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The administration is working in mission mode to ensure extensive beautification and cleanliness of the city as well as the safety and comfort of devotees and tourists.According to the official spokesperson, the state government has initiated a comprehensive plan to beautify the urban area...

Soon a mechanized modular kitchen will be installed near the Sangam where food will be prepared without garlic and onion and this freshly cooked vegetarian food will be served twice a day to the devotees coming from all over the country and abroad.Prayagraj Mela Authority officials said the...

Thane, Maharashtra's Thane Police has arrested three people, one of whom is from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, and seized charas worth Rs 18.90 lakh from them. An official provided this information on Wednesday.The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Thane Police Crime Branch arrested the accused...

Workers of Prayagraj (UP) and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) launched a 'Jal Satyagraha' at a Yamuna ghat on Monday to protest local issues, including permission for sand mining on the river banks.The BKU workers launched the Jal Satyagraha with their 26-point demands, said Anuj Singh, state...

Prayagraj (UP): Five people, including two children, were killed in a motorcycle-truck collision here on Monday, police said.Sarai Mamrej police station in-charge Soumitra said that the accident took place around 10.30 am near a petrol pump in Sarai Mamrej area, when a motorcycle carrying a...

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh government has announced that guest houses will be constructed in Ayodhya and Prayagraj for dignitaries like the President, Prime Minister and Governor.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday reviewed a presentation on the construction site, layout, facilities and...

Prayagraj (UP), Authorities on Thursday demolished the "illegally constructed" house of Faizi, brother-in-law of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed.He told that further construction work was going on in the two-storey house, when the notice was given, there was no one living in it.Prayagraj...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Preparations have started at various places across the country ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21.Swimmers of different age groups performed yoga in the river near Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.Meanwhile, yoga rehearsal...

Officials said the accused was arrested in Prayagraj on Sunday.According to the complaint lodged by Sub-Inspector Mohammad Arif, he received calls from an unknown number thrice on June 12. The caller introduced himself as an S-I posted in Lucknow.Later the caller abused him and accused Arif...

Prayagraj (UP), Acquitting a man accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, the Allahabad High Court said the law on sexual offenses is truly woman-centric but that does not mean the male partner is always in the wrong.While delivering the verdict, the division bench of Justice...

Prayagraj (UP), Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Sunday claimed that the new government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fall in a year as it is expected to fail to meet the expectations of NDA constituents.Modi was sworn in as prime minister for a record-equalling third term on...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], A large number of devotees took a holy dip in the Sangam in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh on the beginning of the auspicious festival of Ganga Dussehra on Saturday.People were seen worshiping on the banks of Ganga at the Sangam.The sacred Ganga...

Prayagraj (UP), The Allahabad High Court has said that it is not appropriate to write "encroachers will be shot" on premises belonging to the armed forces for security purposes.Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav made the above remarks while granting bail to Atvir Limbu, a Nepali national held on...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Several devotees took a holy dip in the Sangam in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district on the occasion of Vat Savitri Puja on Thursday.Speaking to ANI, Shobha Mishra, one of the devotees present at the ghat, said, "Today is the auspicious occasion of Vat...

Prayagraj (UP): Congress candidate Ujjwal Raman Singh on Tuesday won the Allahabad Lok Sabha seat and actor Amitabh Bachchan's election ended the party's 40-year-old drought.According to the Election Commission, Singh won the seat by a margin of 58,795 votes against Bharatiya Janata Party...

Prayagraj: The Uttar Pradesh government has assured the Allahabad High Court that the felling of trees for the proposed road widening in Prayagraj will be done after compensatory afforestation in July.This assurance was given after the High Court suggested that cutting of trees should be...

Prayagraj (UP), The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its verdict on the maintainability of cases related to the Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Eidgah dispute in Mathura.Several cases have been filed seeking "removal" of the Shahi Idgah Mosque located adjacent to the Krishna temple, with the...

New Delhi: Large parts of northern and central India were gripped by scorching heat on Wednesday with the maximum temperature in the national capital reaching a 79-year high.While Delhi's primary weather station Safdarjung Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius...

Noida, UP RERA on Friday pulled up Prayagraj Development Authority for delay in giving possession of flats to home buyers despite getting completion certificates and issued a recovery notice against the government body.Issuing the instructions, UP Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA)...

Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh is expected to see an interesting electoral battle, with some sections of voters raising local issues like sanitation and health facilities, while people are targeting the vote with a focus on the fight to save the Constitution and the unique...