Manikarnika Ghat row: 18 protesters detained, FIR lodged

VARANASI, Jan. 20 -- Members of the Pal community reached Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi on Monday to stage a protest against the alleged damage to an idol of Ahilyabai Holkar on the wall of a platform ... Read More

28-year-old physiotherapist dies in Jaunpur after kite string slits his throat while riding bike

VARANASI, Jan. 14 -- A 28-year-old physiotherapist died after his throat was slit by a kite string, manjha, while he was returning home on his motorcycle, near a public school in the Panchhatiya area ... Read More

Codeine case: After father, kingpin's cousin arrested

VARANASI, Jan. 14 -- As police continued to probe the codeine cough syrup racket, they arrested a cousin of the alleged kingpin Subham Jaiswal, who continued to remain absconding, they said. Aditya J... Read More

UP deputy CM Maurya pushes canteens, autos for SHGs to create 'lakhpati didis'

VARANASI, Jan. 12 -- Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that members of self-help groups (SHGs) should be given the opportunity to open canteens at the district training institute, railwa... Read More

Eight-time MLA Vijay Singh Gond laid to rest near ancestral home

VARANASI, Jan. 10 -- The last rites of Samajwadi Party (SP) veteran and eight-time MLA Vijay Singh Gond was performed as per the Gond traditions near his ancestral home in Katauli village in Sonbhadra... Read More

Kashi BJP forms 100 teams to verify ASD voters in Varanasi

VARANASI, Jan. 9 -- A day after UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary directed BJP workers to verify absentee, shifted and dead (ASD) voters, Kashi BJP has formed 100 teams of its workers for the verifica... Read More

BJP to conduct booth-level verification of ASD voters: UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary

VARANASI, Jan. 8 -- State BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary on Thursday said that BJP workers would visit every polling booth with the electoral rolls to verify whether any names had been wrongly deleted... Read More

SP veteran, Vijay Singh Gond, eight-time MLA, dies at 71

VARANASI, Jan. 8 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) veteran and eight-time MLA Vijay Singh Gond, who represented the Duddhi Assembly constituency in Sonbhadra district, died on Thursday at a Lucknow hospital. He... Read More

UP BJP chief to meet Kashi party officials tomorrow; 2027 prep on agenda

VARANASI, Jan. 7 -- Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary will hold a meeting with the party's office-bearers from 16 organisational districts in the Kashi region here on Thursday, party officials ... Read More

UP's sports infra transformed in 11.5 years: Yogi Adityanath

VARANASI, Jan. 4 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Uttar Pradesh has witnessed a major transformation in sports infrastructure over the past 11.5 years under the leadership of Prime Min... Read More

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