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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated 12th Vande Bharat Express train to the nation. The inauguration ceremony was held in Telangana's Secunderabad where he flagged off the semi-high speed train which will operate between Tiurpati and Secunderabad. Vande Bharat Express train is the fastest train in India, with ...

The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tourism Ministers’ meeting began on Friday in Varanasi with a likely joint action plan on the development of cooperation in tourism to be adopted during the gathering.The plan will include promotion of the cultural heritage of the SCO member states, promotion of the ...

On March 7, 2006, Varanasi, one of the oldest and holiest cities in India, was struck by a series of bomb blasts. The blasts occurred in the famous Sankat Mochan temple and the Varanasi Cantonment railway station, killing at least 28 people and injuring over a hundred more. Today, ...

On the banks of the river Ganga, at the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi, priests hold brightly lit lamps under glittering parasols. Yuvraj Elumalaivasan has grabbed a front-row seat on the deck of a boat to watch the famous Ganga aarti, but scores of dinghies laden with devotees obstruct his ...

Varanasi will host the G-20 development ministers’ meeting, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced here on Saturday. The minister, who was here to participate in the ongoing month-long “Kashi Tamal Sangamam”, interacted with students at the Banaras Hindu University. “Kashi is one of the important venues for the G-20 ...

India oi-Madhuri Adnal | Published: Friday, September 16, 2022, 23:53 New Delhi, Sep 16: The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Friday endorsed the holy city of Varanasi as the first ever tourist and cultural capital of the grouping for the year 2022-23. Foreign Secretary Vinay ...

UP CM Yogi Adityanath's helicopter had to make an emergency landing. (Screenshot/Twitter) VARANASI (UP), June 26:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing here after it hit a bird on Sunday, officials said.A bird hit the CM’s helicopter after it took off from police ...

GHAZIABAD: A Ghaziabad court on Monday sentenced Waliullah, the lone accused to stand trial in the 2006 Varanasi blasts, to be hanged to death. On Saturday, the district and sessions court had held him guilty of murder, attempt to murder and charges under various sections of the Explosive Substances ...

GHAZIABAD: A Ghaziabad court on Monday sentenced Waliullah, the lone accused to stand trial in the 2006 Varanasi blasts, to be hanged to death. On Saturday, the district and sessions court had held him guilty of murder, attempt to murder and charges under various sections of the Explosive Substances ...

GHAZIABAD: Ghaziabad district and sessions court on Monday sentenced the main accused Waliullah to death and also life imprisonment in connection with the 2006 Varanasi serial blasts under sections of murder, attempt to murder and the Explosives Act. The convict Waliullah,55, was held guilty on Saturday, and the quantum ...