As per the government data, in the first quarter of 2024, Kashi was visited by 2.56 crore people. This translates into an increase of around 8.89 crore domestic tourists in Q1 2025.
Located about 100 metres away from the Kashi Vishwanath temple, the Dalmandi market area faces the problem of overcrowding and frequent traffic jams because of the narrow size of the road passing through it.
In a major development in the Varanasi gangrape case, Police Commissioner Mohit Agarwal has said that there will be no further arrests in the case until the probe is completed by a SIT
Gupta had a gang of 15 men who used to trap innocent girls, sedate them with drugs, sexually exploit them and record their videos to further blackmail them so that the gang members and their customers could keep exploiting them.
The local administration stated that the accused shopkeepers had been issued notices to stop seeking non-vegetarian food in the 2 km radius of Kashi Vishwanath temple. The action was taken as the shopkeepers flouted the rules