Varanasi: The postal department will arrange to provide Mahashivratri prasad of Kashi Vishwanath Temple at the doorstep of the devotees. Now, one could can get the prasad at home through Speed Post after paying Rs. 251.
Postmaster general of Varanasi region Krishna Kumar Yadav said on Wednesday that under an agreement between the department of posts and Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, prasad of the temple in new format will be made available to the people through Speed Post Service.
“Under this scheme, an e-money order of Rs. 251 has to be sent to the senior superintendent of post offices, Varanasi (East) Division from the nearest post office. The prasad would be sent to the addressee immediately as soon as the e-money order is received. The prasad will be in the temper proof envelope with proper packaging, and it will not be tampered with in any way,” he added.
Varanasi: Pilgrims thronging this holy city to offer prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the occasion of Mahashivratri on Thursday, will get an opportunity to have a glimpse of the under-construction artistic buildings of KV Dham area and assess for themselves how beautiful it would be after completion by end of August.
Especially, the pilgrims who enter through Chhattadwar (gate-4) will get this chance as they will walk up to Mandir Chowk of KV Dham before taking a turn towards the temple. Before entering the main temple, they could see many completed or under-construction structures.
After reviewing the finalisation of preparations for Mahashivratri at KVT on Tuesday, divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal said, “Devotees queued up at Chowk side will get entry through Chhattadwar gate. They will be inside KVT via Mandir Chowk being constructed at the centre of KV Dham project area. Apart from them, the devotees entering through Bansphatak-Dhundhiraj Ganesh point will go out
Varanasi: The Varanasi field unit of special task force (STF) on Tuesday arrested an imposter, Rajvir Singh alias Anand Kumar, for duping lakhs of rup.
Gorakhpur: A 23-year-old man was arrested in Deoria on Monday evening on the charges of raping a 13-year-old girl, who gave birth to a baby girl at private hospital recently. Police had registered a case of rape and criminal intimidation against the accused on the complaint filed by the girl’s mother.
As per reports, the accused, Rohit Nishad, son of Rajkumar Nishad of Rudrapur police station area, allegedly raped the girl in his neighbourhood when she was alone some eight months ago. The girl didn’t tell her family about the incident as the accused gave her a life threat. On February 28, when the girl went into labour, she told her family about the rape. The family members took her to private hospital where she delivered a girl child after two days. The newborn died on the same day.
A native of Gora Bazar in Ghazipur, Vijay was posted as VDO in Dobhi block of Jaunpur district.
VARANASI: A village development officer (VDO) was killed while his brother suffered grave injuries in the Tulsipur area under the limits of Kotwali police station in Uttar Pradesh s Ghazipur district.
Vijay Yadav (26), the deceased, and his brother Som Yadav were attacked by the owner and staff of a dhaba (roadside restaurant) following a brawl.
The condition of Som is stable now.
A native of Gora Bazar in Ghazipur, Vijay was posted as VDO in Dobhi block of Jaunpur district.
Four people the owner, manager and two other staffers were taken under custody for interrogation.