More than 51,000 diyas were lighted on Friday on Dev Deepawali at a Varanasi ghat to form 'Batoge to Katoge' -- a slogan given recently by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a call......
The rising water levels in Ganga and Varuna rivers have caused a fresh bout of floods in Varanasi, inundating low-lying areas along their banks and disrupting daily life. IMAGE: Namo ghat in......
The rising water level of Ganga and Varuna rivers has submerged parts of Varanasi including its famous ghats, forcing the cremation of bodies brought to the Harishchandra and Manikarnika ghats in......
Posters asking non-Hindus to stay away from the ghats of the Ganga and the temples along the river came up in Varanasi, prompting the police to launch a probe. Image used for representational......
Once a quiet riverside ritual, Dev Deepawali has evolved into UP's largest soft-power spectacle -- merging faith, art, enterprise into a global cultural brand that reflects state's growing......
... resulting in a Rs 2 trillion economic spinoff. IMAGE: A sadhu blows a conch as he prays on the day devotees take a holy dip -- the shahi snan -- at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga,......
Image: Mukesh Ambani with Wife Nita Ambani. Photograph: Sandeep Pal Industrialist Mukesh Ambani celebrated wife Nita Ambani’s 50th birthday with much fanfare in Varanasi on Saturday. It......
Bhagwat Chapter One: Raakshas: An average watch instead of compelling nightmare, notes Mayur Sanap. Early in Bhagwat Chapter One: Raakshas, we see the meet-cute of a young couple on the quaint......
Retro is probably Surya's worst film till date, declares A Ganesh Nadar. Let's start off by saying that Retro -- short for 'Retrogarde' -- makes absolutely no sense. After playing powerful roles......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Dharma Productions/Instagram Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao are going all out to promote their new film, Mr And Mrs Mahi. They performed Ganga aarti at the Dashashwamedh......
'I always think I'm going to do maybe two films a year. But then I get these really good scripts and I get greedy.' IMAGE: Wamiqa Gabi and Rajkummar Rao in Bhool Chuk Maaf. Rajkummar Rao gives us......
Ranveer Singh, Kriti Sanon and Manish Malhotra visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi to offer prayers over the weekend. Dressed in traditional attire, they visited the Dashashwamedh ghat......
IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of a new cricket stadium in Varanasi. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday lay the......
IMAGE: An Olympic bronze and Asian Games gold already in his kitty, Lalit Upadhyay is now focussed on changing the colour of the medal at the Paris Olympic Games, starting July 26. Photographs:......