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Varanasi (UP), March 23 A court in Varanasi on Monday rejected the bail applications of 14 people who were arrested a week ago after they allegedly hosted an Iftar party and ate chicken biryani on a boat in the Ganga river.The 14 were charged with defiling a place of worship, causing offense...

New Delhi, March 22 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) will hold a 'Jan Akrosh Rally' at Ramlila Maidan here on March 24, following the conclusion of an extensive outreach campaign across north India, party general secretary M A Baby announced on Sunday.The rally marks the culmination of...

Mathura/Varanasi (UP), March 21 A vigilante known as "Farsa wale Baba" was killed after he was hit by a truck on a highway near the Haryana border early Saturday when he, along with his associates, stopped another vehicle on suspicion of cattle smuggling, officials said.The incident triggered...

Lucknow, March 21 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that his administration has provided government jobs to over 500 sportsmen, including some who hold the rank of deputy superintendent of police.Within the state, you may have noticed that our athletes have won...

Varanasi (UP), March 20 A 22-year-old undergraduate student was shot dead on the campus of Uday Pratap College here on Friday afternoon, following an alleged dispute with another student, police said.The victim, identified as Surya Pratap Singh, was rushed to a hospital by police where doctors...

Varanasi (UP), March 20 A Varanasi court has sent 14 people, who are alleged to have hosted an Iftar party and eaten chicken biryani on a boat in the Ganga river, to judicial custody, an advocate in the case said on Friday.Additional Civil Judge (Sr.Div.)/ACJM Amit Kumar Yadav sent all the...

Varanasi, March 20 – The controversy surrounding the Iftar party in the Ganga River escalated on Friday, as Rajat Jaiswal, a leader of the BJP’s youth wing, who first raised concerns about the “offensive and disrespectful” act and filed a police complaint seeking appropriate action, has started...

Varanasi (UP), March 19 The grand Ganga aarti, organized by the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust at Lalita Ghat here, began with religious fervor on the first day of Chaitra Navratri on Thursday.Several dignitaries, including Minister Ravindra Jaiswal, MLAs Neelkanth Tiwari and Avadhesh Singh...

Mathura/Varanasi, March 19 Devotees flocked to temples across Uttar Pradesh on Thursday as Chaitra Navratri began, with long queues observed outside major shrines in Mathura and Varanasi.In Mathura, worshippers offered flowers, coconuts, and chunari at Devi temples. The festival will conclude...

Varanasi (UP), March 18 The Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust will begin daily Ganga aarti at Lalita Ghat in Varanasi from Thursday, with the ritual scheduled to take place every evening at 6 pm.This will be the first time the temple trust is conducting the Ganga aarti.According to the temple...

Varanasi (UP), March 17 Authorities here have ordered the complete closure of meat and fish shops in urban areas during the nine-day Chaitra Navratri festival, which begins on March 19, officials said on Tuesday.Municipal Corporation Public Relations Officer Sandeep Srivastava said the order...

New Delhi, March 17 Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha raised concerns over the shortage of LPG, the safety of NRIs living in West Asia, and rising inequality, while demanding an increase in allocation for the education and health sectors.Participating in the discussion on the Appropriation...

Varanasi (UP), March 17 Fourteen people have been arrested on charges of desecrating a place of worship and causing offense to religious feelings after a video purportedly showing them eating chicken biryani during an Iftar party hosted on a boat in the Ganga river here was widely shared on...

Varanasi (UP), March 17 Fourteen people have been arrested on charges of desecrating a place of worship and causing offense to religious feelings after a video purportedly showing them participating in an Iftar meal, eating biryani on a boat, on the Ganga river here, officials said on Tuesday...

New Delhi, March 17 A rare painting of "Yashoda and Krishna" by Raja Ravi Varma, an 8th-century Kashmiri sculpture of Buddha, and M F Husain's "Untitled (Benares)" will be among the artworks leading Saffronart's Spring Live and Online Auctions.The auction house announced bringing together "a...

Mumbai, March 17 – Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut launched a sharp attack on the government on Tuesday, accusing it of being out of touch with reality regarding the nationwide LPG shortage and questioning whether the photos of long queues for LPG in Mumbai and Delhi were AI-generated.Raut...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) criticised the BJP-led government at the Centre and in Maharashtra on Tuesday over the "disruption" in LPG supplies amid the Iran-Israel war, arguing that while global fuel crises are a reality, the government's refusal to...

Varanasi (UP), March 15 A day after the distribution of prasad at the Annapurna temple in Varanasi was disrupted due to a shortage of LPG cylinders, the district administration surveyed the premises for piped natural gas (PNG) connectivity and offered a gas connection, said the temple's head...

New Delhi, March 15 Citing reports that community kitchens at Varanasi's Annapurna temple were affected due to a "shortage" of LPG, CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby on Sunday said the development reflects the "failure" of the BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre.In a post on X...

Varanasi/Sultanpur, March 14 The distribution of prasad at the Annapurna temple in Varanasi has been affected due to a perceived shortage of LPG cylinders, even as authorities in Uttar Pradesh reiterated that there is no supply shortage and warned of strict action against hoarding and black...