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Uttar Pradesh: Driver spends Rs 30 lakh from former BJP MLA’s account, arrested

VARANASI: Sleuths of the cybercrime cell have nabbed one Vivek Kumar of Mirzapur, the driver of former BJP MLA Surendra Narain Singh, for making payment of about Rs 30 lakh from the latter’s account for online shopping of electronics, household goods, clothes, and food items between 2019 and 2021. Singh…

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Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak conducts inspection of Kashi hospital

VARANASI: After the hospitals of state capital and other districts, it was the turn of Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya district hospital here for a surprise inspection by deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, who on Saturday took stock of services and wards after reaching there as common man. The district hospital authorities…

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NBA star finds ‘peace’ in Varanasi, hails PM Narendra Modi

VARANASI: Celebrated American basketball player Dwight Howard has found "peace" after his "spiritual journey" to Varanasi and heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reforming the holy city.

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Uttar Pradesh: Driver spends Rs 30L from ex-MLA’s account, arrested

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Gyanvapi mosque near Kashi Vishwanath temple not a Waqf property: Counsel for temple

“Gyanwapi Mosque cannot be said to be a Waqf property because it was not dedicated by any legal Waqif after the demolition of the Kashi Vishwanath temple in 1669”

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Uttar Pradesh: Rs 5.10 crore land of Mukhtar Ansari's brothers-in-law attached in Ghazipur

VARANASI: Continuing action to hit the economic empire of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, his family and gang members Ghazipur administration and police on Wednesday attached a land registered in the name of his brothers-in-law in Babedi area.

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Uttar Pradesh: Doda post worth Rs 1.5-crore seized by Mirzapur police, one held in Ahraura

VARANASI: The Mirzapur police, on Thursday, seized a big drug shipment of 29.73 quintal ‘doda’ post worth over Rs 1.5 crore from a truck container in Ahraura area. The police also arrested one person with the contraband.

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Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth offers prayer at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, immerses ashes of father in Ganga

VARANASI: Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple here on Thursday.

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Varanasi DM receives national award from PM Narendra Modi for implementing PM Svanidhi Yojana

VARANASI: The district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma was conferred with the national award for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Svanidhi Yojana from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function organised at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Uttar Pradesh: Kashi court to pronounce verdict in Shringar Gauri case on April 26

VARANASI: After hearing both sides in a petition filed to seek permission for offering regular worship at Shringar Gauri situated on the outer wall of the highly sensitive Gyanvapi mosque, the court reserved its order on Wednesday and fixed April 26 as the next date to pronounce the verdict.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh ATS busts gang selling illegal arms

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) busted a gang selling illegal arms from Varanasi on Wednesday. Those arrested were identified as Dinesh Kumar, Ritesh Pandey, Satyam Kumar all three of Bihar and Amit Kumar of New Delhi.

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Plea for Shringar Gauri puja in Gyanvapi mosque premises: Court appoints advocate commissioner

VARANASI: The court of the civil judge (senior division) Ravi Kumar Diwakar has appointed Ajay Kumar as advocate commissioner in a case related to worshipping of Shringar Gauri and protection of the idols of other deities in the premises of Gyanvapi mosque. The court has fixed the next hearing on…

The Times of India

Varanasi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu attends Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat

VARANASI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu arrived in the millennia-old city Varanasi on Friday evening on a two-day pilgrimage and attended the Ganga aarti at the Dashashwamedh Ghat, decorated extensively to welcome the distinguished guest.

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UP: Four killed in fire accident at Sari workshop in Varanasi

At least four were killed in a fire accident at the Sari workshop in the Varanasi on Thursday. More details on Dynamite News:

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BJP sweeps MLC polls in U.P. but loses in Varanasi

Samajwadi Party fails to secure even one seat

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Uttar Pradesh: Transport minister seeks feedback from passengers

LUCKNOW: The minister of state for transport (independent charge) Dayashanker Singh on Tuesday did a sudden inspection of roadways buses plying on Varanasi-Prayagraj route and sought feedback from passengers.

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IRCTC’s ‘Swadesh Darshan’ package from A.P. to cover religious places of North

Two trains to cover Agra, Mathura Mata Vaishnodevi, Varanasi, Prayag Sangam, Gaya

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Indian Sari Weavers Toil to Keep Tradition Alive

In a dim room near the banks of India's Ganges river, arms glide over a creaking loom as another silken fiber is guided into place with the rhythmic clack of a wooden beam. Mohammad Sirajuddin's cramped studio is typical of Varanasi's dwindling community of artisans painstakingly working by hand to…

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Uttar Pradesh: Man tries to kill minor girl, 10, after rape, held

VARANASI: One Rambabu Musahar who attempted to kill a 10-year-old girl of his slum after allegedly raping her on Saturday, was arrested on Sunday.

The Times of India

Varanasi: 98.5% polling in MLC polls

VARANASI: Prestigious Varanasi seat of MLC (local bodies) election registered 98.52% turnout of voters on Saturday when 4876 voters sealed the fate of jailed mafia don and MLC Brijesh Singh’s wife Annapurna Singh, Bhartiya Janata Party’s Sudama Patel and Samajwadi Party’s Umesh Kumar in the ballet boxes.

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Uttar Pradesh: ‘Ballia police nabbed scribes to hide failure’

LUCKNOW/VARANASI: Members of Working Journalists of India held a demonstration at GPO Park in Hazratganj here on Thursday in protest against the arrest of three journalists in Ballia over their alleged role in the leak of the English paper of Class 12 board last week.

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Pashmina to get distinct Varanasi identity

VARANASI: From the Himalayan highlands of Leh-Ladakh to the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi, the heritage handicraft of Pashmina is all set to get a brand-new identity.

The Times of India

Thursday troubles: Two domestic flights face engine snags, both land safely at destination

NEW DELHI: An Air India Airbus A320 (VT-EXF) winging its way from Delhi to Varanasi on Thursday had an inflight engine shutdown.

The Times of India

Jailed muscleman Vijay Mishra, son booked under Uttar Pradesh Gangster Act

VARANASI: The jailed muscleman politician and former MLA from Gyanpur Vijay Mishra and seven others including his son Vishnu Mishra were booked under Uttar Pradesh Gangster and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act 1986 by Bhadohi police on Wednesday.

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