The Latest Breaking News from Varanasi

India's gruelling heatwave is set to abate soon but that was no consolation to housewife Bindwasvini Devi, one of the millions braving Saturday's scorching sun to vote in the final day of national elections.

This week, we bring you TV Newsance from ground zero in Varanasi. In this special episode, we found a live debate being held by our usual suspect, News18’s Amish Devgan, on the ghats of the ancient city.   

In this episode of Another Election Show from Varanasi, we sat with the students of the city’s Banaras Hindu University to talk about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s representation from the constituency, works of the central government and the local issues.  

Modi is expected to comfortably win his seat, but the margin of victory could reveal how his party is doing nationally.

Varanasi, Banaras, or Kashi has been home to spirituality, music and literature for centuries, with personalities such as Dara Shikoh, Pandit Ravi Shankar and Bismillah Khan associated with the ancient city. But over the past decade, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the incumbent MP from Varanasi, the city has undergone…

Pilot finds piece of paper in lavatory threatening ‘bomb blast in 30 minutes’ just as flight prepares to take off

A bomb threat was reported on an Indigo flight from Delhi to Varanasi early this morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

Why did the Election Commission of India reject comedian Shyam Rangeela’s poll nomination from Varanasi? What rules and judicial precedents are applicable here?

Pawan Kalyan accompanies PM Modi for nomination in Varanasi, expresses confidence in NDA victory.

NDA leaders, including Anbumani Ramadoss and G.K. Vasan, attend PM Modi's nomination filing in Varanasi.

The Hindu's Nistula Hebbar interviews Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Varanasi on Lok Sabha elections and Article 370.