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'Illegally constructed' house of Prayagraj violence-accused demolished

Senior Superintendent of Police of Prayagraj Ajay Kumar had on Saturday said alleged mastermind of stone-pelting Javed Ahmad had been arrested

Protests in UP cities over Prophet remark, stone-pelting in Prayagraj

A senior official at the Uttar Pradesh Police headquarters in Lucknow said sloganeering took place in Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur and Lucknow

TMC 'fact-finding team' to visit Prayagraj after family's killing in city

The TMC delegation comprises Dola Sen, Mamata Bala Thakur, Saket Gokhale, Uma Soren, and Lalitesh Tripathi

Mahashivratri: Over 3.40 lakh people take holy dip in Ganga in Prayagraj

More than 3.40 lakh devotees have taken a holy dip in the Ganga here till Tuesday evening on the occasion of Mahashivratri, an official said.

BJP will sweep Prayagraj, win over 300 seats in UP: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

BJP MP Rita Bahuguna on Sunday cast her vote in the fifth phase of the ongoing polls in Uttar Pradesh and asserted that her party would win more than 300 seats in the 403-seat Assembly in the state.

UP Assembly elections: Amit Shah holds massive roadshow in Prayagraj

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a roadshow in Prayagraj along with Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.In the seven-phased state Assembly elections, Prayagraj will go for polls in the fifth phase on February 27.Amit Shah was atop a vehicle that was decked with flowers and BJP posters.Large crowds had gathered in the roadshow and they marched along the convoy of vehicles across the streets. People raised BJP flags. The streets were also decorated with balloons and BJP banners.Amit Shah, a BJP star campaigner in Uttar Pradesh, has been on a campaign trail in the state.Earlier in the day, Shah addressed an election rally in Raniganj where he said that BJP and its allies will form the government by winning over 300 seats.In a veiled attack on Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, Shah said, "Bua aur Babuwa (aunt-nephew) ruled UP for 15 years but did not even build toilets for the poor. The BJP has constructed the toilets for 2.61 crore poor ...

Priyanka accuses UP Police of vandalising students' hostel in Prayagraj

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of assaulting students and vandalising their hostel in Prayagraj for allegedly protesting against unemployment

300,000 pilgrims take holy dip in Ganga in Prayagraj amid Covid surge

Around three lakh devotees took a dip in the Ganga here on Saturday in connection with Makar Sankranti despite the coronavirus threat. The Magh Mela area has been witnessing the arrival of devotees since morning and around three lakh people, including children and the elderly, had taken bath in the river by 2 pm, an official of the annual religious event said. On Friday, around 6.5 lakh people took a holy dip in the river in Prayagraj on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. Around 1,25,000 masks were distributed in the Mela area till 12 noon on Saturday, the official said, adding that awareness about compliance of the coronavirus protocol is being spread through 25 Covid help desks. Holding the event amid rising number of coronavirus cases has emerged as a major challenge before the fair administration. In fact, many on-duty police personnel were found infected with COVID-19 even before the start of the fair. The Prayagraj district administration has already announced that it will be

PM to visit Prayagraj today, transfer Rs 1,000 cr to SHGs helping women

PM Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj today and will transfer around Rs 1,000 crore in the bank accounts of Self Help Groups (SHGs), benefitting around 16 lakh women

PM Modi in Prayagraj on Tuesday to participate in women empowerment event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Prayagraj and participate in a programme that will be attended by over two lakh women on Tuesday

PM Modi to visit Prayagraj on Tuesday, participate in a programme for women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Prayagraj on Tuesday and participate in a one of its kind programme to be attended by over two lakh women, his office said.

Story in numbers: Prayagraj tops the 2020 list with 634 cybercrime cases

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency, Varanasi is second highest with 487 cases

Yogi's latest Hindutva moves: Electoral need or one-upmanship with PM Modi?

Some political observers claim that the UP CM is emerging as the most popular leader in the BJP's "core Hindutva" constituency and that he is tending it carefully

Ahead of 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls, clamour for renaming places grows

The bucket list includes districts such as Sultanpur, Aligarh, Firozabad, Deoband, Ghazipur, Basti and Mirzapur to name a few

2 dead, 12 hospitalised in gas leakage at IFFCO plant in UP's Prayagraj

Two persons have died in a gas leakage at IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited) plant in Phoolpur, said Prayagraj DM Bhanu Chandra Goswami on Wednesday

Unlock guidelines make Durga idol makers optimistic in Prayagraj

Dussehra idol makers who were worried about sales and income during the past few months due to the Covid-19 pandemic have become optimistic due to the unlock guidelines announced by the government

Prayagraj to house the nerve centre of automated goods train running system

Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will also host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia

Kashi Mahakal Express commercial run begins: Know timings, halts here

The Indore-Varanasi Kashi Mahakal Express will operate three days in a week; twice through the Sultanpur-Lucknow route and once through the Prayagraj route

SC notice to Adityanath govt over changing Allahabad's name to Prayagraj

The Centre had on January 1 last year approved renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj.

Buddha Purnima: Devotees take holy dip in Ganga in Prayagraj