UP: Atiq, brother shot dead in Prayagraj; Yogi Adityanath calls emergency meeting
Apr 16, 2023, at 06:19 am
Prayagraj/UNI: Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother and former MLA Ashraf were shot dead by unidentified assailants while they were being taken to the Colvin hospital for a regular check-up in police custody on Saturday night, police sources said here.
Gangster Atiq Ahmed gunned down two days after son killed in encounter in UP
Apr 16, 2023, at 04:34 am
Prayagraj (UP): Atiq Ahmed, the Uttar Pradesh gangster politician, and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed on Saturday while on their way to a medical check-up in Uttar Pradesh.
Apr 16, 2023, at 03:15 am
Prayagraj (UP): The funeral of gangster Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad took place at Kasari Masari graveyard in Prayagraj on Saturday, with over 200 police personnel deployed at the site, media reports said.
Uttar Pradesh: One coach of Kashi Express derails in Prayagraj
Jan 03, 2023, at 11:53 pm
Prayagraj: One coach of Gorakhpur bound Kashi Express derailed at Prayagraj Junction railway station on Tuesday, railway sources said here.
Prophet remark row: After violence, UP admin rolls down bulldozers for 2nd day
Jun 12, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Prayagraj: The house of the alleged mastermind of the violence that erupted after Friday prayers in Prayagraj's Khuldabad police station area was demolished with a bulldozer on Sunday.
Yogi Adityanath to fight from Gorakhpur in UP Elections 2022
Jan 15, 2022, at 07:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and firebrand Hindutva icon, Yogi Adityanath, will be fighting from Gorakhpur (Urban) in the upcoming state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Saturday.
'Daughters wanted time to pursue studies': PM Modi on raising marriage age of women
Dec 22, 2021, at 04:28 am
Prayagraj/UP/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday showcased his government's contributions towards women's welfare and defended Centre's big plan to raise the marriage age for women and put it on par with men.
PM Modi visits Prayagraj and participates in a programme attended by lakhs of women
Dec 21, 2021, at 10:10 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi visited Prayagraj and participated in a programme being held to empower women, especially at the grassroot level.
Four members of family in UP's Prayagraj killed, teen allegedly gangraped
Nov 27, 2021, at 03:55 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Four members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, including a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, were found murdered at their home on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to meet family members of murdered labourer and his family in Prayagraj today
Nov 26, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, will be reaching Prayagraj on Friday to meet a family of a labourer, whose four members were murdered recently.
PM Narendra Modi dedicates six-lane Varanasi-Prayagraj highway to nation
Nov 30, 2020, at 10:32 pm
Varanasi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the six-lane highway project from Prayagraj to Varanasi on Monday during a visit to his parliamentary constituency on the occasion of Dev Deepawali.
Uttar Pradesh: Wanted criminal held post-encounter in Prayagraj
Jul 20, 2020, at 10:38 pm
Prayagraj/UNI: A wanted criminal, carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head was arrested following an encounter in the Ghoorpur area, police sources said here on Monday.
COVID-19 +ve woman gives birth in UP's Prayagraj
May 21, 2020, at 05:17 pm
Prayagraj/UNI: A woman affected by the novel coronavirus gave birth to a girl child at the Swaroop Rani hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, Nodal Officer said on Thursday.
Apr 21, 2020, at 03:50 pm
Prayagraj/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday night arrested 30 people, including an Allahabad University professor and 16 foreign nationals, for hiding their travel history and flouting lockdown norms, said a media report.
Youth shot dead in Prayagraj after criticising Tablighi Jamaat for spreading coronavirus
Apr 05, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Prayagraj/IBNS: A group of unidentified assailants killed a 29-year-old youth on Sunday after he allegedly blamed the members of a community and the Tablighi Jamaat for spreading coronavirus in the country, media reports said.
Feb 29, 2020, at 04:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In the biggest ever “Samajik Adhikarta Shivir”, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday distributed Assistive Aids and Devices to nearly 27,000 Senior Citizens & Divyangjan at a mega distribution camp at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
Ganga, Yamuna continue to rise in UP's Prayagraj, thousands left homeless
Sep 19, 2019, at 04:40 pm
Prayagraj, Sep 19 (UNI) In view of the intermittent rains in the plain areas of Uttar Pradesh, over 150 villages have submerged due to the floods in the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Prayagraj while thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and move towards safer areas.
Criminal shot dead in Prayagraj
Jul 07, 2019, at 06:46 pm
Prayagraj, Jul 7 (UNI) Some unidentified criminals gunned down another gangster in Ghurpur area, police said here on Sunday.
Uttar Pradesh: Man shot dead in Prayagraj
Jun 29, 2019, at 05:22 pm
Prayagraj, Jun 29 (UNI) A man was allegedly shot dead over personal dispute in the Soranv area of this district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
Prayagraj: Two killed in road mishap
May 20, 2019, at 05:20 pm
Prayagraj, May 20 (UNI) Two motorcycle-borne youths were killed in a road mishap in the Nawabganj area of this district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday.
Uttar Pradesh: Three held for trading fake currency in Prayagraj
Mar 29, 2019, at 06:53 pm
Prayagraj, Mar 29 (UNI) Three members of a gang trading fake currency notes were arrested and fake notes of 60,000 rupees and real notes of 14,000 rupees seized from their possession in the Handiya area in this district of Uttar Pradesh, Senior Superintendent of Police Atul Sharma said on Friday.
UP: BJP's Prayagraj MP resigns, to contest from Samajwadi Party
Mar 16, 2019, at 02:04 pm
Lucknow, Mar 16 (IBNS): Continuing the trend of switching sides in the election season, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Prayagraj, Shyama Charan Gupta, on Saturday resigned as the party member, media reports said.
Narendra Modi visits Prayagraj, addresses Swachh Kumbh, Swachh Aabhaar programme
Feb 24, 2019, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the Swachh Kumbh, Swachh Aabhaar event in Prayagraj.
Prayagraj: PM Narendra Modi takes holy dip in Triveni Sangam
Feb 24, 2019, at 04:56 pm
Prayagraj, Feb 24 (IBNS); Visiting Prayagraj, where the Kumbh Mela is going on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Kumbh at Prayagraj tomorrow
Feb 23, 2019, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay visit to Kumbh at Prayagraj on Sunday.
Yogi Adityanath to hold Cabinet meeting at Kumbh Mela venue in Prayagraj
Jan 29, 2019, at 04:19 am
Prayagraj, Jan 29 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Prayagraj city and hold a Cabinet meeting in the Kumbh Mela venue on Tuesday.
The Kumbh contributes to infrastructure development at Prayagraj City
Jan 27, 2019, at 05:25 pm
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS): Kumbh and Mahakumbh have always proved very significant contributors to the Prayagraj district in terms of infrastructure development and growth in civic amenities.
Kumbh Mela: Smriti Irani takes a dip in holy Ganges
Jan 15, 2019, at 03:52 pm
Prayagraj, Jan 15 (IBNS): As the crucial Kumbh Mela started from Tuesday, Union Minister Smriti Irani took a holy dip in the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh's city of Prayagraj.
Yogi government bans marriages in Prayagraj during Kumbh
Dec 01, 2018, at 09:48 pm
Lucknow, Dec 1 (IBNS): The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday announced a ban on all marriage ceremonies in Prayagraj during Kumbh in 2019, media reports said.
Allahabad to be called Prayagraj now
Oct 16, 2018, at 05:41 pm
Allahabad, Oct 16 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Minister Siddharth Nath Singh on Tuesday said that Allahabad will now be called 'Prayagraj'.