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India's elderly await death, seek salvation in holy city

Murali Mohan Sastry is waiting peacefully for death on the banks of the Ganges River in India's northern city of Varanasi, revered by millions of Hindus.

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Modi's BJP courts India's rising election power: Women

Ranika Jaiswal's family in Varanasi has boasted a string of officials in India's ruling BJP party over the last four decades. Now she wants a piece of the action.

Reuters

ED seizes documents of Patna-based realty firm for cheating homebuyers

ED seized incriminating documents, digital material, 119 bank accounts, four Insurance Policies and two luxury vehicles in connection with searches it conducted at various locations in Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow and New Delhi against a real estate company . Read further On Dynamite News:

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Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath case: SC asks authorities to convene meeting for making 'Wazu' arrangements

The Top Court asked the Varanasi district authorities to convene a meeting on April 18 to come up with a congenial working solution for the alternative arrangement for 'Wazu' at the Gyanvapi mosque area during the Ramzan. Read further on Dynamite News:

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AAP releases first list of candidates for local body elections in UP

LUCKNOW: Aam Aadmi Party released its first list of candidates for the upcoming local body elections on Friday, which included names for the post of Mayor in Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Firozabad, Meerut and Prayagraj. The first list of 143 names also included 40 candidates for the post of Nagar Palika…

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Row over Tej Pratap's 'eviction': Police say luggage removed from his aides' hotel room as checkout time was already over

VARANASI: A day after Bihar minister and RJD patriarch Lalu Pradav Yadav’s son Tej Pratap Yadav lodged a police complaint that he was forcibly evicted from a local hotel, cops say that the hotel staff removed the luggage of his attendants as they had kept the room occupied well after…

The Times of India

Adil Hussain's Mukti Bhawan, the masterpiece on mortality turns 6: Throwback

Twenty four is too young to think about death, let alone make a melancholic meditative movie on mortality. Debutant Shubhashish Bhutiani’s (who was all of 24) Mukti Bhawan, released on April 7 2017, sweeps us into a world where death is not the end but a release into a realm…

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Akanksha Dubey Death: Accused Bhojpuri singer Samar Singh arrested from Ghaziabad

Singer and actor Samar Singh, accused in the death of Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey, was arrested by Varanasi police on Thursday night from Ghaziabad. Read further on Dynamite News:

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'The Good Place'

Built on the banks of the Ganges River, the Indian city of Varanasi is known for its rich cultural, spiritual and religious history - integral to sacred Hindu rituals, its waters purfying and used to wash away sins.

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Ticket examiner of NR Lucknow division breaks SR Chennai division's record of ticketless penalty

LUCKNOW: A fortnight after Chennai division of southern railways (SR) zone claimed that one of their tickets checking staff collected Rs 1.55 crore, highest ever penalty from without ticket passengers in the financial year 2022-23, the Northern railways (NR) Lucknow division on Friday announced that chief ticket inspector (CTI) of…

The Times of India

Sex workers dance around burning pyres at Varanasi’s Manikarnika Ghat; uphold centuries-old tradition

VARANASI: Maintaining the age-old tradition, a group of ‘Nagar Vadhus’ (sex workers) danced around the burning pyres at the Manikarnika Ghat of Varanasi in UP on Tuesday night.

The Times of India

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: SC agrees to list plea for consolidating all suits on April 21

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list for hearing on April 21 a plea of the Hindu side seeking consolidation of all suits pending in a Varanasi court pertaining to the Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath dispute. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Congress can't accept a backward's son reaching country's top spot, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, a day on which the former lost his membership to the Parliament after being convicted in a defamation case, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that Congress and its leaders could not accept the fact that “the son of poor, Dalit, deprived, backward…

The Times of India

Events linked to RSS, BJP, but Times Now Navbharat aired them as ‘Muslims happy with Modi’

“Muslims in Uttar Pradesh are happy with the efforts of PM Modi and CM Yogi,” declared a news segment aired on Times Now Navbharat on January 19. It relied on a ground report from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi, where an event had been organised by an outfit called…

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PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate world TB day summit in Kashi on March 24

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on March 24 to inaugurate the "World TB day summit" at Rudraksh International Convention Centre.

The Times of India

Remembering SN Tripathi, composer of the iconic Zara Samne Toh Aao chaliye

Varanasi-born composer SN Tripathi was the most longevous music composer of Hindi cinema. His career started with Chandan in 1941 and he was active right until the 1980s with soundtracks of Sati Savitri, Mahasati Tulsi and 108 Teerthyatra.

The Times of India

Threat received to blow up Varanasi airport by attacking with drones

VARANASI: The Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport officials in Varanasi received a letter containing threat to blow the airport by attacking with drone.

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Threat received to blow Varanasi airport by attacking with drones

VARANASI: The Lal Bahadur Shastri international airport officials in Varanasi received a letter containing threat to blow the airport by attacking with drone.

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Rahul Gandhi To Travel To Srinagar On Wednesday On Personal Visit

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be travelling to Srinagar on Wednesday on a personal visit. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gorakhpur attracts Rs 1.71 lakh crore investment beating Varanasi, Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Moradabad

LUCKNOW: Gorakhpur, considered backward for decades, has emerged as a preferred destination for investors. In global investors summit 2023, the district attracted Rs 1.71 lakh crore investment---which is 5.93% of the total out of state.

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UP: Captivating Sight In Varanasi; Shopkeepers Overwhelmed To See SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav Walking In Narrow Lanes Of Kashi Vishwanath

Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav visited Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Sankat Mochan Temple in Varanasi on Friday during his two-day tour. Shopkeepers were overwhelmed to see Akhilesh Yadav in the narrow lanes of Kashi Vishwanath. Read full report of Dynamite News:

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Uttar Pradesh: Devotees Take Holy Dip In River Ganga In Varanasi On Occasion Of 'Magh Purnima'

A large number of devotees thronged the Prayag Ghat in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi and took a holy dip in the river Ganga on Sunday morning on the occasion of Magh Purnima, the full moon night in the Magha month of the Hindu calendar. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

Clean Ganga hope rides on CNG boats in Varanasi

VARANASI: A boat ride on Ganga for experiencing the mystical tranquility of sunrise or enjoy the divine view of the majestic evening ‘Aarti’ tops the must-do list of believers thronging the holy city.

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Daily Dose Ep 1251: PM launches Ganga cruise, budget session to begin on Jan 31

Aditi Agrawal brings you the news from Delhi, Uttarakhand, Varanasi, and the US.

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‘World’s longest river cruise’ could threaten endangered Ganges dolphin, experts warn

A luxury cruise has been hailed as the start of a new age of Indian tourism. But conservationists fear the impact of increased river traffic and pollution

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