Varanasi: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday released a Rs 250 commemorative coin to mark the 250th birth anniversary of legendary Carnatic composer Muthuswami Dikshitar at Swatantrata Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University.The event, titled “Amara Guruguha: A 250-Year Commemoration of Muthuswami Dikshitar”, was organised by the Centre of Excellence in Indian Knowledge Systems, IIT-BHU. The…
Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi Varanasi: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav made it clear that he will not contest the assembly elections, saying he would take oath as chief minister while remaining a Lok Sabha member if his party comes to power.“I become CM even when I didn’t contest elections. In the past, I took oath…
Varanasi: Ticket bookings for all Aartis, Sugam Darshan and Rudrabhishek at Kashi Vishwanath Temple will remain suspended from after the Madhyahna Bhog Aarti on Nov 9 until the evening Saptarishi Aarti on Nov 10 in view of traditional rituals and festival-related preparations.The arrangement has been made in view of the traditional rituals and festival-related preparations…
View of Kashi from ropeway’s Gondola Varanasi: Soon, Varanasi’s traffic-choked roads will no longer be the only way to navigate the city. As the country’s first public transport ropeway nears completion, commuters will be able to soar above the congestion, travelling from Cantt to Godowlia in just 16 minutes. With nearly 95% of the project…
Gangster Arrested in Encounter with Ghazipur Police Varanasi: Nandganj police arrested a rewarded gangster after an encounter near Dhampur Gharwa turning in the wee hours on Tuesday.Ghazipur ASP (city) Rakesh Kumar Mishra said that on being tipped off about the movement of criminals, a Nandganj police team reached Dhampur Gharwa turning and started checking vehicles.Around…
Bismillah Khan’s ancestral home to be rebuilt with museum space Varanasi: Soon, the dilapidated ancestral home of shehnai maestro and Bharat Ratna awardee late Bismillah Khan will be replaced with a new building that will include space for a museum housing his awards, shehnais, including the silver one used to play Asuo-ka-Najrana during Muharram, and…
Varanasi: A labourer was killed and two others were injured after the shuttering of an under-construction temple dome collapsed in Devkhari village near Bhanwarnath temple under the Kandharapur police station area of Azamgarh district on Monday.The accident occurred during the casting of the dome roof of a Khatu Shyam temple being built along the Azamgarh-Faizabad…
Varanasi: The fifth edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam will be held from Nov 28 to Dec 12 with a view towards further strengthening the centuries-old cultural and civilizational ties between Kashi and Tamil Nadu. The theme this year is ‘Tirukkural Payilvom – Let Us Learn Tirukkural’. Tirukkural is the timeless work of saint-poet Thiruvalluvar. Its…
Varanasi: Sindhora police and Special Operations Group-2 raided a house in Sindhora Bazaar late on Monday and seized over 500 kg of finished and semi-finished firecrackers, along with raw explosive materials.Sindhora police station in-charge Pankaj Kumar Pandey said on Tuesday that acting on a tip-off about illegal firecracker manufacturing and storage, a team raided the…
Varanasi: For a city where centuries-old lanes struggle to keep pace with the growing demands of modern mobility, the answer now lies above the roads. Kashi, one of the world’s oldest living cities, is preparing for a new chapter in urban transport with India’s first public transport ropeway — an aerial transit system that promises…
