Tag: Varanasi

VIP ‘darshan’ norms get stricter at Kashi Vishwanath Dham

All department heads have been asked to inform their guests that now, any person seeking VIP treatment to get darshan through protocol will have to pay Rs 300 per visitor.

January 7, 2024

Keep Gyanvapi survey report sealed for 4 more weeks: ASI to Varanasi court

Four women plaintiffs through their advocate requested that the survey report be opened and a copy be given to them.

January 4, 2024

Ganga water in Varanasi contaminated with heavy metals, says study

The study, titled ‘Ecological and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Bioaccumulation in Ganga fish near Varanasi’, was published online in the Springer Nature on December 26.

December 31, 2023

PM Modi inaugurates Swarved Mahamandir in Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was also present during the occasion.

December 18, 2023

PM Modi to inaugurate Swarveda temple in Varanasi on Dec 18

The ceremony will be held amid Yajna in 25,000 ‘kunds’ to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Vihangam Yog Sansthan (VYS).

December 15, 2023

PM Modi to visit Varanasi on Dec 17-18

On the first day of his visit, PM Modi is likely to visit the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra Exhibition proposed to be organised on the Cutting Memorial Inter College ground.

December 8, 2023