Day: October 4, 2026

MJPRU’s Dr Priya Saxena Honoured at National Seminar in Bihar

Arijit Bose

Bareilly: Dr Priya Saxena of the Department of Ancient History and Culture at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University (MJPRU), Bareilly, was honoured for her academic contribution at the 10th Young Historians’ two-day National Seminar organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana at Gopal Narayan Singh University, Jamuhar, Sasaram, Bihar. Held on October 3 and 4, the seminar focused on “Indian Tradition of History Writing.” Dr Saxena, participating under the guidance and inspiration of Vice-Chancellor Acharya Dr Anil Kumar Rai, chaired an academic session on “Indian Tradition of Tribal Historiography”…

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Blood Donation Camp Organised in Bareilly Under Swachhata Hi Seva and Seva Sankalp Abhiyan

Arijit Bose

Bareilly: A blood donation camp was organised at the 300-Bed Hospital in Bareilly under the Swachhata Hi Seva and Seva Sankalp Abhiyan–2026, as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission. The camp was organised by the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) team of Bareilly Municipal Corporation and was held from 10 am to 4 pm. Additional Municipal Commissioner Shashi Bhushan Rai, PCS, attended the programme as chief guest. He inaugurated the camp by cutting the ribbon and set an example by becoming the first person to donate blood. His initiative encouraged officers,…

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Two MJPRU Students Selected for International Internship at Taiwan’s Deh University

Arijit Bose

Bareilly: Two undergraduate students of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University (MJPRU), Vansh Pal and Manav Kanojia, have been selected for a two-month international internship at Deh University in Taiwan. The students will leave for Taiwan on October 5, 2026, and participate in the internship programme from October to December. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Anil Kumar Rai congratulated the students and described their selection as an important milestone in the university’s growing international academic engagement. He encouraged them to make the most of the opportunity, gain practical knowledge and apply their international experience…

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BMS Gonda District Meeting Reviews Organisational Responsibilities and Convention Preparations

Arijit Bose

Gonda: A district-level meeting of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Gonda, was held at the Sub-Post Office premises in Daduwa Bazaar under the chairmanship of district executive president Ayush Singh. BMS state ministers Pradeep Chandra Rai and Prakashman Singh were present at the meeting. The meeting focused on preparations for the state convention scheduled for January 1, 2 and 3, along with a detailed discussion on organisational matters. Several decisions were taken unanimously with the objective of strengthening the organisation and making its activities more effective. Sudhanshu Mishra, who is…

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Devipatan Division Tops UP in IGRS Rankings for Seventh Consecutive Time

Arijit Bose

Gonda: Devipatan Division has secured the first position in Uttar Pradesh in the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS) ranking for September 2026, recording a score of 91.82 per cent. The division comprises Gonda, Bahraich, Shravasti and Balrampur districts. The achievement comes amid intensified monitoring of public grievances and efforts to ensure that complaints are resolved substantively rather than merely closed on paper. The administration said the division’s performance has been supported by regular reviews, accountability of officials and direct feedback from complainants. Under the supervision of Divisional Commissioner Durga Shakti…

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23rd National Book Fair Draws Children to a World of Books at Balrampur Garden

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: The 23rd National Book Fair at Balrampur Garden is attracting young readers with a vibrant collection of Hindi and English books featuring colourful illustrations, comics, puzzles, activity-based learning and stories. The Vedic Sahitya Kendra has brought comic-style books on Sardar Bhagat Singh, Swami Shraddhanand, Dayanand Saraswati and his revolutionary disciples, along with titles such as Why Believe in God? Rekhta’s stall features books including Bachchon Ki Nazmein, while the Hindi Sansthan is offering children’s editions of Premchand’s stories such as Mantra, Gilli-Danda, Panch Parmeshwar and Atmaram for just Rs…

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The Man Who Fought in the Dark

Arijit Bose

Byomkesh Bakshi and the Shadow Warrior Byomkesh never liked it when a woman came to him with a dry face. Tears, he said, were honest. Tears meant a person hadn’t yet decided what to hide. But Madhabi Das sat in our room at Harrison Road that Tuesday evening with her back straight and her hands folded, and she told us about her missing husband as if she were reading out a shopping list. “Arjun left the office on the fourteenth. His car came back without him. That’s all.” “No letter?…

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The Demon at Kalighat

Arijit Bose

Feluda had been sitting on the sofa for twenty minutes with the same newspaper open to the same page when Jatayu arrived. I knew he was thinking, because he hadn’t turned the page and he hadn’t lit his cigarette. It was the morning of Mahalaya. Somewhere in the neighborhood a radio was playing the old dawn recitation that Bengal has listened to for generations, and the air in Ballygunge already smelled of wet leaves and approaching Puja. Baba had gone out to buy sweets. Mother was in the kitchen. And…

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The Last Gatekeeper of Awadh

Arijit Bose

The Last Gatekeeper of Awadh Everyone in the town agreed that Raghav had been born old. He lived in a one-room house pressed against the side of the Chaukhandi Gate, so close that his kitchen wall and the gate’s ancient brickwork seemed to share a single shadow. Every morning he swept the stones, and every evening he sat on an upturned crate with a glass of tea, watching the light turn the brick orange. In forty years, people said, he had spoken fewer words than most men say in a…

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The Man Who Pulled Strings

Arijit Bose

By October, the file on Arjun Singh’s desk had grown so thick that the rubber band holding it kept snapping. He had stopped replacing it. Five people had vanished in four months. A textile trader from Aminabad. A contractor with two ministers on speed dial. A retired judge’s son. A man who owned half the cinema halls in Hazratganj. And a municipal councillor whose wife still called the station every morning at nine, politely, as if she were checking on a delivery. Different lives, same ending. Each had last been…

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