UP court acquits BSP MP Atul Rai in rape case

Aug 06, 2022

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 6 : A Varanasi court on Saturday acquitted jailed Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Atul Rai, who was accused...

Former IPS Amitabh Thakur arrested for spreading false info in connection with BSP MP rape case

Aug 27, 2021

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 27 : Former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur has been arrested on Friday for allegedly conspiring with Bahujan Samaj Party...

"Result of effective lobbying..." UP Special DG on Mukhtar Ansari's life imprisonment sentence

Jun 06, 2023

A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi awarded life imprisonment to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the 1991 Awadhesh Rai murder case.

Jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari gets life imprisonment in Awadhesh Rai murder case

Jun 05, 2023

A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi awarded life imprisonment to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the over three decades old murder case...

BSP MP Afzal Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case; sentenced to 4 years imprisonment

Apr 29, 2023

An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur on Saturday convicted Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Afzal Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case...

People will go "vocal for local" while voting in Varanasi: Congress candidate Ajay Rai

Jun 01, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a two-time MP from Varanasi, has defeated Rai in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls too.