Varanasi, also known as Benares, Banaras, or Kashi, is a city on the banks of the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, India, 320 kilometres south-east of the state capital, Lucknow, and 121 kilometres east of Allahabad. Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an interaction on coronavirus with the people of his constituency Varanasi on Wednesday through a videoconference at 5 pm. ...
The city administration on Tuesday imposed restrictions on the movement of people as well as good and services along all borders of Varanasi amid a lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. ...
Keeping in line with the Centre's directives of lockdown in districts which have confirmed cases of coronavirus across the country, the administration in Varanasi has ordered special restrictions under Section 144 in the region from March 23. ...
All prominent Buddhist temples in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar have been closed following the state government's order in view of the COVID-19 scare. ...
A private school in Varanasi has hit upon a novel method to create awareness about the coronavirus and remove misconceptions about it. It has prepared a list of do's and don'ts and named it is 'karo na' (don't do ) list. ...
After announcing that it would end 'forced conversions' by 2024, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has now identified 30 places in eight districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh where alleged religious conversions by Christian missionaries are taking place. ...
