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Topic: Varanasi

With Nagari Pracharini Sabha’s ruin, Hindi is losing a major centre and its best think-tank

Caught between a bitter fight and a court battle, Varanasi’s Nagari Pracharini Sabha, once the most prestigious body for promotion of Hindi, needs urgent intervention.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy now wants to ‘reclaim’ Kashi Vishwanath temple

Subramanian Swamy says panel led by him formed to ‘liberate’ Kashi Vishwanath site. Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, however, bars forcible changes to any place of worship.

Varanasi has vigorously countered coronavirus crisis, says PM Narendra Modi

Interacting with Varanasi-based NGOs, PM Modi said Kashi can emerge as an export hub and develop as a key centre of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' campaign in the coming days.

FIR against Scroll’s Supriya Sharma for story on Varanasi woman’s lockdown ‘misery’

The story had quoted Mala Devi saying she faced food shortage due to absence of a ration card. She lives in Domari village in Varanasi, PM Modi's constituency.

Banarasi silk industry has a Covid fear: Indian festivals may never be the same again

Varanasi textile traders say the industry was already affected due to demonetisation and GST, and the Covid-19 lockdown was a ‘double whammy’. 

Varanasi shuts down as infected pharmacist causes surge in Covid cases

Varanasi district sees spike in cases over the past 3 days with its total now rising to 60, including nine personnel from one police station.

Mahabharata war won in 18 days, but fight against coronavirus will take 21 days, says Modi

In his interaction with the people of his parliamentary constituency Varanasi through video conference, Modi urged people to strictly follow the rules of the lockdown.

PM Narendra Modi lays foundation of 50 projects worth Rs 1,254 crore in Varanasi

PM Modi also flagged off the IRCTC's 'Maha Kaal Express', the first overnight private train to connect three Jyotirling pilgrim centres of Varanasi, Ujjain and Omkareshwar.

Varanasi to help Amritsar to ensure all-round development under Smart Cities Mission

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up 20 best performing cities with the 20 bottom cities and they will work as 'sister cities' under the mission.

Week after death of Varanasi boy during CAA protest, family yet to get post-mortem report

Mohammad Sageer was killed in a stampede during CAA protests. Varanasi DM questions the need for a post-mortem report when ‘everyone saw he died in stampede’.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.