Why Maha temples want to implement dress code for devotees

Temples across Maharashtra are gradually adopting dress codes for visitors, as trusts managing these places of worship have issued guidelines urging devotees to wear modest, traditional clothing.......

Cancel your trip: Varanasi to tourists amid Covid surge

Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, facing rising Covid cases and an infrastructure that is struggling to cope, has urged tourists to stay out of the temple city in April. The temple city has seen a steep......

VHP demands ban on entry of non-Hindus to Kashi

Dubbing the explosion in Varanasi as "a heinous act of Jehadi terrorism", Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday demanded the holy city of Kashi be accorded the status of a "protected heritage site" and......

Varanasi SSP transferred four days after blasts

Four days after the twin blasts in Varanasi, District Police Chief Navneet Sikera was transferred and replaced by G K Goswami, Senior Superintendent of Police, Moradabad,official sources said on......