Local Varanasi News and Events

The police conducted a raid at a unit for making illicit liquor in Bilariyaganj area in Azamgarh on Tuesday.

The body of a management student was found lying by the side of a pond in Rohania area on Tuesday morning.

While the locals are preparing for the celebration of Navratra festival starting from Wednesday, the city continues to reel under pathetic civic conditions.

The 15-day long 'Pitr Paksha' ended on Tuesday with the residents performing the ritual of 'Pitr Visarjan' at the city ghats like Pishach Mochan, Asi Ghat and Dasaswamedh Ghat.

The 15-day long 'Pitr Paksha' ended on Tuesday with the residents performing the ritual of 'Pitr Visarjan' at the city ghats like Pishach Mochan, Asi Ghat and Dasaswamedh Ghat.

A group of aspirants of teachers' eligibility test (TET) went on a rampage forcing the officials of Beltar branch of Punjab National Bank, Katra Kotwali in Mirzapur district, to distribute the exam forms on Tuesday itself, considering the holiday on accou…

The PVVNL set up a control room at its Sigra office on Tuesday to ensure uninterrupted power supply during Navaratra.

Chief secretary Anoop Mishra visited Sonbhadra, Jaunpur and Varanasi to review the loss due to rain on September 24-25. On Tuesday, he held a meeting to review flood-relief work in the region.

The stretch of 50 kilometres between Naubatpur and Varanasi on National Highway-II has allegedly become an ideal 'hunting ground' for RTO officials, police and goons who extort money from truck drivers passing through the stretch.

Large-scale tax evasion was allegedly revealed during raids conducted at various properties owned by a sari firm, on Tuesday.