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Gyanvapi case: Worship of 'Shivling' can’t be delayed, petitioner tells court

VARANASI: The lawyers representing Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Monday raised serious objections to the delay being caused by the defendants in filing their reply in Suit No 925/2022 in which the seer has sought worshipping of the purported "Shivling", found during the court-mandated survey on the Gyanvapi mosque premises.

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Three 'Munnabhais' found on duty on behalf of MBBS interns at BHU hospital, booked

VARANASI: Four MBBS interns and three impersonators working on their behalf at Sir Sunderlal hospital of the Institute of Medical Sciences-Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU) were booked for cheating and criminal conspiracy.

The Times of India

Ukrainian who lost many family members in war with Russia, hangs self in Varanasi

VARANASI: A Ukraine national hanged himself at a guesthouse room in Narad Ghat locality of Bhelupur police station area on Sunday. No suicide note was found in the room. The police sent the body for post mortem, and the Ukraine embassy has been informed about the case.

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Uttar Pradesh: Retired RPF sub-inspector Jillu Yadav, who fought Ajmal Kasab at CST on 26/11, passes away

VARANASI: Retired RPF sub-inspector Jillu Yadav, whose heroics made terrorists Ajmal Kasab and abu Ismail, flee the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) during the 26/11 attack in 2008, died of cardiac arrest at his native village Mohav in Cholapur area of the district on Wednesday. He was 65.

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Uttar Pradesh: Property worth Rs 8 crore in names of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari’s sons attached

VARANASI: Initiating action under Gangster Act against the sons of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari including Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA from Mau Sadar Abbas Ansari, a joint team of Mau administration and police attached their four plots of Rs eight crore of in Jahangirabad area of Sadar tehsil in…

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Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case: 'Is shivling a case property?' Kashi court asks plaintiffs; next hearing On Oct 11

VARANASI: Hearing a petition filed by four of the five women plaintiffs in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case that seeks carbon-dating of the ‘shivling’ found in the ablution pond of the mosque on May 16, district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on Friday sought clarification on the status of the ‘shivling’ in…

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Gyanvapi case: Anjuman Intezamia Masajid's lawyer dies of cardiac arrest

VARANASI: Senior advocate Abhay Nath Yadav, 65, who was leading the team of lawyers of Anjuman Intezamia Masajid — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee — in the Shringar Gauri case, died of cardiac arrest at his residence late on Sunday night.

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Uttar Pradesh: Mukhtar Ansari's aide’s properties worth Rs 4cr seized in Lucknow, Ghazipur

VARANASI: Jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari’s trusted lieutenant Bhim Singh’s immovable properties in Ghazipur and Lucknow worth Rs 4 crore were attached by the Ghazipur police under the Gangster Act on Monday.

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Varanasi: ‘Priority to skill development is the mantra of success’

VARANASI: An interactive session with the professor of nanoscience technology, department of Material science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA, Prof. SM Santra was organised for the students at the Central Hindu Boys School, Banaras Hindu University on Saturday. He shared his knowledge about nanoscience with the students. Giving…

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Uttar Pradesh: Paramhans ashram sevadar opens fire on seer, shoots self in Mirzapur

VARANASI: Sensation prevailed at the Paramhans ashram of Swami Adggadanand in Sakteshgarh of Chunar area in Mirzapur district on Thursday morning when a sevadar (servitor) Jivan Baba alias Jeet (45) committed suicide by shooting himself after opening fire on a fellow seer Ashish Maharaj (46).

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Jailed UP strongman Vijay Mishra’s son Vishnu Mishra used Panama VPN to dodge cops, held

VARANASI: Jailed muscleman Vijay Mishra’s son Vishnu used a Panama-based virtual private network (VPN) to interact with his associates and family members while he was on the run for two years before he was finally arrested from Pune on Sunday night. After arresting him, the UP Special Task force (STF)…

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Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav surrenders in Azamgarh court in 2 old cases, sent to jail

VARANASI: Muscleman politician and Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav on Monday was sent to jail after he surrendered before the MP-MLA court of Azamgarh in two cases lodged against him in 1998 and 2016.

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Uttar Pradesh govt provides 'Y' category security to SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar

VARANASI: In yet another sign of growing closeness between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Suheldev Bahujan Samaj Party (SBSP), the UP government has provided ‘Y’ category security to party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar.

The Times of India

Ban on dharnas in Parliament precinct sets off a controversy

Opposition members call it yet another attempt to bulldoze dissent; Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says these circulars are routinely issued

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Uttar Pradesh: Battles can't be fought from AC rooms, says Om Prakash Rajbhar to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

VARANASI: Upset over the defeat of Samajwadi Party candidates in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha bypolls, SP alliance partner Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday questioned the absence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from campaigning on ground. Rajbhar himself campaigned extensively for the SP candidate,…

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IIT-Banaras Hindu University boy ends life in hostel room

VARANASI: A student of the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) committed suicide in his hostel room. The student was found dead on his bed on Sunday.

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Johnny Depp ordered entire menu as a ‘little treat’, Birmingham restaurant says

Exclusive: Varasani’s operations manager says Depp ordered champagne, wine, and cocktails, and gave a ‘generous tip’

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Uttar Pradesh: Shringar Gauri lawyer, Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh chief part ways

VARANASI: The fissures appearing between veteran advocate Harishankar Jain and Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS) chief Jitendra Singh Visen, who has rallied behind the Shringar Gauri case while his niece Rakhi Singh is one of the plaintiffs in the case, lately widened so much that two have parted ways, reports…

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Uttar Pradesh: Shringar Gauri case lawyer, Vedic Sangh chief part ways

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Gyanvapi case: Court posts next hearing on July 4

VARANASI: Lawyers of the Gyanvapi mosque management committee, Anjuman Intezamiya Masajid (AIM), argued before the district judge that 'the five women plaintiffs who have sought the right to worship the idol of Shringar Gauri inside the masjid, do not represent the entire Hindu community'.

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Uttar Pradesh: 8 criminals held in two separate police encounters

VARANASI: In two separate operations of the Jaunpur police, three notorious criminals were injured and arrested along with five others at two different places in Jaunpur district on Sunday night.

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Azamgarh: Shibli College students' union president arrested for fanning hatred, provocative speech

VARANASI: The president of Shibli College students union Abdul Rehman was arrested by police in Azamgarh district on Sunday after he delivered provocative speech outside the college gate on Saturday night.

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Parties to seek time to file objections in Shringar Gauri case

VARANASI: The lawyers for both parties in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case said on Saturday they won’t be able to file objections on May 31 as they haven’t received the photos and video footage of the court-commissioned videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises.

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Uttar Pradesh: Parties to seek time to file objections in Shringar Gauri case

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Gyanvapi case: Litigants may seek extension of May 31 deadline for filing objection

VARANASI: The advocates of both parties in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case on Saturday said that they won’t be able to file objections on May 31 as they haven’t received the photos and video footages of the court commission videography survey of the premises.

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