Sonbhadra

Three people died after a mound of mud collapsed on them in this district on Saturday, police said.

A local court here on Tuesday convicted BJP MLA Ramdular Gond for raping a minor girl nine years ago and fixed December 15 for pronouncing the punishment.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 15.96 crore on two private firms engaged in mining activities near river Son in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.

Bhojpuri film director Subhash Chandra Tiwari was found dead inside a hotel room in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.

Five people including four women and a child died after being washed away during heavy rain and hailstorm in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra, the police said.

The police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a woman in the name of exorcism, officials said on Saturday.

Police in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra have registered a case against Congress leader Ajay Rai for his "latka-jhatka" remark against Union minister Smriti Irani, an official said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing.

A herd of elephants trampled to death an 8-year-old girl and destroyed standing crop at Nemna village in Uttar Pradesh's Bijpur area, an official said on Monday.

The coronavirus pandemic has extracted a huge cost from Uttar Pradesh's children from Saharanpur to Sonbhadra - 1058 kms apart, with schools shut for over four months now.

Bodies of two labourers were on Saturday pulled out from the debris of a boulder that came down in a stone quarry in Sonbhadra, police said.

Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh gained sudden prominence after news circulated that the area has a rich vein of gold.

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has rejected claims of around 3000 tonnes of gold deposits in UP's Sonbhadra district, saying the estimated reserve is 160 kg.

Sonbhadra district mining officer KK Rai had said on Friday that the gold deposits were found in the Son Pahadi and Hardi areas of the district.

Gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes and worth Rs 12 lakh crore have been discovered in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), almost five times India's current reserve of the precious metal.

Three people died after a mound of mud collapsed on them in this district on Saturday, police said.

A local court here on Tuesday convicted BJP MLA Ramdular Gond for raping a minor girl nine years ago and fixed December 15 for pronouncing the punishment.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 15.96 crore on two private firms engaged in mining activities near river Son in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.

Bhojpuri film director Subhash Chandra Tiwari was found dead inside a hotel room in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.

Five people including four women and a child died after being washed away during heavy rain and hailstorm in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra, the police said.

The police have arrested a man for allegedly raping a woman in the name of exorcism, officials said on Saturday.

Police in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra have registered a case against Congress leader Ajay Rai for his "latka-jhatka" remark against Union minister Smriti Irani, an official said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing.

A herd of elephants trampled to death an 8-year-old girl and destroyed standing crop at Nemna village in Uttar Pradesh's Bijpur area, an official said on Monday.

The coronavirus pandemic has extracted a huge cost from Uttar Pradesh's children from Saharanpur to Sonbhadra - 1058 kms apart, with schools shut for over four months now.

Bodies of two labourers were on Saturday pulled out from the debris of a boulder that came down in a stone quarry in Sonbhadra, police said.

Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh gained sudden prominence after news circulated that the area has a rich vein of gold.

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has rejected claims of around 3000 tonnes of gold deposits in UP's Sonbhadra district, saying the estimated reserve is 160 kg.

Sonbhadra district mining officer KK Rai had said on Friday that the gold deposits were found in the Son Pahadi and Hardi areas of the district.

Gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes and worth Rs 12 lakh crore have been discovered in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), almost five times India's current reserve of the precious metal.