Varanasi

Ancient handwritten Ramcharitmanas stolen

A hand written Ramcharitmanas has been stolen from a temple situated in Bhelupur area on the banks...

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Varanasi blast: A year on, probe agencies clueless

A year after an explosion had rocked in Varanasi, security agencies are clueless about the module th...

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Rahul Gandhi arrives unannounced in Varanasi

Taking the district administration by surprise, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived unan...

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Varanasi ghat among threatened heritage sites

The 18th century Balaji Ghat, situated along the river Ganges in Varanasi, is among the over 60 enda...

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Amarmani Tripathi out of jail for 2 months

Amarmani Tripathi was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Dehradun court in the murder...

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Army job racket busted in Varanasi

Police on Monday claimed to have busted a job racket by detaining two persons, including a suspended...

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Silver plate from idol found missing in Varanasi

A silver plate weighing about 50 grams has been found missing from an idol of a temple here, polic...

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The Varanasi connection to Norway killer

The man responsible for the mass murder in Oslo, Anders Behring Breivik, had sourced badges for his ...

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Woman burnt to death over dowry in Varanasi

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly set on fire by her husband and his family over dowry in Manduaid...

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Two arrested with tiger skins in Varanasi

Two people, allegedly involved in illegal wildlife trade, were arrested here with tiger skins, polic...

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Two arrested with tiger skins in Varanasi

The accused, identified as Sartaj and Dilip, both in their mid-40s, were nabbed on Friday from Bhelu...

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Ganga moving away from Varanasi’s ghats

The river of faith, Ganga, is changing course and appears to be moving away from the historic ghats ...

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Two-day UP Congress convention in Varanasi

Riding high on the wave of farmers` agitation in Uttar Pradesh, Congress is expected to come out wit...

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Rahul Gandhi to inaugurate UPCC convention in Varanasi

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will inaugurate a two-day convention of UPCC in Varanasi o...

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PIL on Kashi Vishwanath temple dismissed

The Allahabad High Court Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the administration of th...

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Major fire in Varanasi paper factory, no casualties

Goods worth around Rs 25 lakh were gutted after a massive fire broke out in a warehouse of a paper f...

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Anna Hazare heads to Varanasi to spread movement

The pilgrim city of Varanasi will be the launch pad for a nationwide expansion of social activist An...

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Police to hire choppers to patrol naxal areas in Varanasi

To keep a close eye on naxal activities in inaccessible areas, police has decided to rope in priva...

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7 watch towers to be installed in Kashi Vishwanath temple

Seven watch towers will be installed in the premises of Kashi Vishwanath temple here as part of a ...

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Varanasi-bound Janta Express derails

Engine and two bogies of Varanasi bound Janta Express were derailed near Sarai Kansrai station on ...

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Varun ties the knot, aunt Sonia misses ceremony

The rhapsodic ragas of shehnai and sonorous sound of conches reverberated the Kamkoteshwar temple.

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Karmapa thanks Centre for approving Varanasi visit

Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Ugyen Trinely Dorji has thanked the Central government for approvin...

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Bus plunges into river in UP’s Varanasi district; 10 killed

As many as 14 people were on Saturday killed and nine others injured when a bus fell into a river ...

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IM uses Tunda trick to puzzle security agency

Indian Mujahideen had started adopting the technique used by Abdul Karim `Tunda` in late 1990s.

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Varanasi Police clueless about blast e-mail

The probe into the e-mail sent by banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen minutes after the Varanas...

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Suspected Varanasi blast accused held in Mumbai

Suhaib Nadim Siddique, a resident of Thane district, was detained when he was about to board a plane...

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Varanasi: Parents of abandoned girl sent to jail

The parents of a year-old girl, found abandoned on Shitla ghat in Varanasi after December 7 blast, h...

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31 terrorists on the loose, special team to hunt them

Govt prepared a complete set of the 31 absconding terrorists & circulated it to all states and UTs.

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Varanasi blast: Abandoned girl’s ‘father’ detained

A man, who is suspected to be the father of a year-old girl found abandoned at the Varanasi ghat aft...

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Child found after blast identified, parents being traced

The one-and-a-half-year-old girl, who was found at Shitla Ghat here after the blast on December 7, h...

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Police clueless on Varanasi blast

Forensic teams investigating the Varanasi attack don`t know what explosives were used.

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‘Secure your WiFi connection, terrorists may use it’

A Navi Mumbai disc jockey was baffled and shocked when police came to his house on Tuesday night a...

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Varanasi blast claims second victim

Police are still waiting for forensic reports on the nature of explosives used in Varanasi blast.

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Pak Army explosive in Varanasi blast?

An element called C4 may have been used in the Varanasi explosive. It is mostly used by Pak Army.

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Security stepped up at IIT-K after Varanasi blast

Security agencies have stepped up vigil at IIT Kanpur and other prominent places in the city follow...

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No breakthrough in Varanasi blast: Police

Even two days after the blast at Dashashwamedh ghat in Varanasi, UP police is still groping in dark.

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Three crude bombs recovered in Allahabad

Panic gripped a residential area of Uttar Pradesh`s major city Allahabad on Thursday after three liv...

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Red Corner Notice against Varanasi blast accused

Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against Dr Mohammad Shahnawaz – a main suspect in the Varana...

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CCS meeting discusses Varanasi blast, security scene

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met on Wednesday and is understood to have discussed about...

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Germany, France condemn Varanasi blast

Germany and France on Wednesday condemned the bomb blast in Varanasi and expressed their condolence...

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UP govt less enthusiastic in cooperating with Centre?

The Uttar Pradesh government is showing less enthusiasm in cooperating with the Centre in conducti...

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‘UP ignored warnings; blasts were expected on Dec 6’

Sources in Home Ministry have revealed the state government was given specific inputs but it did not...

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A day after Varanasi blast, Hindus & Muslims show united face

Hindus and Muslims here on Wednesday condemned the Varanasi blast and termed it as a conspiracy to ...

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UP ATS to investigate Varanasi blast

The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday transferred investigation of Varanasi blast to the Anti-Te...

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Varanasi blast: Govt sends remains of explosives to forensic lab

The Government has sent the remains of explosives found from the site of blast in Varanasi to a fo...

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‘Bhatkal brothers orchestrated Varanasi blast from Pak’

Said to be behind atleast 10 blast cases, the Bhatkals had formed the Indian Mujahideen after SIMI w...

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Centre vs Mayawati govt on Varanasi blast

UP govt says Centre is setting bad precedent by playing politics over an issue of national security.

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Deal firmly with terrorists, says CPI-M

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday asked the government to deal firmly with terr...

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Varanasi: IM mail sent from hacked WiFi connection

The Indian Mujahideen module, which sent the terror mail claiming responsibility for the Varanasi ...

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