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Uttar Pradesh elections: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds road show in Varanasi

VARANASI: The Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a road show in Varanasi on Thursday in support of the party candidates. An impressive crowd of people was seen in the road show.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh elections: Protest against me shows BJP going out of power, says Mamata Banerjee

LUCKNOW: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was shown black flags amid slogans of "Mamata go back" on her arrival at Varanasi by right wing workers, the Trinamool Congress chief on Thursday said the "protests indicate that they (BJP) are going out of power".

The Times of India

Morning Show Ep 22: Operation Ganga, or why no one has been able to clean the river

Team Newslaundry is joined by Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, a professor at Banaras Hindu University and mahant of the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi.

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Uttar Pradesh elections: Mamata Banerjee shown black flags on way to Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi

VARANASI: TMC leader and chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee was shown black flags allegedly by the activists of Hindu Yuva Vahini amid chants of "Jai Shri Ram" and "Modi-Modi" when she was going to take part in the Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi on Wednesday evening.

The Times of India

U.P. Assembly elections | Mamata Banerjee to address rally in Varanasi on March 3 during PM Modi’s visit to city

West Bengal CM’s visit is at invitation of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, says TMC

The Hindu

RSS steering campaign for saffron sweep in Varanasi and Gorakhpur

GORAKHPUR: The saffron campaign in two high profile constituencies of Varanasi and Gorakhpur - associated with PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath - is not steered by BJP alone. The cadres of Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh and its offshoots, too, are actively involved and raising the pitch against the opposition,…

The Times of India

Kashi is lab of civilization for BJP, says Dharmendra Pradhan

VARANASI: With Union home minister Amit Shah listening intently in the audience, BJP UP election in-charge and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that "Kashi is a laboratory of civilization and governance instead of being just a political field for the BJP."

The Times of India

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SP president, Jayant Chaudhary and Mamata Banerjee to address a jt rally in Varanasi tomorrow

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary will share the stage with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to address a joint rally in Varanasi on March 3.

The Times of India

Varanasi: 2 cancer hospitals opened in time with hi-tech facilities

VARANASI: When the electors of Varanasi and adjoining districts are going to poll in the last phase of the assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh to elect their representatives on March 7, it is quite obvious that they will be examining the report card of the government on the basis of…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh elections: People have stooped so low, they wish for my death, says PM Modi in Varanasi

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a veiled attack for his December 13 remarks, and said, "Up to what extent people have stooped low in Indian politics becomes clear when someone wishes for my death publicly."

The Times of India

BJP hopes for repeat of 2017 in PM Modi’s upcoming campaign stop in Varanasi

Party faces problems within and outside, hopes Modi’s three-day sojourn in his constituency will resolve issues

The Hindu

When PM Modi quoted Sant Ravidas to counter Rahul Gandhi’s ‘king’ barb

NEW DELHI: A fortnight after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the “king barb” in Parliament, the latter explained how he was governing the country as expected by Sant Ravidas.

The Times of India

Maya blasts netas for using seer for politics

LUCKNOW: While politicians of different hues made a beeline for Sant Ravidas temple in Varanasi on the mystic saint’s birth anniversary, BSP chief Mayawati lashed out at them for misusing his name for political mileage.

The Times of India

55 test Covid positive, 180 recover in Varanasi

VARANASI: The Covid-19 pandemic situation continued to improve in Varanasi district on Wednesday with the positivity rate declining further and the recovery rate rising.

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Ravidas Jayanti becomes political pilgrimage for Punjab & UP netas

VARANASI: The birth anniversary celebrations of Sant Ravidas in Varanasi on Wednesday turned into a political pilgrimage with a galaxy of leaders from Punjab and UP converging at the mystic-poet’s shrine at Seer Gowardhanpur to reinforce their Dalit outreach in election season.

The Hindu

PM Modi's Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas policy inspired by Guru Ravidas' teachings: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

Mr. Adityanath reached the Ravidas temple on the Seer Govardhan premises in the morning, paid his respects to the 15th-16th century poet and also had prasad at the langar served

The Hindu

Punjab CM Channi pays obeisance at Guru Ravidas' birthplace in Varanasi

"On the occasion of Sri Guru Ravidas Jayanti, paid obeisance at Sant Shiromani Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan mandir in Varanasi. Let us imbibe his teachings of love, compassion, mutual tolerance and oneness of mankind," Mr. Channi tweeted

The Times of India

Tata hospital raises Rs 75 crore for paediatric cancer patients over 2 years

MUMBAI: In the midst of the raging pandemic, the Tata Memorial Centre—the country’s premier cancer care centre—raised almost Rs 75 crore in the past two years to not only offer free treatment to all children under 18 years of age at its Parel hospital, but also for some treated at…

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25 temples to be developed at ₹1,140 cr.

On the lines of development works undertaken at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, the State Government has decided take up development works in 25 temples at an estimated cost of ₹1,140 crore,

The Times of India

Powerhouse of Dalit politics, Ravidas temple to impact polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab

VARANASI: The Ravidas temple at the birthplace of 15th century mystic poet-saint and Dalit icon Sant Ravidas in Varanasi is all set to play the role of a powerhouse of Dalit politics in the poll-bound states, especially Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

The Hindu

Polling for Punjab Assembly elections postponed to Feb 20

CM had asked for poll date to be moved from Feb. 14 due to Ravidas Jayanti

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