The Latest Breaking News from Varanasi

VARANASI: The master artisans of Kashi do not miss a chance to make special gifts for the visiting celebrities. This time, they made Geographical Indication (GI)-tagged artifacts for Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who along with his wife Arzu Rana Debuba visited the city on Sunday.

LUCKNOW/VARANASI: The Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB) cancelled the Class 12 English exam in 24 districts on Wednesday, following a paper leak at Ballia district, hours before the test’s scheduled start at 2pm. It will be held in these districts on April 13. This comes just four months after…

VARANASI: At least 17 persons including district inspector of school and teacher of a college of Haripur Gadwar were arrested in Ballia district following lodging of FIRs with Kotwali, Nagra and Sikandarpur police station in the case of leak of UP Board’s intermediate examination’s English paper on Wednesday.

VARANASI: The STF of UP Police and Mumabi Crime branch on Tuesday arrested two persons from Kandva Road of Chaitaipur area of Varanasi for their alleged involvement in the murder of Mumbai builder Samarjit alias Samay Chauhan in Virar on February 26.

VARANASI: A man, his minor son and nephew were killed when a speeding truck hit their motorcycle near Navratan Chatti on Belthra Road under the limits of Sikandarpur police station in Ballia district on Tuesday.

HC fixes April 4 for next hearing

PRAYAGRAJ: The hearing of Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex issue resumed on Monday before the Allahabad high court. The court, while expressing dissatisfaction over the absence of any senior government counsel, adjourned the hearing due to paucity of time till April 4.

VARANASI: In a joint operation by the UPSTF and the crime branch unit of Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar police commissionerate (Mumbai), the two shooters who were absconding after killing a Mumbai-based builder on February 26 were arrested from Varanasi's Chaitaipur area on Tuesday.

MEA says the visit will provide opportunity to the two sides to review wide-ranging partnership and to progress it further

VARANASI: The court of district and sessions judge of Mau has issued a notice to CM-designate Yogi Adityanath for allegedly terming Lord Hanuman a Dalit in his speech at Alwar in Rajasthan in 2018.

LUCKNOW: At least 1,000 members of Samajwadi Party have been booked for allegedly stopping and searching vehicles of officials, ahead of counting of votes on March 9. FIRs have been registered in districts like Varanasi, Ballia, Basti, Agra, Saharanpur and Hapur.