Ganga, Varuna inundate Varanasi; ghats submerged, cremations on streets

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......

UP: 13 killed as bus plunges into river

Thirteen people were killed on Saturday and eight others injured when a bus fell into a river near Kalikadham village near Varanasi, said the police. The bus carrying 21 passengers plunged into......

My govt approved Kashi Vishwanath project: Akhilesh ahead of inauguration

A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi, former chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed the project was......

River Ganga: Holy for most, septic almost

Despite hundreds of crores of rupees being spent to clean the Ganga, the lifeline of north India, pollution levels in the river have reached septic levels at certain points with dissolved oxygen......