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Azamgarh headmaster suspended after students made to do cleaning work

VARANASI, April 18 -- A headmaster of a PM Shri Primary School in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh has been suspended after a video purportedly showed children being made to clean his car and perform other no... Read More


Smriti Irani dares SP chief to contest outside stronghold

VARANASI, April 17 -- Hitting back at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over his 'saas-bahu serial' jibe in Parliament, former Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday challenged him to contest an... Read More


Varanasi court acquits MLA Abhay Singh, others in 2002 former MP attack case

VARANASI, April 15 -- A special MP-MLA court in Varanasi on Wednesday acquitted Goshainganj MLA Abhay Singh, MLC Vineet Singh and others in a 2002 attempt-to-murder case involving former MP Dhananjay ... Read More


Six boatmen booked, boats seized in Ganga safety drive

VARANASI, April 14 -- :Six boatmen have been booked for violating safety norms and operating boats negligently on the River Ganga in Varanasi. Police also seized six boats during the drive, officials ... Read More


SIR: Varanasi adds 1.5 lakh voters in final list, total crosses 27.3 lakh

VARANASI, April 10 -- More than 1.5 lakh voters were added to Varanasi's electoral rolls, taking the total electorate to 27,30,603, according to the final list released on Friday. The final rolls sho... Read More


Codeine racket: Interpol issues Red Corner notice against kingpin

VARANASI, April 9 -- Interpol has issued a Red Corner notice against fugitive codeine syrup smuggling network mastermind Shubham Jaiswal in connection with a case registered at Rohaniya police station... Read More


Varanasi youth arrested for drinking beer on boat in Ganga after video goes viral

VARANASI, April 8 -- A youth was arrested in Varanasi on Tuesday in connection with a viral video that showed a young man consuming beer onboard a boat in the Ganga river while traveling between Varan... Read More


MP-UP Sahyog Sammelan: Naxalism eliminated, development now gaining pace, says Mohan Yadav

VARANASI, March 31 -- Accusing the opposition of promoting Naxalism for vested interests, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday claimed the menace had been wiped out due to the efforts ... Read More


Pre-planned killing? Varanasi teen beaten to death on phone theft allegation

VARANASI, March 31 -- A 17-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by six people near Kannadari village in Varanasi on Saturday night over suspicion of stealing a mobile phone, police said. Sonu A... Read More


2 killed after cylinder blast collapses house in Varanasi

VARANASI, March 24 -- A man and his sister were killed and two others were injured in a cylinder explosion in a dilapidated house near the Lahartara private bus station in Varanasi on Tuesday, police ... Read More