Five people have been arrested after a video of an attempt to rape a teenage girl in a village in Machhilshahr area of Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district went viral, police said on Thursday… Read More
The ongoing Gyanvapi mosque dispute took an intriguing turn as one of the woman plaintiffs, Rakhi Singh, extended an open invitation to the Gyanvapi mosque management committee, Anjuman Inte… Read More
The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM) -- the Gyanvapi mosque management committee -- has said that the proposal of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS) for an out-of-court settlement of ongoi… Read More
Already in jail for raising pro-Pakistan slogans during a Muharram procession in Jaunpur on July 29, 13 out of 33 accused have been slapped with a notice to cough up Rs 4 lakh for illegal po… Read More
BJP MP from Bhadohi Ramesh Bind has claimed that he received a death threat on his mobile phone number, following which an FIR has been registered against an unidentified person, police said… Read More
As the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) continued its survey of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on Thursday, the district administration and police implemented new measures to regulate t… Read More
The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM) on Wednesday filed another application before Varanasi district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha to stop the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from proceed… Read More
Sudhir Tripathi, one of the advocates representing the Hindu side, said on Saturday that Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and other techniques and machines were used for the sur… Read More
The Gyanvapi mosque management committee, Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM), joined the court-mandated ASI scientific survey of the mosque in Varanasi on Saturday as experts began 3D mapping o… Read More
Five members of the Muslim side also participated in the survey. Its advocate Tauheed Khan said advocates of the Intezamia Masjid Committee Akhlaq and Mumtaz acco… Read More
As the team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) resumes scientific survey of Gyanvapi premises on Friday, the experts and archaeologists of Banaras Hindu University spoke about the m… Read More
Varanasi district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha reserved his order to be delivered on Saturday on an application moved by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday seeking four weeks tim… Read More
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday began a comprehensive scientific survey of the Gyanvapi complex to ascertain whether the 17th-century mosque was built atop a pre-existing… Read More
Siaram Patel, a man from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, has built a 14-storey "majestic palace-like residence" without any regard for building norms. Patel reportedly wanted to create a castle-lik… Read More
To address the problem of availability of skilled and qualified personnel to carry out rescue work in times of disasters, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that a disaster… Read More
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team, which had started the survey work at Gyanvapi complex on Monday morning amid a boycott by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM), halted the exerc… Read More
The Supreme Court is likely to take up on Monday a contempt petition filed by the Gyanvapi mosque management committee against the Varanasi district court's July 21 order for an Archaeologic… Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished for the success of the International Temples Convention and Expo (ITCX) 2023, mentioning, "May our temples continue to exercise a positive, vi… Read More
A local court directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Friday to conduct a scientific investigation of the Gyanvapi complex, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, to determine wh… Read More
Gorakhpur police has completed preparations for Muharram processions. Drone and CCTV camera will be used to monitor them, while 2,000 policemen have been deployed and a beat constable made n… Read More
Muggy weather conditions are likely to intensify in the city and state from Wednesday for the next two days as the state Met department has predicted decline in rainfall activity and rise in… Read More
Four weather related deaths were reported in the state in the last 24 hours, a bulletin issued by the state government said on Sunday. Sixty-four people have died since July 1 in rain-relate… Read More
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath handed over appointment letters to 400 new recruits, including 66 review officers/assistant review officers, 204 instructors, and 130 junior assistants.http://… Read More
BJP’s concerted efforts to fine-tune its poll strategy for the Lok Sabha elections has put focus on its plans to keep key party ranks guessing about their political fate.http://dlvr.it… Read More
A day Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a century on his debut against West Indies in the first cricket Test, his father Bhupendra Jaiswal left on a kanwar yatra to Deoghar in Jharkhand on Friday.http://… Read More
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will inaugurate the three-day world's biggest International Temples Convention and Expo (ITCX) at Rudraksh international convention cent… Read More
Kanwarias began arriving here in a big number to offer Jalabhishek at Kashi Vishwanath temple on the first Monday of the auspicious month of Shrawan since Sunday morning. This year Shrawan m… Read More
A contractual worker of the electricity department in UP's Sonbhadra district was arrested and dismissed from service on Sunday for allegedly assaulting a Dalit man and forcing him to lick h… Read More
Stressing that self-respect of the poor was his guarantee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Friday that now benefits of the government schemes were reaching the eligible people and… Read More
PM Narendra Modi, who will be on a two-day visit to Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, beginning Friday will address a rally in Wajidpur and announce Rs 12,110 crore in funding toward… Read More
A man dies by suicide by hanging himself after killing his wife and three children in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night.http://dlvr.it/SrldqC Read More
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that rule of law is the first requirement for good governance and UP police has established the rule of law in the last six years by ridding the… Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting in Wazidpur of Harahua area on July 7 before inaugurating ready projects and laying foundation of new ones worth Rs 7,000 crore.htt… Read More
The court of special judge, MP-MLA court, Avanish Gautam on Saturday rejected the repeat application of Congress party's national spokesperson Randeep Surjewala for providing legible copies… Read More
Samajwadi Party workers in Varanasi celebrated its chief Akhilesh Yadav's 50th birthday on Saturday by cutting a tomato-shaped cake and distributing tomatoes among people to underline its ri… Read More
Sky remained overcast but rains eluded the city, except a light spell on Friday morning. However, light to moderate showers were reported from many parts of the state.http://dlvr.it/SrVvyC Read More
As a part of strategy to ensure effective crowd control during Shrawan month, Kashi administration has announced that no 'Sparsh' Darshan (offering prayer by touching the Shivling) will be a… Read More
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, has improved its position significantly in the QS World University Ranking by jumping to 78th position under citation per… Read More
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday flagged off consignments of Langda mango and green chilli, packed for the first time at Kashi's Integrated Pack House (IPH) following its inauguratio… Read More
A girl, her lover and their aide were arrested by Bhelupur police on Sunday on the charges of killing the girl's old friend Devansh Yadav of Farukhabad district in May.http://dlvr.it/SrDsTN Read More
The southwest monsoon arrived in UP on Friday, five days behind the normal date and covered northeastern districts including parts of Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Maharajganj and Gorakhpur.http:… Read More
Three youths died while one other suffered grave injuries when two motorcycles fell into a canal near Kubri Patehara area under Santnagar police station of Mirzapur district late on Wednesda… Read More
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that today 180 countries are expressing their appreciation for India's sage tradition by celebrating International Yoga Day.http://dlvr.it/Sr3DyS Read More