice

Prayagraj Development Authority has issued a notice to the Global Hospital to vacate the building by October 28

Adani Enterprises secures funds to build Ganga Expressway at Rs 23,000 cr

The company has secured debt worth Rs 10,238 crore and will make a capital infusion of Rs 6,826 crore

AAP announces 10-day padyatra from Ayodhya to Prayagraj ahead of polls

With the Congress busy with its 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and the SBSP having embarked on its 'Savdhan Yatra', the Aam Aadmi Party has also announced a padyatra from Ayodhya to Prayagraj

UP CM expresses grief over Prayagraj building collapse; announces ex-gratia

As many as four people died while 10 were left injured after four shops collapsed in Mutthiganj area of Prayagraj

PepsiCo's bottling plant to come up in Prayagraj, says UP Minister

This, he said, was a part of the state government's efforts to revive and develop the Naini Industrial Area of Prayagraj

Prayagraj airport will be made international facility before 2025 Mahakumbh

Before the Mahakumbh in 2025, the airport in Prayagraj will be made an international facility, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has said. Maurya, who held a review meeting with officials of various departments in the district on Saturday, said that in terms of passenger satisfaction the Prayagraj airport has secured 13th position among domestic airports in the country. "It has been decided to expand services of the airport and develop it as an international airport before the 2025 Mahakumbh," he told reporters after the review meeting. He said Prayagraj has huge tourism potential and the authorities are mulling constructing a "Kanwar path" for the easy movement of devotees of Lord Shiva. The deputy chief minister also said a proposal has been sent to the Union petroleum ministry for the construction of an oil refinery in the district. On the damage to crops due to scanty rainfall in the state, Maurya said directions have been given to provide compensation t

Ganga-Yamuna water level rises in Prayagraj, submerges low-lying areas

Water levels of the River Ganga and River Yamuna rose in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj submerging the low-lying areas around the Sangam Ghat and the roads surrounding it

Prayagraj violence: House demolished had Javed's nameplate, UP govt to HC

The UP government told the Allahabad High Court that the house demolished in Prayagraj following the June 10 violence had the nameplate of main accused Javed Mohammad on its gate

Demolitions in Kanpur, Prayagraj not related to rioting, UP tells SC

It said that none of the actual affected parties, if any, have approached this court concerning the lawful demolition action

Prophet remarks row: SC to hear plea against UP demolitions on Thursday

On Sunday, bulldozers reached the residence of Mohammad Javed who has been identified as the main conspirator behind the violence that erupted in the city on June 10

Prayagraj Development Authority defends demolition of accused Javed's house

Stung by criticism over the demolition of the house of Javed Mohammad, the Prayagraj Development Authority has said that the house was demolished as it was an illegal construction

Mayawati slams house demolition in Prayagraj, calls it unjust and unfair

Flaying the demolition of the house of an accused in the Prayagraj violence case, BSP chief Mayawati on Monday said an atmosphere of "fear and terror" has been created

Culture of bulldozing thrives, says Kapil Sibal on Prayagraj demolition

A day after authorities demolished an "illegally constructed" house of an accused in the violence in Prayagraj, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said the "culture of bulldozing thrives" while the law sleeps

JNUSU stages protest against demolition of activist Afreen Fatima's house

JNUSU on Sunday staged a demonstration on the JNU campus against the demolition of the house of activist and former JNU student Afreen Fatima in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj

400+ held, houses razed: States crack down on rioters over Friday violence

Among those arrested, 304 were held in eight districts in Uttar Pradesh and 100 in Howrah and Murshidabad districts in West Bengal