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SS Rajamouli unveils time-travel adventure film ‘Varanasi,’ with elements of Hindu mythology

Known for hits like “RRR” and “Baahubali,” filmmaker S

The Independent UK

Hooked? Cricketer Rinku Singh in marriage talks with Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj

VARANASI: T20 star Rinku Singh's match has almost been fixed. The 27-year-old cricketer's family is in advanced talks for a matrimonial alliance between him and Priya Saroj, Samajwadi Party MP from UP's Machhlishahr, a reserved constituency.

The Times of India

Gyanvapi dispute: Allahabad HC rejects Muslim side's plea challenging Hindu worshippers' 1991 suit

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected the petitions filed by the Muslim side, challenging the maintainability of the civil suit filed with regard to the ownership of the Varanasi Gyanvapi complex and the validity of the Allahabad High Court ordering a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India. Read…

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Uttar Pradesh: Bhadohi Fast Track Court finds jailed don Vijay Mishra guilty in rape case; son, grandson acquitted

VARANASI: Jailed mafia don and four time MLA from Gyanpur Vijay Mishra was declared guilty in a case of raping a singer in 2020, by Bhadohi district’s Fast Track Court (MP-MLA) on Friday.

The Times of India

Gangster Act case: Mukhtar Ansari awarded 10-year imprisonment, slapped Rs 5 lakh penalty by Ghazipur court

VARANASI: Jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari has been awarded 10 years imprisonment by MP-MLA court of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, while a penalty of Rs 5 lakh has also been slapped on him in a 2009 Gangster Act case.

The Times of India

Akanksha Dubey suicide case: Bhojpuri singer Samar Singh lands in jail

VARANASI: The court of remand magistrate Kirti Singh on Saturday ordered to send the prime accused in Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey suicide case and singer Samar Singh to 14 days judicial custody after Sarnath police produced him before the court after bringing from Ghaziabad.

The Times of India

Gyanvapi case: Worship of 'Shivling' can’t be delayed, petitioner tells court

VARANASI: The lawyers representing Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Monday raised serious objections to the delay being caused by the defendants in filing their reply in Suit No 925/2022 in which the seer has sought worshipping of the purported "Shivling", found during the court-mandated survey on the Gyanvapi mosque premises.

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Three 'Munnabhais' found on duty on behalf of MBBS interns at BHU hospital, booked

VARANASI: Four MBBS interns and three impersonators working on their behalf at Sir Sunderlal hospital of the Institute of Medical Sciences-Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU) were booked for cheating and criminal conspiracy.

The Times of India

Ukrainian who lost many family members in war with Russia, hangs self in Varanasi

VARANASI: A Ukraine national hanged himself at a guesthouse room in Narad Ghat locality of Bhelupur police station area on Sunday. No suicide note was found in the room. The police sent the body for post mortem, and the Ukraine embassy has been informed about the case.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Retired RPF sub-inspector Jillu Yadav, who fought Ajmal Kasab at CST on 26/11, passes away

VARANASI: Retired RPF sub-inspector Jillu Yadav, whose heroics made terrorists Ajmal Kasab and abu Ismail, flee the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) during the 26/11 attack in 2008, died of cardiac arrest at his native village Mohav in Cholapur area of the district on Wednesday. He was 65.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Property worth Rs 8 crore in names of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari’s sons attached

VARANASI: Initiating action under Gangster Act against the sons of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari including Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA from Mau Sadar Abbas Ansari, a joint team of Mau administration and police attached their four plots of Rs eight crore of in Jahangirabad area of Sadar tehsil in…

The Times of India

Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case: 'Is shivling a case property?' Kashi court asks plaintiffs; next hearing On Oct 11

VARANASI: Hearing a petition filed by four of the five women plaintiffs in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case that seeks carbon-dating of the ‘shivling’ found in the ablution pond of the mosque on May 16, district judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on Friday sought clarification on the status of the ‘shivling’ in…

The Times of India

Gyanvapi case: Anjuman Intezamia Masajid's lawyer dies of cardiac arrest

VARANASI: Senior advocate Abhay Nath Yadav, 65, who was leading the team of lawyers of Anjuman Intezamia Masajid — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee — in the Shringar Gauri case, died of cardiac arrest at his residence late on Sunday night.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Mukhtar Ansari's aide’s properties worth Rs 4cr seized in Lucknow, Ghazipur

VARANASI: Jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari’s trusted lieutenant Bhim Singh’s immovable properties in Ghazipur and Lucknow worth Rs 4 crore were attached by the Ghazipur police under the Gangster Act on Monday.

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Varanasi: ‘Priority to skill development is the mantra of success’

VARANASI: An interactive session with the professor of nanoscience technology, department of Material science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA, Prof. SM Santra was organised for the students at the Central Hindu Boys School, Banaras Hindu University on Saturday. He shared his knowledge about nanoscience with the students. Giving…

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Uttar Pradesh: Paramhans ashram sevadar opens fire on seer, shoots self in Mirzapur

VARANASI: Sensation prevailed at the Paramhans ashram of Swami Adggadanand in Sakteshgarh of Chunar area in Mirzapur district on Thursday morning when a sevadar (servitor) Jivan Baba alias Jeet (45) committed suicide by shooting himself after opening fire on a fellow seer Ashish Maharaj (46).

The Times of India

Jailed UP strongman Vijay Mishra’s son Vishnu Mishra used Panama VPN to dodge cops, held

VARANASI: Jailed muscleman Vijay Mishra’s son Vishnu used a Panama-based virtual private network (VPN) to interact with his associates and family members while he was on the run for two years before he was finally arrested from Pune on Sunday night. After arresting him, the UP Special Task force (STF)…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav surrenders in Azamgarh court in 2 old cases, sent to jail

VARANASI: Muscleman politician and Samajwadi Party MLA Ramakant Yadav on Monday was sent to jail after he surrendered before the MP-MLA court of Azamgarh in two cases lodged against him in 1998 and 2016.

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Uttar Pradesh govt provides 'Y' category security to SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar

VARANASI: In yet another sign of growing closeness between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Suheldev Bahujan Samaj Party (SBSP), the UP government has provided ‘Y’ category security to party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar.

The Hindu

Ban on dharnas in Parliament precinct sets off a controversy

Opposition members call it yet another attempt to bulldoze dissent; Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says these circulars are routinely issued

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Battles can't be fought from AC rooms, says Om Prakash Rajbhar to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav

VARANASI: Upset over the defeat of Samajwadi Party candidates in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha bypolls, SP alliance partner Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday questioned the absence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from campaigning on ground. Rajbhar himself campaigned extensively for the SP candidate,…

The Times of India

IIT-Banaras Hindu University boy ends life in hostel room

VARANASI: A student of the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) committed suicide in his hostel room. The student was found dead on his bed on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp ordered entire menu as a ‘little treat’, Birmingham restaurant says

Exclusive: Varasani’s operations manager says Depp ordered champagne, wine, and cocktails, and gave a ‘generous tip’

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: Shringar Gauri case lawyer, Vedic Sangh chief part ways

VARANASI: The fissures appearing between veteran advocate Harishankar Jain and Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS) chief Jitendra Singh Visen, who has rallied behind the Shringar Gauri case while his niece Rakhi Singh is one of the plaintiffs in the case, lately widened so much that two have parted ways, reports…

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Uttar Pradesh: Shringar Gauri lawyer, Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh chief part ways

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