Varanasi's boatmen face livelihood crisis due to continuing ban on boating operationsThe boatmen community in Varanasi is struggling due to a prolonged ban on boating operations along the Ganga river. Despite receding water ...
26 Sep, 2024, 10.38 AM IST
Unveiling the Enigma: Chinese dish 'Suodui' challenges culinary norms with pebbles as the main ingredientWhile "Suodui" is not a commonly consumed dish in China, it has gained immense popularity on Chinese social media platforms such as XiaoHon...
25 Jun, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
Number of CNG-powered boats will rise to 2000 from 580 in Varanasi: Oil Minister Hardeep PuriThe number of CNG-powered boats in Varanasi will rise to 2000, oil minister Hardeep Puri said, without giving a timeline. Boats driven by C...
22 Jan, 2023, 08.10 PM IST
Newborn recovered from Ganga, Chief Minister Adityanath says government will take careChief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that the Uttar Pradesh government will take the full responsibility of the child and will ensu...
16 Jun, 2021, 02.25 PM IST
Prayagraj: Priyanka Gandhi extends support to boatmen "harassed" by local police“I am also a woman like you all. I understand what you are going through. If you have been beaten up here, then the administration and gove...
21 Feb, 2021, 09.20 PM IST
11 dead as boats capsize during Ganesh idol immersion in Madhya PradeshThe incident took place in Khatlapura on the banks of the Lower Lake, Deputy Inspector General of Police Irshad Wali said.
13 Sep, 2019, 02.15 PM IST
Parties bank on Uttar Pradesh's boatmen community ahead of final two phases of Lok Sabha pollsThe boatmen community is spread evenly across the state and constitutes nearly 13 per cent of the electorate.
10 May, 2019, 01.24 PM IST
BJP wooing UP boatmen to sail through Lok Sabha pollsAccording to party leaders, the boatmen community is spread evenly across the state and constitutes nearly 13 per cent of the electorate.
01 Mar, 2019, 01.46 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi takes holy dip at Sangam, hails sanitation workers as 'real karm yogis'The prime minister described himself as their, the boatmen's, pradhan sevak (principal servant).
24 Feb, 2019, 09.02 PM IST
25 per cent funds meant for disaster mitigation in Jammu and Kashmir diverted to ineligible works: CAGThe revelations were made by the CAG in its report on performance audit of disaster management in Jammu and Kashmir for the year ending Mar...
08 Aug, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
Country's longest bridge over the Brahmaputra in Assam has rendered 150 boatmen joblessChief minister Sarbananda Sonowal told TOI that he was initiating some kind of rehabilitation for the boatmen and other people involved in ...
27 May, 2017, 10.56 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi to launch solar powered boats at Assi ghat in VaranasiTight security arrangements will be made for the visit by the administration which is already on an alert after a hand grenade was seized a...
28 Apr, 2016, 04.57 PM IST
Bihar polls: BJP plays 'Bandit Queen' Phoolan Devi card to lure MallahsThe legacy of Phoolan Devi has been invoked by Mukesh Sahni to seek support of the Mallah (boatmen) community for the BJP-led alliance in t...
28 Oct, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
Government working on including criminal provisions in law on River GangaThe government is in the advanced stages of preparing the final draft of a law, which will incorporate criminal provisions, in its bid to a...
18 May, 2015, 06.37 PM IST
A group of flood victims demand meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi"A group of flood victims from Boatmen colony in Bemina area of the city arrived at the Raj Bhawan gate seeking a meeting with the PM."
23 Oct, 2014, 04.28 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Kashi’s fishermen, boatmen to press NOTA in Varanasi pollsClose 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...
05 May, 2014, 11.04 AM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Aam Aadmi Party releases Varanasi manifestoAam 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...
01 May, 2014, 08.37 PM IST