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Uttar Pradesh: Eight booked under BNS after CM Yogi flags fake AI-generated ‘bulldozer action’ visuals at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi

Shriti Sagar -
A controversy erupted in Varanasi after rumours began circulating on social media claiming that bulldozer action was being carried out at Manikarnika Ghat, one...
Opinions

From Akhilesh Yadav wanting terrorists who attacked Sankat Mochan Temple released from prison to Yogi Adityanath protecting innocent Hindus: The change in Uttar Pradesh

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
Akhilesh Yadav wanted Waliullah and 18 other Muslim terrorists released, but Yogi Adityanath wants innocent Hindus, implicated in the Dadri lynching case to get justice
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PM Modi hails 19-year-old vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe for completing rare 2000-mantra ‘Dandakrama Parayanam’

OpIndia Staff -
Performed in Varanasi after two centuries, Devvrat Rekhe’s rigorous 2000-mantra Dandakrama Parayanam earned national recognition, with PM Modi and Nirmala Sitharaman lauding the young vedamurti for his discipline, purity of recitation and extraordinary Vedic dedication.
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Kashi-Tamil Sangamam reborn: How the Modi government is revitalising ancient civilisational ties to strengthen national unity

Shraddha Pandey -
The fourth edition of Kashi-Tamil Sangamam is set to commence on 2nd December 2025, in Varanasi at the Namo Ghat and BHU. The event will run for around two weeks and conclude on 15th December.
Crime

Love Jihad in Varanasi: Naseem poses as Ajay to trap a Hindu girl, rapes and forces her to convert; arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The victim went missing on the 29th of August, after which her mother filed a complaint. The girl was later found to be pregnant.
News Reports

Varanasi court sentences convict Mohammad Irshad to death for rape and murder of 8-year-old-girl, justice delivered in 11 months

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Irshad had waited for the girl to return with the items she had purchased. Later, he forcibly took her to a secluded spot and committed the act of rape.
Crime

Varanasi: Court denies bail pleas of 4 Muslims accused of kidnapping and forced religious conversion of a minor Hindu girl

OpIndia Staff -
A minor Hindu girl was kidnapped, converted to Islam and forcefully married to a Muslim in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Culture and History

“I want to stay in Kashi”: When Goddess Durga refused to leave Varanasi 260 years ago — Read about the ancient tradition wherein the...

सौम्या सिंह -
While Indians living in countries like the US, Canada, and Europe often import fibreglass idols of Goddess Durga, not meant to be immersed, the idol in Kashi is not immersed because of the Goddess's command.
News Reports

Varanasi: Five accused including a Maulvi arrested in the case of kidnapping and religious conversion of a minor Hindu girl

OpIndia Staff -
The minor Hindu girl was kidnapped three months ago. She was converted to Islam in a mosque and was married to a Muslim boy for ₹600.
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Nihal abducts minor Hindu girl, converts victim to Islam and marries her off to Maulvi, abuses victim’s father as ‘kafir’ and attempts...

OpIndia Staff -
Accused Nihal told the victim's father that his daughter had been converted to Islam and was married to a Maulvi. He referred to the victim's father as 'Kafir' and said that he will send him to 'Jahannum' (hell).
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