Varanasi

Elderly woman shot at in Varanasi

9:37 pm September 8, 2019

Varanasi (UP): A 70-year-old woman was shot at by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district on Sunday, police said. Narangi Devi was sitting in her shop at Khajuhi village of Sarnath area when the incident occurred around 6 am, the police said. Devi suffered three bullet injuries and she was rushed to a […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

BJP to add 7 cr new members: Nadda

7:07 pm August 29, 2019

New Delhi: The ruling BJP’s membership is set to increase by seven crore, taking the total number of members to 18 crore, the working president of the party, JP Nadda, said on Thursday. Sharing the details of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “successful” membership drive, he said the process of collecting the data of the […]

Air India to launch direct Khajuraho-New Delhi flight

6:55 pm August 9, 2019

Bhopal: Disinvestment-bound national carrier Air India plans to connect directly international tourist destination Khajuraho with a daily flight from New Delhi, starting October. At present, the airline operates services to the temple town in Madhya Pradesh via Varanasi and Agra three times a week. “We will be rescheduling the existing Khajuraho flight from October 27 […]

Woman shot dead at Varanasi hotel

5:42 pm July 22, 2019

Varanasi: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead at a hotel room here on Monday morning, police said. The incident took place at Ashoka Hotel in the Singra locality, they said. The victim was identified as Luvleen Singh, aka Shweta, and was a student of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth University, they said. Police said she […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

Critics of USD 5-trillion economy goal professional pessimists, India poised to race ahead: PM

9:53 pm July 6, 2019

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dismissed as “professional pessimists” the critics of the Centre’s target to achieve a USD 5-trillion economy within the next five years and asserted that the “new India” is on the threshold of sprinting forward. A day after the Union budget was presented by Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman, the prime […]