Prayagraj: Allahabad high court has dismissed a petition seeking relief to police personnel accused of repeatedly beating people in police custody and molesting women.The high court said that such violence cannot be termed a part of police duty and can only be described as a crime.Justice Madan Pal Singh observed that victims were allegedly subjected…
Assistant professor in the department of zoology at Chaudhary Mahadev Prasad (CMP) Degree College, Prayagraj, Hemlata Pant Prayagraj: Mushrooms may soon find a place on dressing tables, with a team of scientists developing an organic face pack using mushroom powder. The innovation, aimed at providing a natural alternative to cosmetic products, has been granted a…
PRAYAGRAJ: North Central Railway (NCR) recorded an 11% rise in freight loading in Aug, while its cumulative loading during the first five months of 2026-27 grew by 8.2% compared with the corresponding period last year.The Prayagraj Division emerged as the strongest performer, registering a 28.7% increase in freight loading during April-Aug and crossing its target…
Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) is set to announce recruitment results for more than 5,000 posts over the next one-and-a-half months, potentially clearing a major backlog of selections across govt schools, colleges and other departments.The roadmap was discussed at a meeting chaired by chief secretary in Lucknow earlier this month, where commission officials…
Prayagraj: Moving beyond traditional agriculture and horticulture toward the cultivation of high-value commercial crops, the state government is raising awareness and encouraging farmers to select crops suited to the changing conditions.The introduction of date palm cultivation — following the earlier promotion of dragon fruit—is part of fresh initiative by the government.Farmers are now grappling with…
Prayagraj: Teachers in Uttar Pradesh’s aided secondary schools are set to get a fresh opportunity to become principals after nearly three decades, with the state govt proposing changes in recruitment rules to include trained graduate teachers (TGTs) in the selection process. For the first time, teachers working in private schools may also be eligible for…
women making eco friendly rakhis Prayagraj: As many as 300 women associated with self-help groups in the rural pockets of Sangam city have prepared more than one lakh eco-friendly rakhis made of cotton threads ahead of Rakshabandhan. These rakhis will be sold in prominent markets of Prayagraj as well as at makeshift stalls that will…
Prayagraj: Two women labourers were killed and over a dozen others injured when a tractor trolley carrying more than two dozen workers overturned after hitting a divider near Surval Sahani on the Prayagraj-Rewa highway in the trans-Yamuna area on Friday morning, police said.The accident occurred around 10am when the labourers were on their way to…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by a judicial officer against his doctor wife and two others, holding that the criminal proceedings were malicious and amounted to an abuse of the process of law.A division bench comprising Justice Rajiv Misra and Justice Dr Ajay Kumar II allowed a writ petition filed…
