PM Modi would have got tough fight from Priyanka Gandhi in Varanasi, feel Congress workersVaranasi's political landscape heats up as Congress workers suggest a potential challenge for PM Modi if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contested. W...
31 May, 2024, 11.48 AM IST
Varanasi power department officers told to feed orphans for inflating electricity bill to Rs 2.24 lakhThe power department officers tendered an apology to the commission for generating a wrong electricity bill of Rs 2.24 lakh and said they h...
22 Feb, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
UP Assembly: Finance Minister Suresh Khanna tables Rs 8,479 cr supplementary budgetThe Uttar Pradesh government tabled a Rs 8,479-crore supplementary budget during the Winter session of the State Legislative Assembly, mont...
16 Dec, 2021, 02.10 PM IST
Power subsidy removal major talking point among weavers in VaranasiThe power subsidy was introduced by the Mulayam Singh Yadav government in 2006. Weavers pay less than ₹150 per month for looms that consume...
06 Nov, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh government withdraws privatisation plan for electricity distribution companiesAs per the agreement signed after the meeting held by state power minister Shrikant Sharma and its finance minister Suresh Khanna, Uttar Pr...
06 Oct, 2020, 08.30 PM IST
PM’s Varanasi to get Deendayal Upadhyaya’s tallest statueThis is part of a plan to install Upadhyaya’s statues in nearly every district in his home state
25 May, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
Mahamana Express: Know what's special about the train PM Modi flagged off todayThe Vadodara-Varanasi Weekly Superfast Mahamana Express train (No 20903) will depart from Vadodara every Wednesday at 7.40 pm and will reac...
22 Sep, 2017, 05.12 PM IST
- India woos Sri Lanka, seeks to check China with Colombo-Kashi flight
Not only will the flight make the journey from PM Modi’s constituency to the Sri Lankan capital cheaper by about 40%, it will also reduce t...
08 Sep, 2017, 12.28 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath sets 3-month deadline for development works in VaranasiThe chief minister asked the officials to take necessary steps for giving a facelift to the area around the renowned Kashi Vishwanath templ...
04 Apr, 2017, 08.56 PM IST
Never asked PM to touch electric wire: Akhilesh Yadav"I had not asked the Prime Minister to touch the wire ..I had asked the Baba (Yogi Adityanath) but since there had been no breaking news, i...
03 Mar, 2017, 11.26 PM IST
UP Elections 2017: How BJP is striving hard to make Banaras role model for growthThe target is to spread the 'Varanasi Model' of development that can overlay the complex caste equations that fascinate the political tapes...
02 Sep, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
Lal Bahadur Shastri's ancestral home to be made a museumThe culture ministry, which is preparing the proposal, has already discussed it with the office of PM Modi, who represents Varanasi in Lok ...
20 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
PM distressed by death of labourer, compensation announcedPM Narendra Modi was distressed by the death of a labourer in a mishap at the venue of his rally and his family would be given a compensati...
16 Jul, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
Solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 lands in VaranasiTaking off at 7.18 a.m. from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in bright sunshine, the Si2 covered the 1,128 km fl...
18 Mar, 2015, 10.33 PM IST
Solar Impulse takes off from Ahmedabad, expected to land at Varanasi at 9 pmOn its journey to Varanasi, the pilot Andre Borschberg will fly the zero-fuel airplane on about 1071km for an estimated time of 15 hours.
18 Mar, 2015, 09.25 AM IST
UK team meets Uma Bharati over Clean Ganga MissionA team of experts from the United Kingdom called on Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati and discussed about the Clean Ganga Mission.
07 Mar, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
Development projects to curb Naxal menace: Akhilesh YadavDevelopment projects will be introduced in Naxal-affected areas of UP to curb the menace and help in the state's progress, Yadav said.
29 May, 2013, 03.24 PM IST