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Prez offers prayers at Varanasi's Vishwanath temple, attends 'Ganga Aarti'

President Ram Nath Kovind along with his family members offered prayers at Varanasi's Vishwanath temple and attended a "Ganga Aarti" on Saturday

President Ram Nath Kovind arrives at Varanasi on three-day visit

Kovind along with his family arrived at Varanasi on a three-day visit on Saturday

Doctors, health workers' approval sends 'strong message' about vaccine: PM

Varanasi is Modi's Lok Sabha constituency

LiDAR survey for Delhi-Varanasi high speed rail corridor begins from Noida

The Light Detection and Ranging Survey for Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail (DVHSR) Corridor began on Sunday from Greater Noida

Coronavirus vaccination dry run to be held in UP's Varanasi today

A dry run for vaccination against Covid-19 would be held in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday

PM Modi's Varanasi constituency to float municipal bonds of Rs 200 crore

Lucknow Municipal Corporation earlier in December become the first city in North India to list at BSE

ISRO to open Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT Varanasi

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will establish a Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT-Varanasi to facilitate short and long term projects at the institute. ISRO and the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday and the move can help propel the culture of research and development among students, the statement said. "Under this agreement, ISRO-IIT (BHU) will open the Regional Academic Center for Space (RAC-S) in the institute, it said. Short-term projects for B-Tech and M-Tech students from the institute and associate institutes will also be included in this sequence. "Long term R&D projects leading to the PhD programme will also be offered. Capacity building programmes like conferences, exhibitions and short courses will be organised to strengthen the knowledge base in the field, the statement added. The MoU was signed by IIT(BHU) director Prof Pramod Kumar Jain on behalf of the institute and P V Venkatakrishnan,

UP govt to fix advance surveillance cameras at 720 locations in Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh is set to install "advance" surveillance cameras at 720 locations in Varanasi by March next year, Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Monday

4 arrested after PM Modi's Varanasi office is listed on OLX for sale

The accused had taken a picture of the "Jansampark Kaaryalay (public relations office)" of Modi in Varanasi

PM Modi says new farm laws empower, open markets; attacks Opposition

Modi said the quality of Indian farm produce was known all over the world and the farmers were entitled to get access to bigger markets to increase their income

PM Modi set to inaugurate Varanasi-Prayagraj Highway, preparations underway

Preparations are underway at Rajghat in Varanasi ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city on Monday

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of development projects in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Varanasi via video conferencing

Varanasi weavers hit by Covid and wrong policies: Priyanka writes to UP CM

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on the plight of the weavers in the Prime Minister's Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Bengal's frontline workers fret over Durga Puja

Hospitals spend 3x more on oxygen despite price caps, Varanasi's 200-year-old Ram Lila disrupted, Delhi govt's advice on treating dengue, malaria--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Ghats in Varanasi submerged as water in Ganga rises due to heavy rains

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), some isolated places in Uttar Pradesh are likely to receive more rainfall for the next few days

Seers irked as civic body taxes prayers, events at Varanasi's Ganga Ghat

Heavy fines for encroachment and littering, religious preachers dwelling on the riverbank to pay registration fee

Big traders hire online experts as Benares silk goes digital to stay afloat

Many of the smaller ones are hopping on to the e-commerce and social media bandwagon in order to survive amid the Covid crisis

Now get 'prasad' by post from Kashi Vishwanath temple during Sawan

To get the prasad , one has to send an electronic money order ( EMO) of Rs 251 from any post office to senior superintendent of Posts Offices, Varanasi east division

Varanasi boatmen face financial hardships, say on the 'brink of poverty'

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 30 issued new guidelines for phased re-opening of "all activities outside containment zones for the next one month beginning June 1"

With Unlock 1.0, business of betel leaves resumes in Varanasi's Pan Dariba

"We suffered a lot because we deal with raw material, we had to throw away a large number of leaves. Now that the market has reopened, people are a little relieved," says a seller