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TopicVaranasi

Topic: Varanasi

Varanasi’s Great Temple Hunt—Hindu groups are combing gullies, mosques, Muslim homes

Freelance Hindu groups are on a mission to ‘find’ temples in Varanasi. Mosques, Muslim homes, or often tense Hindu-Muslim neighbourhoods are their hunting grounds.

VHP, Kashi Vidvat Parishad enter Madanpura temple row. Their ‘revival plan’ & why shop owners are worried

After Hindutva outfits' call to reopen temple inside a Muslim family's premises, KVP urges revival of all such temples in Varanasi. District admin says it will 1st review property records.

A ‘hidden’ temple exposes tensions in Varanasi market best known for thriving Banarasi sarees

Leader of ‘Sanatan Raksha Dal’ who ‘discovered’ temple in Godowlia Market in Varanasi’s Madanpura has petitioned local administration to allow prayers at structure without delay.

Tensions continue in Varanasi as students protest demanding removal of mosque from college campus

Hundreds of students gathered at the Uday Partap College gate, shouting 'Jai Shri Ram' and waving saffron flags but were stopped from entering the campus by police personnel.

How Yogi visit & 2018 Waqf ‘notice’ prompted demands for demolition of masjid on UP college premises

Waqf board sent, later retracted notice claiming college was on ‘Waqf land’. Days after Yogi visited campus, Muslims offered namaz at masjid there in unusually large numbers.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan addresses National Seed Congress in Varanasi

The Agriculture Minister, in a virtual address, emphasised role of good seeds in increasing production, and ensuring food security.

In PM’s constituency, Congress-BJP row over ‘rape threat’ sparks a scuffle & a sit-in. Cross-FIRs lodged

Congress's Roshni Jaiswal accused BJP IT cell’s Rajesh Singh of threatening her with rape in social media post, Singh said he was countering Jaiswal's objectionable posts about PM, UP CM.

In Varanasi, demolition drive spurs row with ‘headbutting’ official, ‘religious targeting’ claim

Additional District Magistrate (Varanasi City) was seen ‘headbutting’ hotel owner during demolition drive. Civic body refutes that hotels were targeted because its owners were Muslims.

‘Your trust is my biggest asset’: Modi in Varanasi after winning 3rd term

His victory margin considerably less this time, Modi defeated Congress’s Ajay Rai by 1,52,513 votes in this constituency.

Modi wins Varanasi for 3rd consecutive time, but margin of victory down by 3 lakh from 2019

There were 6 candidates in fray against Modi from Varanasi, his launchpad to national political scene in 2014. Modi had won seat in 2019 with margin of 4.79 lakh over nearest rival

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Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.