The number of CNG-powered boats in Varanasi will rise to 2000, oil minister Hardeep Puri said, without giving a timeline. Boats driven by C...

Today, Varanasi boasts of a world-class cancer hospital, the redone airport looks spiffy, and there is a new four-lane highway leading into...

For Akhilesh, who is contesting from Azamgarh, it's a maiden foray into the region, which accounts for 35 Lok Sabha seats.

PM is giving three days to the city that elected him and there is even a night halt planned. He is leaving no stone upturned to win his hom...

Congress leaders said that the roadshow, unofficially dubbed as “Dard e Banaras” by Team Prashant Kishor, would highlight the plight of its...

The city has assured strategic partnerships with numerous companies like Uber, Philips and Ericsson to deliver its vision of a “confluence ...

Launching 11 solar-powered "e-boats" at the Assi Ghat, Modi said it would empower the poor, which was not the case during previous Congress...

Tight security arrangements will be made for the visit by the administration which is already on an alert after a hand grenade was seized a...

The Tourism Ministry launched four initiatives, including training programmes to bring up 'prayatak mitra' and 'tourist facilitators in Nor...

The protests were against police action on demonstrators demanding withdrawal of the SP government's ban on immersion of Ganesha idols in G...

Curfew imposed in four police station areas of Varanasi following outbreak of violence yesterday was lifted at around 9 PM last night.

The government is in the advanced stages of preparing the final draft of a law, which will incorporate criminal provisions, in its bid to a...

The unearthing of over 80 human bodies in the Ganga in Unnao may have the country mystified, but a research report on year-on-year disposal...

"Heere are certaine pleasure boats used by Great Men, which (because of their strange Shape) I will — describe in few words, as also by fig...

Close to 1.5 lakh of Varanasi's boatmen, fishermen and Binds have decided to exercise 'None of the Above (NOTA)' option during the high sta...

Aam Aadmi Party will take up the cause of River-Weaver-Sewer and work to make Varanasi an all "religion spiritual city" in its electoral fi...

The pleasing incense filling the atmosphere during aarati and other rituals has been overcome by the strong odour of garbage. This is the s...