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Rs 240-crore land freed from mafia in Varanasi

VARANASI: A huge plot on prime land at Mahmoorganj, Sigra, worth over Rs 240 crore, belonging to Sri Kasi Nattukottai Nagara Satram (SKNNS) - a Tamil Nadu-based organisation offering 'Bhog-Prasad' at the Kashi Vishwanath temple for the last 209 years - was freed by police from land mafia on Sunday.…

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Turning down the volume on a call to prayer

The winds of change that have started from Saudi Arabia may just be embracing Indian Islam

The Hindu

Devotees celebrate Ganga Saptami, festivities in Varanasi

Thousands of devotees gathered at Ganga Ghat in Varanasi on Saturday on the occasion of Ganga Saptami.

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Gyanvapi survey stalled, team denied entry into premises

VARANASI: The survey and videography of the Gyanvapi premises, which began on Friday amid tight security, was stalled on Saturday, as the advocate commissioner and the team of lawyers were not allowed entry and protests continued on the second day.

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Uttar Pradesh: One arrested for shouting provocative slogans outside Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi

VARANASI: The police arrested one person late on Saturday evening for provocative sloganeering near Gyanvapi Masjid entry point when team led by advocate commissioner had gone there for survey in the afternoon.

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Uttar Pradesh: Videography team denied entry, Gyanvapi mosque survey stalled

VARANASI: The survey and videography of the Gyanvapi mosque premises, which began on Friday amid tight security, was stalled on Saturday, as the advocate commissioner and the team of lawyers were not allowed entry and protests continued the second day.

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‘Hindu’ site adjacent to Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque surveyed

Caretakers oppose move to conduct videography inside the mosque in Varanasi

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Watch | What happened to the Benarasi silk weavers?

Mohammad Sirajuddin is one of the last few artisans in Varanasi who weave Banarasi silk saris by hand.

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Uttar Pradesh: Mukhtar Ansari's lawyer booked for abusing judges in Mau district

VARANASI: Sarailakhansi police of Mau district lodged an FIR against jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari's lawyer Daroga Singh for allegedly hurling abusive words on the judges fraternity and obstructing the process of government land measurement in Mau's Kinnupur area.

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Uttar Pradesh: Driver spends Rs 30 lakh from former BJP MLA’s account, arrested

VARANASI: Sleuths of the cybercrime cell have nabbed one Vivek Kumar of Mirzapur, the driver of former BJP MLA Surendra Narain Singh, for making payment of about Rs 30 lakh from the latter’s account for online shopping of electronics, household goods, clothes, and food items between 2019 and 2021. Singh…

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Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak conducts inspection of Kashi hospital

VARANASI: After the hospitals of state capital and other districts, it was the turn of Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya district hospital here for a surprise inspection by deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, who on Saturday took stock of services and wards after reaching there as common man. The district hospital authorities…

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NBA star finds ‘peace’ in Varanasi, hails PM Narendra Modi

VARANASI: Celebrated American basketball player Dwight Howard has found "peace" after his "spiritual journey" to Varanasi and heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reforming the holy city.

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Uttar Pradesh: Driver spends Rs 30L from ex-MLA’s account, arrested

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Gyanvapi mosque near Kashi Vishwanath temple not a Waqf property: Counsel for temple

“Gyanwapi Mosque cannot be said to be a Waqf property because it was not dedicated by any legal Waqif after the demolition of the Kashi Vishwanath temple in 1669”

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Uttar Pradesh: Rs 5.10 crore land of Mukhtar Ansari's brothers-in-law attached in Ghazipur

VARANASI: Continuing action to hit the economic empire of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari, his family and gang members Ghazipur administration and police on Wednesday attached a land registered in the name of his brothers-in-law in Babedi area.

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Uttar Pradesh: Doda post worth Rs 1.5-crore seized by Mirzapur police, one held in Ahraura

VARANASI: The Mirzapur police, on Thursday, seized a big drug shipment of 29.73 quintal ‘doda’ post worth over Rs 1.5 crore from a truck container in Ahraura area. The police also arrested one person with the contraband.

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Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth offers prayer at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, immerses ashes of father in Ganga

VARANASI: Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple here on Thursday.

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Varanasi DM receives national award from PM Narendra Modi for implementing PM Svanidhi Yojana

VARANASI: The district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma was conferred with the national award for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Svanidhi Yojana from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function organised at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.

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Uttar Pradesh: Kashi court to pronounce verdict in Shringar Gauri case on April 26

VARANASI: After hearing both sides in a petition filed to seek permission for offering regular worship at Shringar Gauri situated on the outer wall of the highly sensitive Gyanvapi mosque, the court reserved its order on Wednesday and fixed April 26 as the next date to pronounce the verdict.

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Uttar Pradesh ATS busts gang selling illegal arms

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) busted a gang selling illegal arms from Varanasi on Wednesday. Those arrested were identified as Dinesh Kumar, Ritesh Pandey, Satyam Kumar all three of Bihar and Amit Kumar of New Delhi.

The Hindu

Varanasi pilgrimage scheme notified

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Plea for Shringar Gauri puja in Gyanvapi mosque premises: Court appoints advocate commissioner

VARANASI: The court of the civil judge (senior division) Ravi Kumar Diwakar has appointed Ajay Kumar as advocate commissioner in a case related to worshipping of Shringar Gauri and protection of the idols of other deities in the premises of Gyanvapi mosque. The court has fixed the next hearing on…

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Varanasi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu attends Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat

VARANASI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu arrived in the millennia-old city Varanasi on Friday evening on a two-day pilgrimage and attended the Ganga aarti at the Dashashwamedh Ghat, decorated extensively to welcome the distinguished guest.

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UP: Four killed in fire accident at Sari workshop in Varanasi

At least four were killed in a fire accident at the Sari workshop in the Varanasi on Thursday. More details on Dynamite News:

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BJP sweeps MLC polls in U.P. but loses in Varanasi

Samajwadi Party fails to secure even one seat

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