Basti (UP) |ย Justice, in this case, was delayed for so long that it almost seems like it has been denied. Abdullah Ayub spent 20 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. He paid the price of evicting a police constable Khurshid who lived on rent in his house but did not pay […]
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Teenage couple publicly humiliated, villagers blacken their faces, paraded them in village, 13 booked
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) |ย In a shocking incident, a teenage couple was shamed publicly by villagers, who blackened their faces and paraded them in their village over their alleged love affair. The villagers also forced the couple to wear a garland of shoes. The incident, which took place on Monday, was reported from a village of […]
UP: 117 inmates, 3 officials of Basti district jail test Covid positive
Lucknow:ย A total of 117 inmates and three officials of the Basti district jail in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for Covid-19. They were found positive during random testing. Senior jail officials said that they were all asymptomatic. The barrack has been converted into an L-1 hospital where a team of doctors are monitoring the patients. […]
50 migrant labourers test corona positive in UP’s Basti district
Basti: More than 50 labourers who had arrived in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district last week from Maharashtra, have now tested positive for coronavirus. Basti District Magistrate Ashutosh Niranjan told IANS on Tuesday that the report of the workers was received in the afternoon. He said that the tally of corona cases in the district has […]
25-year-old man dies due to COVID-19 in UP’s Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): A 25-year-old man from Basti district, who died on Monday evening in Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College, has become the first COVID-19-linked death in Uttar Pradesh. His samples tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, two days after he died. Government officials are now worried about the number of people who may […]
UP’s Basti may be renamed as Vashishth Nagar
Lucknow: After renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj and Faizabad as Ayodhya, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is ready to change the name of Basti district to Vashishth Nagar or Vashishthi. The district administration has sent a proposal to the state government. A year ago, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had named the Basti Medical College […]