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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 · Nov 15, 2025

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 · Jan 19, 2025

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…

Dynamite News · Dec 19, 2023

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 · Jan 22, 2023

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 · Dec 26, 2022

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 · Nov 30, 2022

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 · Oct 23, 2022

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 · Oct 7, 2022

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 · Aug 1, 2022

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.

The Times of India · Aug 1, 2022