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Ministry of Railways completes export of 10 ‘Made In India’ 3300-HP locomotives, manufactured in Varanasi, to Mozambique

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2026

Under the Make In India, Make For the World initiative, the Ministry of Railways has exported 10 diesel locomotives manufactured at the Banaras Locomotive...

Crime

Varanasi Sessions Court denies bail to 14 Muslims accused in ‘Iftar on Ganga’ case, says posting video on social media shows intention to disrupt...

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2026

A sessions court in Varanasi on Wednesday rejected bail applications from all 14 accused in the controversial “Ganga Iftar” case, observing that the alleged...

Opinions

Amidst outrage over Muslims doing Iftar and throwing bones in Ganga, TheWire attempts to secularise the sacred river for the old objective of shielding...

Shraddha Pandey - 20 March, 2026

In an opinion piece titled, "Who Owns the Ganga? A River of Many Faiths, Not One", a Delhi-based writer, translator and researcher, Rakhshanda Jalil, offers family memories, Urdu poetry, and a dash of melodrama to establish a narrative that Ganga is a ‘secular’ river not owned only by Hindus.

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

Shriti Sagar - 18 January, 2026

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 - 17 December, 2025

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

PM Modi hails 19-year-old vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe for completing rare 2000-mantra ‘Dandakrama Parayanam’

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2025

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.

News Reports

Kashi-Tamil Sangamam reborn: How the Modi government is revitalising ancient civilisational ties to strengthen national unity

Shraddha Pandey - 1 December, 2025

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 - 26 November, 2025

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 - 19 November, 2025

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