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Pt Ravi Shankar's ashes to be taken to Varanasi

The ashes of noted sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar, the who passed away last week, will be taken to Varanasi for the final rites, Lakshmi Shankar, the musician's sister-in-law, toldrediff.comat a......

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Expectant parents flooded maternity homes in Varanasi, inundating doctors with requests to deliver their babies on 12/12/12, the once-in-a-century date, which is also being hailed as a very......

Must watch: The spectacular Ganga aarti in Varanasi!

Video: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com If you happen to be in Varanasi, one experience that you shouldn't miss is the spectacular Ganga aarti on the Dashaswamedh ghat. The beautiful ritual......

Assam police team in Varanasi to take custody of Kalita

A special team of Assam police has left for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to take over the custody of Amar Jyoti Kalita, the prime accused in the July 9 molestation case in the city, and bring him back......

The martyr who remained free even in death

In the autumn of 1921, Chandra Shekhar Tiwari was a student of Sanskrit at the prestigious Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi. A fervent call by Mahatma Gandhi, urging his countrymen to join......

Airlines tap Kumbh demand

By increasing the number of flights to Varanasi, airlines are trying to cash on travel demand for Mahakumbh.SpiceJet will add three flights this month to fly seven daily services between Delhi and......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

Varanasi carpet industry hopes for Budget sops

Carpet traders and weavers in Uttar Pradesh are hoping that the forthcoming annual Budget will offer them some sops.Traders and weavers in the state's Bhadohi district, which is famous for hand......

Coke, Pepsi banned in north Indian university

Its goodbye to Coke and Pepsi at the Banaras Hindu University campus in Varanasi. The university has banned these drinks on its campus from August 1, 2007. The BHU administration took the decision......

Indian skips Agra on way to Varanasi

At a time when foreign airlines are eyeing Agra as a possible destination for international charter trips, Indian Airlines has taken the unprecedented step of shortening the......

Varanasi protests against Gere for kissing Shilpa

A day after Hollywood actor Richard Gere kissedShilpa Shetty at an AIDS awareness programme in Delhi, protests were witnessed in Varanasi, as Shilpa's fans burnt effigies of Gere.Members of the......

Shooting Water

Devyani Saltzman's account of the protests in Varanasi against the shooting of Water starts on the day eight-year-old actress Urvi Gokani is getting ready to play a young widow called Chuyia. She......

Brad Pitt plans to shoot in Varanasi

ImagineBrad Pitt chewing a Banarasi paan, relishing a frothing lassi on the majestic Ganga ghats in Varanasi. Well, this may actually happen.The 43-year old actor has serious plans of shooting a......

Ash-Abhishek puja has Varanasi agog

What were Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai up to in Varanasi? The Dhoom: 2 pair performed a series of pujas at the holy city's famous Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Sankat Mochan temple during......

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Q. Will Modi win in Allahbad, Varanasi or lucknow if he contests from these places ?
Ghost Singh: A. more

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Q. Which city is called The City Of Temples?
Pravin: A. TEENO HI JAGAH SE more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-city-is-called-the-city-of-temples/25764881/answers/25798507

Q. Longest National Highway in India starts from which city ??
Amarjit Kumar: A. varanasi more

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Q. where Bharat Mata Temple is situated?
Flying Saucer: A. NH 7 travelling from Kanyakumari in south India to Varanasi in UP, via Nagpur more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/where-bharat-mata-temple-is-situated/25646462/answers/25708184

Web results for Varanasi

A mosaic fascism

At the suggestion of Subhashini Ali I recently visited Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh to speak along with her at a public seminar. As we drove from... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130620/jsp/opinion/story_17020656.jsp

Last-minute scramble on campus

Three weeks of constant jostling of students at admission centres in Delhi University has finally come to an end. Thousands thronged the north... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/339782/last-minute-scramble-campus.html

4 accused in NRHM scam granted interim bail bu CBI court

Ghaziabad, Jun 19 (PTI) A CBI court today granted interim bail till June 27 to four accused medical officers in the NRHM scam who surrendered... ...

http://www.ptinews.com/news/3735459_4-accused-in-NRHM-scam-granted-interim-bail-bu-CBI-court

Degree in hand, a generation of engineers looks for alternatives

The IT industry cannot employ all the engineers that India's colleges are churning out Anirban Sen | Pankaj Mishra Follow India trains... ...

http://www.livemint.com/Industry/HCWB4sLvFBxfIFyNBYtqOP/Degree-in-hand-a-generation-of-engineers-looks-for-alternat.html

My dad is my real life hero, says Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor talks about her love for Varanasi and why she would want to come back to the city again It seems like actor Sonam Kapoor is in love.... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/My-dad-is-my-real-life-hero-says-Sonam-Kapoor/articleshow/20663555.cms

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