Two Held in Varanasi Chain-Snatching Case After Police Encounter
VARANASI: Lalpur police say they arrested two men during a late-night vehicle check on Ring Road and linked them to the July 17 snatching of an elderl...
Girls Travel Up to 30 Km for Affordable Schooling in Parmanandpur
VARANASI: Some girls are travelling 20 to 30 kilometres to attend Vikas Inter College in Parmanandpu...
Rose Petals Showered From Helicopter Over Shravan Devotees in Kashi
VARANASI: Rose petals fell from a helicopter over routes used by Shravan devotees in central Kashi o...
Rising Ganga Forces Second Shift of Dashashwamedh Aarti Site
VARANASI: Rising water submerged the lower steps at Dashashwamedh Ghat and forced the evening Ganga ...
Nag Koop Opens for Nag Panchami as Kashi Keeps Shastrartha Tradition Alive
VARANASI: The gates of Nag Koop in Jaitpura opened on Monday for the one day of the year when most d...
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Five-Year-Old NHAI Roads Around Varanasi Already Crumbling, Report Finds
VARANASI: Concrete road sections built to carry heavy traffic between Varanasi and Ghazipur are alre...
Workers Clear Months of Water Hyacinth From Varuna at Rameshwar
VARANASI: Dozens of workers began removing a dense layer of water hyacinth from the Varuna at Ramesh...
CCTV Emerges in Babhanpur Ring Road Mobile Snatching Case
VARANASI: CCTV footage has emerged in the investigation of a mobile-phone robbery reported on Ring R...
UP Raises Fair-Price Dealer Margin to ₹125 Per Quintal; Araji Line Joins Launch
VARANASI: Uttar Pradesh has raised the margin paid to fair-price shop dealers from ₹90 to ₹125 per q...
Mirzamurad Rescuer’s Snake Mission Draws Praise—and a Safety Reminder
VARANASI: Ratan Gupta is known around Mirzamurad as “Ratan Cobra”, a shopkeeper residents call when ...
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University VC Gets Three-Year Extension
VARANASI: Governor and Chancellor Anandiben Patel has appointed Professor Bihari Lal Sharma to anoth...
Car Hits Kanwariyas Resting Near Chaubepur; One Dead, Three Injured
VARANASI: One pilgrim died and three others were injured after a car struck a group resting beside t...
FIR After VDA-Sealed Nagwa Construction Site Allegedly Reopened
VARANASI: Lanka police have registered an FIR over an apartment project in Nagwa after the Varanasi ...
Only Nine of 122 Complaints Resolved On-Site at Rajatalab Samadhan Diwas
VARANASI: Rajatalab Tehsil received 122 applications at Samadhan Diwas on Monday, but only nine coul...
Varanasi Teen Found Safe in Jharkhand After 16-Day Search
VARANASI: A 16-year-old boy missing from the Badagaon police-station area for more than two weeks wa...
Woman Brings Receipts for 101 Complaints to Rajatalab Hearing
VARANASI: Urmila Devi arrived at Rajatalab Tehsil with a bundle that told its own story: receipts fr...
Passengers Escape as Moving Car Catches Fire Near Munari
VARANASI: Quick action by a driver helped everyone inside a moving car escape before the vehicle was...
From Eight to Seventy: Tulsi Ghat Akhara Marks Nag Panchami Across Generations
VARANASI: The mud at Tulsi Ghat received wrestlers from eight to about 70 years old on Monday, turni...
Family Alleges Treatment Stopped Over ₹20,000 Dues Before Child’s Death
VARANASI: The family of a two-year-old girl who died during treatment at a private hospital in Chita...
Local Produce Keeps Varanasi Vegetable Prices Steady Through Monsoon
VARANASI: The monsoon has not yet produced a broad vegetable-price shock in Varanasi. Strong local a...
Varanasi Commissioner Reviews Airport Expansion, Seeks Reply Over Delays
VARANASI: Divisional Commissioner S Rajalingam reviewed construction at Lal Bahadur Shastri Internat...
Rajatalab Tehsil Fire Alarm Still Unpowered; ADM Orders Safety Check
VARANASI: A fire-alarm system installed across parts of the Rajatalab Tehsil campus cannot yet serve...
Kashi’s Mahuar Tradition Fades as Nag Panchami Loses Its Old Contestants
VARANASI: On Nag Panchami mornings in an older Kashi, the sound of the Mahuar could pull a neighbour...
Guard Seen Groping Woman at Varanasi Society
VARANASI, INDIA — A shocking incident of workplace harassment has come to light in Varanasi after CC...
Varanasi DM Tells Departments to Close Grievances Only After Complainant Signs Off
Varanasi District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar has directed departments not to show a public grievance...
Potholes and Monsoon Mud Leave Bhikharipur’s Rural Link Road Difficult to Navigate
A rain-damaged road through Bhikharipur village in Varanasi’s Araji Line area has become a daily obs...
Two Gangetic Dolphin Points Near Varanasi Pair River Tourism With Local Conservation
Two stretches of the Ganga near Dhakwa and Kaithi, around 35 kilometres from central Varanasi, are b...
Varanasi Records 33% Monsoon Rainfall Deficit Through August 15, Raising Farm Concerns
Varanasi received about 329 millimetres of rain between June 1 and August 15, nearly one-third below...
“Banaras Mein Buna” App Uses QR Codes to Trace the Story Behind a Banarasi Sari
A group of Varanasi weavers has begun placing scannable labels on Banarasi saris through a mobile ap...
FIR After Municipal Garbage Truck Crash Leaves Varanasi Woman With Amputated Leg
Chitaipur police have registered an FIR against the driver of a Varanasi Municipal Corporation garba...