Varanasi

Cabinet approves bridge across Ganga traversing Varanasi, Chandauli districts, to have 6-lane highway, four-line railway decks

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a rail-cum-road bridge across Ganga traversing through Varanasi and Chandauli districts of Uttar Pradesh…

1 month ago

PM Modi releases 17th installment of PM KISAN scheme worth more than Rs 20000 cr

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his first visit to Varanasi on Tuesday after being re-elected as the Prime Minister for…

5 months ago

PM Modi unveils statue of Sant Ravidas, says his govt following the seer’s ideology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled the statue of Sant Ravidas in Varanasi and offered floral tribute on the…

9 months ago

PM Modi to unveil various projects in Varanasi today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil various projects across diverse sectors like healthcare, education, transportation, waterways, sports, and cultural heritage…

9 months ago

PM Modi to gift projects worth Rs 7500 cr to Varanasi this month

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address one lakh farmers, especially those from the dairy sector, while inaugurating Amul’s plant at…

9 months ago

Varanasi’s Covid orphans get unexpected help from lion-hearted bureaucrat

Children orphaned in the deadly Covid wave have been struggling for survival and getting education. Despite the government coming up…

1 year ago

Specially-abled artists set to shine in Varanasi’s Divya Kala Mela

With the aim to empower the specially-abled economically, the Central Government has started a unique initiative called Divya Kala Mela.…

1 year ago

Chambal set to stage film festival as world cinema discovers India’s inner cities

As prominent Indian cities are touching up to welcome G20 guests in all prominent cities of India, a nondescript and…

1 year ago

ASI likely to use Ground Penetrating Radars in survey of Gyanvapi mosque which enters 3rd day today

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team is likely to carry out Ground Penetrating Radar imaging (GPR) in its scientific…

1 year ago

Supreme Court allows ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's plea challenging the Allahabad High Court’s verdict allowing the…

1 year ago

Tourist Footfalls In Varanasi Cross 10 Crore Level Due To Revamped Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

The record-breaking increase in tourists in Varanasi in recent years is attributable to the opening of the revamped Kashi Viswanath…

1 year ago

Cargo traffic on Haldia-Varanasi waterway jumps by 20.5%

The cargo traffic between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Haldia in West Bengal on National Waterway-1 (NW-1) along the Ganga…

1 year ago

Allahabad High Court to pronounce order on ASI survey of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque on Aug 3

There will be no survey at Varanasi's Gyanvapi mosque till August 3, when the final order on the matter will…

1 year ago

Supreme Court stays ASI survey of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque complex till July 26

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that no ASI survey will be conducted of Gyanvapi mosque complex in…

1 year ago

Varanasi court allows scientific ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex

A Varanasi Court has given directions to conduct an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex , excluding the Wazu…

1 year ago

Varanasi, Vijayawada airports top in percentage of passengers using Digi Yatra

The number of air passengers who have installed the Digi Yatra application on their mobile phones in India has crossed…

1 year ago

India lays out 7-year action plan for global economic recovery under G-20 umbrella

Varanasi: India is pushing for an ambitious 7-year action plan to achieve progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)--the key…

1 year ago

PM Modi to address G20 Development Ministers Meeting that kicks off in Varanasi today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a special video address at the G20 Development Ministers Meeting that begins in Varanasi…

1 year ago

Don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari gets life imprisonment in murder case

Varanasi: A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi awarded life imprisonment to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the 1991…

1 year ago

IndiGo’s Bengaluru-Varanasi flight makes emergency landing in Hyderabad

An IndiGo flight that took off from Bengaluru for Varanasi on Tuesday made an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International…

2 years ago

Banarasi saree weavers get second wind with boom in tourism, G20 meetings

Hopes for thousands of weavers in Varanasi, weaving the famous Banarasi sarees have rekindled with the boom in tourist inflow.…

2 years ago