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Varanasi: Home Minister Amit Shah highlights importance of ‘Swabhasha’, asks guardians to speak to children in native tongue

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2021

Home Minister Amit Shah in Varanasi has highlighted the focus of the government on 'Swabhasha'.

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After over 100 years, stolen murti of Maa Annapurna returns to UP from Canada, to be installed at Kashi Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi: Details

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2021

A 18th century idol of Maa Annapurna stolen from Varanasi in 1913 was returned by Canada, will be installed at Kashi Vishwanath Mandir

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Chunavi Hindu: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra starts visiting temples ahead of UP elections

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2021

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has started “temple run” once again and the PR team of the Congress is ensuring their proper media coverage.

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Uttar Pradesh: 5 Hindu women seek right to worship Hindu Gods inside Gyanvapi mosque that used to be Kashi Vishwanath temple

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2021

The five Hindu women have filed a petition in court seeking orders to restore their worshipping rights in old Kashi Vishwanath temple that was converted to Gyanvapi Mosque.

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Rs 1 lakh crore allotted for modern agricultural infrastructure and improvement of mandis: Key takeaways from PM Modi’s speech in Varanasi

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2021

The Rs 1-lakh-crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) launched by the Modi government will help in the up-gradation of mandis

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Uttar Pradesh: Gyanvapi mosque management committee seeks a stay on ASI survey, Sunni board supports them

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2021

The Gyanvapi mosque management committee had filed an urgent petition in Allahabad High Court seeking a stay on ASI survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex.

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Communists and left-liberals suffer meltdown after court orders ASI survey to prove that a temple, glaringly visible to naked eye, exists at Gyanvapi mosque

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2021

The Varanasi Court on Thursday ordered the ASI to carry out a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque structure to find out if it was built on a temple

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Stones pelted on Dalits by Muslims on Holi in Saraiya, Varanasi, eyewitness says women, too, indulged in violence

रवि अग्रहरि - 1 April, 2021

According to media reports, a case has been registered under section 147, 149, 323, 504, 336, 352 of the IPC and other relevant sections of the SC/ST Act. Two men, Azim and Aseem, have been arrested.

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