Varanasi

PM Modi Applauds People Of Varanasi For Helping Those In Need During Covid

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 9, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today applauded the contribution of people, authorities and NGOs of Varanasi in helping those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, and urged citizens to strictly adhere to guidelines to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.

Kashi Vishwanath Temple Prasad To Be Home Delivered Amid Pandemic

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 6, 2020

Every year during the holy month of Sawan, lakhs of devotees of Lord Shiva take out Kawad yatra and throng temples, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced authorities to ban such religious activities.

Priyanka Gandhi Attacks PM Modi Over Plight Of Varanasi Weavers

India News | ANI | Wednesday July 1, 2020

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saying that weavers is Prime Minister's constituency, Varanasi, are suffering amid the lockdown and sought a financial package for them.

BHU Entrance Test 2020 From August 16, Details Here

Education | Edited by None | Wednesday July 1, 2020

Banaras Hindu University, or BHU, in Uttar Pradesh, will conduct BHU PET 2020 and BHU UET 2020 from August 16 to August 31, 2020.

PM Modi Reviews Meeting On Various Development Projects In Varanasi

India News | ANI | Sunday June 21, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a review meeting through video conference on various development projects in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi.

"Despicable Trend": Editors Guild On Police Case Over Varanasi Report

India News | NDTV Newsdesk | Friday June 19, 2020

The use of criminal provisions of the law against journalists has "become an unhealthy and despicable trend", the Editors Guild of India said in a statement today as it expressed concern after a police case was filed against two journalists over a a story on the ration delivery system in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.

PM Modi Reviews Development Projects In Varanasi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 19, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reviewed various development projects in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi, where he batted for turning it into a hub of national waterway.

Press Freedom Organisations Condemn Police Case Against Scroll Journalist

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Friday June 19, 2020

Journalists and media watchdog organisations have rallied around an editor of the news website Scroll after the Uttar Pradesh Police filed a First Information Report or FIR against her. The FIR was filed for a story by Scroll's Executive Editor Supriya Sharma on a village adopted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, his parliamentary consti...

Delhi Journalist Charged By UP Cops Over Story On Village Adopted By PM

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Friday June 19, 2020

A senior Delhi-based journalist working for a news website has been charged by the police in Varanasi for a report she recently filed from the district in eastern Uttar Pradesh that is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency.

Chennai Man Sends Home UP-Based Workers By Flight

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 2, 2020

Anxious to return home after being stuck here with no work due to COVID-19 lockdown, seven workers from Uttar Pradesh boarded a flight for the first time in their life and reached Varanasi on Monday, thanks to the humanitarian gesture of their employer running a packers and movers firm in the city.

2 Found Dead As Migrants Workers' Train From Mumbai Pulls Into Varanasi

India News | Repprted by Ajay Singh, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday May 27, 2020

Two people were found dead when a train from Mumbai arrived in Varanasi on Wednesday amid a push to return migrant workers home after weeks of a gruelling nationwide COVID-19 lockdown that left lakhs without income, food and shelter.

Janhvi Kapoor's Throwback Video Of Varanasi Will Take You On A Virtual Ride

Debika Chakraborty | Tuesday April 28, 2020

Janhvi Kapoor brought in the wanderlust with her "missing" Varanasi post

4 Desperate UP Students Brave Heat, Lockdown To Walk Over 500 km Home

India News | Written by Alok Pandey, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday April 22, 2020

Four students from a university in UP's Bareilly have been forced to walk over 600 kilometres to Varanasi in the western part of the state, amid a nationwide lockdown over the novel coronavirus

Coronavirus Shutdown Update: 16 Walking Home 335 Km In UP Rescued, Haven't Eaten In Days, Say Police

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday March 26, 2020

Sixteen people who have been walking from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi to Samastipur, a distance of some 335 km, during the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic were rescued by the police. They were walking along a railway track after they could not find transport to go home during the lockdown.

"Namaste Darshako": Tour Guide Sara Ali Khan Strikes Again, This Time In Varanasi's Alleys

Entertainment | Shrinkhala Sharma | Monday March 16, 2020

Sara Ali Khan shared a video from her Banaras diaries on Tuesday