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'Shamshan no place for festivities': Kashi Vidvat Parishad opposes 'Masane Ki Holi' in VaranasiA council of Sanskrit scholars, the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, has raised objections to the 'Masane Ki Holi' tradition in Varanasi. They claim ...
Rising Ganga floods in Varanasi ghats: 'Aarti', cremations being held on rooftopsIn Varanasi, rising Ganga river levels have disrupted normal activities, including the 'aarti' ritual and cremations, prompting authorities...
Floods in 13 UP districts; Ganga flows above danger mark in Varanasi, PrayagrajUttar Pradesh is grappling with severe floods. Thirteen districts are affected due to incessant rainfall. Major rivers like Ganga and Yamun...
Cremation, Ganga aarti spots shifted in Varanasi as swollen Ganga river inundates lower stepsRecent heavy rains in the area have caused a rise in the Ganga water level, leading to the suspension of cremations on the lower steps of M...
Disturbing twist in Bengaluru CEO's son murder case: Police find empty cough syrup bottles in roomThe Goa police have found two empty bottles of a cough syrup in a room where the CEO of a start-up allegedly killed her four-year-old son, ...
Suchana Seth case: CEO turned murderer's startup did not have a proper office in BengaluruThe Bengaluru-based entrepreneur is currently in the custody of Goa police for murdering her four-year-old son.
1 dead, nearly 2.4 lakh people in UP's 22 districts affected by floodsThe rising water level of the Ganga and Varuna rivers has submerged parts of Varanasi including its famous ghats, forcing the cremation of ...
Ghats go under water in Varanasi, cremations take place on streets, terracesArea from the Assi Ghat to the Namo Ghat are completely submerged, forcing bodies coming for last rites at Harishchandra Ghat and Manikarni...
UP elections 2017: Dom Raja praises both PM Modi and Akhilesh YadavThere are around 30 main doms and after them come the 500-odd doms, who form the second rung of hierarchy.
MP Narendra Modi and his constituency: Kashi's better, but not fully fitInspired by Swachh Bharat call, Temsutula Imsong, an NGO-worker from Nagaland, started Mission Prabhu Ghat for a facelift of what she calls...
PM Modi sends Gujarat team to co-ordinate ghat facelift in VaranasiParty insiders maintain that CR Patil has been involved in the project in Varanasi as per directives from the PM.
- Varanasi too has its share of bodies floating in Ganga
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...