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GRP Cantt Arrests Woman With 72 Quarters of Alleged Illegal Liquor
GRP Cantt and RPF teams detained Renu Devi, 49, on Friday, 18 September 2026, during a platform-one check near the water tank at Varanasi Cantt railway station, police said. She was carrying two backp...
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NER to Pilot Mobile UTS General Tickets at Banaras and Four Stations
North Eastern Railway will pilot mobile UTS general tickets at five stations — Banaras, Mau Junction...
Varanasi Municipal Corporation Shifts Adampur Zone Office to Rajghat
Varanasi Municipal Corporation relocated the Adampur zone office from Kazakpura to Rajghat and the B...
Unidentified Man’s Body Found in Waterlogged Spot Near Amra Hospital
Rohaniya police moved an unidentified man, estimated around 35 years old, to the mortuary after resi...
Man Missing After Diving Into Varuna to Save Three Teenagers at Immersion
Police say Sanjay Dixit, 50, of Rakhi Nevada in the Jansa area remains missing after he dived into t...
Labourer Dies as Newly Built House Chhajja Collapses in Madhwa Soyepur
Twenty-eight-year-old labourer Brijesh died on Friday, 18 September 2026, when a newly built house c...
IMD Logs 28.8 mm Rain at Varanasi; Partly Cloudy Spell Holds
The India Meteorological Department’s Varanasi city sheet (station id 42479) for Friday, 18 Septembe...
Sigra Police Arrest Man Accused of Stealing ₹12.50 Lakh Gold Chain After Cantt Clash
Sigra police arrested Babulal Chaurasia of Anoila Taktakpur on Thursday night, 17 September 2026, in...
Newborn Girl Found Abandoned in Bag at Suddhipur; Shivpur Police Admit Her to SSPG
A one- or two-day-old girl was found abandoned in a sweets bag near a field in Suddhipur Kathwatiya ...
BHU: Below 4.0 CGPA Will Cost Hostel and Health Facilities
Banaras Hindu University has circulated an order, approved by the Vice-Chancellor and reported on We...
Sewer and Water Pipeline Work Starts in Four Wards Under CCTV Watch
Jal Nigam began laying sewer and drinking-water pipelines on Wednesday, 16 September 2026, in four V...
BHU Issues 69-Page PhD Bulletin for About 1,500 Seats in Three Modes
Banaras Hindu University has issued a 69-page PhD bulletin for the 2026–27 session covering about 1,...
Lolark Shashthi Draws Long Queues at Bhadaini’s Lolark Kund
Lolark Shashthi drew long queues to Bhadaini’s Lolark Kund from midnight on Wednesday, 16 September ...
Ganga Level Keeps Falling; Silt Clearing Starts as Boat Ban Holds
With the Ganga at Varanasi still receding in mid-September, municipal teams began clearing flood sil...
IMD Logs 34.4 mm Rain at Varanasi; Partly Cloudy Spell Continues
The India Meteorological Department’s Varanasi city sheet (station id 42479) for Thursday, 17 Septem...
Vishwakarma Jayanti Marked Across Varanasi Factories, Temples and BLW Shops
Artisans, workshop owners and railway shop floors across Varanasi marked Vishwakarma Jayanti on Thur...
Vigilance Raid at Cantt Unreserved Counters Finds ₹2,100 Excess Cash
A vigilance team checked unreserved ticket counters in the passenger shelter hall at Varanasi Juncti...
Lalpur-Pandeypur Police Arrest Four in Alleged Auto Chain-Snatching Gang
Lalpur-Pandeypur police and the Surveillance Cell arrested four people at an Azamgarh Road auto stan...
SOG-2 and Sigra Police Arrest 47 After Rathyatra Gambling Raid; ₹21.11 Lakh Seized
A joint team of SOG-2 and Sigra police cordoned a closed house named Kusumkunj in Rathyatra on Wedne...
Railways Orders Weekly Puja Special 09465 via Varanasi Through November
Indian Railways has ordered weekly Puja Special train 09465 on the Ahmedabad–Darbhanga–Ahmedabad cir...