The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ - a month-long programme being organised in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh today. The objective of the programme is to celebrate, reaffirm and rediscover the age-old links between Tamil Nadu...

Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan today in Varanasi met Shri K V Krishnan, 96-year-old nephew of Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar and his family.One of the greatest Tamil literary figures of all time,...

Varanasi has become the first airport in Uttar Pradesh to enjoy ultrafast 5G service.Airtel on Friday announced the deployment of its 5G Plus service at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi.Passengers can enjoy blazing speeds on their mobile...

The video of a white-clad 'ghost' walking on rooftops in Varanasi has gone viral, creating a panic among the local residents.The police have registered a case against unknown miscreants at Bhelupur police station.Ramakant Dubey, inspector, Bhelupur Police...

The husband of a woman plaintiff in the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi case has lodged an FIR with the Varanasi police claiming that he has received a 'sar tan se juda' (beheading) threat from an unidentified caller using a Pakistan number.The Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi...

Three Kanwariyas were killed and two seriously injured in an accident that took place on the Prayagraj-Varanasi highway on Monday.The incident took place when two bikes collided head on in the service lane.The two injured Kanwariyas have been admitted to a...

In a surprising political development, Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav has come out to support Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi.Akhilesh, while talking to reporters on Thursday evening, said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoning...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, underlined the need for connecting education with the modern ideas of the 21st century.Speaking at the inaugural session of the three-day Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam here, he said that the fundamental objective...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will gift a total of 33 projects worth Rs 595.31 crore to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi during his visit on Thursday.District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that the list of ready projects includes 33 projects amounting...

The Varanasi district judge has reserved the ruling in the Gyanvapi mosque dispute case. The verdict is expected to come on Tuesday. The Hindu side has sought permission for daily worship of Shringar Gauri in Gyanvapi complex and also permission for worship...

The Internet has surely brightened the destiny of many. And now there's a story of a girl from Bihar surfacing all over the internet. A girl named Priyanka Gupta from Bihar had graduated in economics in 2019, but she was unable to find any job. Now, Priyanka...

A research team of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has found that a Neem plant component can help fight cancer.The research team has reported the in-vitro and in-vivo therapeutic efficacy of nimbolide (a bioactive component of Neem plant) against T-cell...

Within 48 hours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's asking the party workers to take his 'pranam' (regards) to every family of his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, BJP social media volunteers have reached around seven lakh voters through 35,000 whatsapp groups.On...

An anonymous donor has donated 60 kg gold to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple (KVT) and 37 kg of this has been used on the inner walls of the sanctum sanctorum.The pilgrims visiting the temple got glimpses of the gold plating on walls while offering prayers...

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday, offered prayers at the Ravidas Temple in Varanasi on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti.The chief minister reached the temple early in the morning and spent about 45 minutes listening to devotional songs....

The Ganga route to the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi will finally be opened for the public.It was inaugurated on December 13 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who entered the Kashi Vishwanath Dham through the Ganga banks route.Now all pilgrims will also...

The Kashi Vishwanath temple (KVT) administration in Varanasi has stopped the sale of tickets for 'Sugam-Darshan' (early darshan), other rituals and aartis in an attempt to minimise the crowd in the wake of the third Covid-19 wave.After the inauguration of...

A team of researchers at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have discovered that multiple genetic mutations could be responsible for the Covid-19 susceptibility in India.The team led by Professor Gyaneshwer Chaubey analysed the TMPRSS2 gene among global...

With a sharp rise in the Covid cases in Varanasi and neighbouring districts in the past few days, officials have contacted the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to restart its temporary Covid hospital in the city.Divisional Commissioner...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states to focus firmly on good governance and maintain a connect with party workers.Addressing a four-and-a-half hour marathon meeting of 12 Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers...