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Topic: Varanasi

‘You show your ID first’—Muslim shopkeepers in Varanasi goat market drive out ABVP protestors

The ABVP-affiliated students, led by Kashi Mahanagar ABVP secretary Shivam Tiwari, alleged that they have seen a video where goats are being slaughtered in the area.

Bhutanese temple in Varanasi, Rs 4,000-crore credit line, hydro project—Modi’s day 1 in Bhutan

Bhutan remains a cornerstone of India’s Neighbourhood First policy, and continues to be largest recipient of Indian foreign assistance, receiving ₹2,150 crore in 2025.

Bridges are falling, metros are stalling. Varanasi ropeway is the fix for an ancient city

Varanasi: A viral video about the collapse of the new Varanasi ropeway sent the city’s administration into a tizzy last month. It didn’t waste...

Ganga has been the lab for this BHU professor. It has earned him a global honour now

Professor Jitendra Pandey has been invited to deliver the prestigious Sir Stephen Schneider Lecture. He is the first biological scientist and Asian scholar to receive the distinction.

The GI tag man of India lives in Varanasi. He is blending culture and commerce

Varanasi social worker Rajni Kant is a leading light in the Modi government’s mission to secure 10,000 GI tags by 2030. It’s his way of making India a ‘sone ki chidiya’ again.

Varanasi ‘gangrape’: As PM calls for strict action, what family of 19-yr-old alleges in FIR

The mother alleges her daughter was raped by 23 men over a week in multiple incidents, with the accused in one not linked to others, police say. 12 accused named by family arrested so far.

How plea in SC over demolition of shops without prior notice led to halt of Varanasi ropeway work

While directing the Uttar Pradesh government to respond to the petition, the bench fixed 14 April to hear the matter further.

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.

On Camera

Why Hyundai Creta is still the king of Indian roads after 11 years—brand value to looks

Hyundai was never scared of rivals overtaking them last year. But in 2027, the mythical ‘Creta Killer’ may finally emerge. Or it could continue to remain a myth.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.