The Latest Breaking News from Varanasi

Cold wave retains its hold in Kanpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Lucknow and in other cities of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as the mercury drops. Read on for details:

VARANASI: Jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari’s own aide and witness in the 2001 Usrichatti case of murderous attack on them, Tauqir Ahmed, on Tuesday refused to identify gangster Brijesh Singh, who is the main accused in the case.

VARANASI: Rajiv Ranjan, a 32-year-old Electronic Signal Maintainer (ESM) in the signalling section of Indian Railways, along with his wife, Anupama, 30, and a two-and-a-half-year-old kid was found dead inside their house in Kashi station's railway colony in Varanasi on Sunday morning.

VARANASI: War destroys lives in unimaginable ways. Kostiantyn Beliaiev, a 50-year-old Ukrainian living in Haridwar, knew it the hard way. Depressed over losing many family members in the Russia-Ukraine war, Beliaiev, who had embraced sanatan dharm and assumed the name of ‘Kripa Baba’ after getting associated with an ashram in…

"Due to bad weather in Chandigarh, Varanasi and Lucknow, flights are returned back and diverted to Delhi (03 flights). Visibility of Delhi airport is normal. Read on for details:

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that the tourism potential of Ayodhya would increase by 10 times when the construction of Ram temple is completed in 2024.

Thirteen Maharashtra-based pilgrims were seriously injured after a tourist bus carrying them collided with a truck on the National Highway near Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. Read on for details:

The Railways Minister also reviewed the redevelopment plans of Varanasi Junction Railway Station. Read on for details:

PRAYAGRAJ: Varanasi-bound Vande Bharat Express (train number 22436) was halted at Bharwari railway station — in UP's Kaushambi district — under Prayagraj division of North Central Railway on Friday after the loco pilot heard some abnormal sound from the wheels of this self-propelled train.

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Fast-track court Judge Mahendra Kumar Pandey found the petition filed by Kiran Singh worth hearing and fixed December 2 for taking up the matter, The court rejected the objection filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee questioning the maintainability of Singh's plea. Read on for details: