The Latest Breaking News from Varanasi

Two trains to cover Agra, Mathura Mata Vaishnodevi, Varanasi, Prayag Sangam, Gaya

In a dim room near the banks of India's Ganges river, arms glide over a creaking loom as another silken fiber is guided into place with the rhythmic clack of a wooden beam. Mohammad Sirajuddin's cramped studio is typical of Varanasi's dwindling community of artisans painstakingly working by hand to…

Varanasi (India) (AFP) - In a dim room near the banks of India's Ganges river, arms glide over a creaking loom as another silken fibre is guided into place with the rhythmic clack of a wooden beam.

HC fixes April 4 for next hearing

MEA says the visit will provide opportunity to the two sides to review wide-ranging partnership and to progress it further

Live updates on results of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, which was held in seven phases.

EC deputes senior officers to oversee counting in Uttar Pradesh

The Samajwadi Party chief also alleged that officials are directed to slow down the counting of votes

With the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election coming to an end, listen to this conversation with students from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith in Varanasi as they discuss their major issues, the party they like, and the leaders they admire. They also talk about Yogi Adityanath’s communal politics…

A total of 613 candidates are in the fray on various seats, including those falling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Parliamentary segment Varanasi

With polling in Uttar Pradesh underway for the last and seventh phase of Assembly polls on Monday, the direct fight is between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) for dominance in Varanasi and Azamgarh. Full report