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New Vande Bharat train launched for Varanasi: Don’t miss these experiences in the ancient city

September 03, 2025 11:30 am

The new train will take travellers from Meerut to Varanasi in 11 hours and 50 minutes.

Shortlist for Banaras Literature Fest book awards 2025 announced: Check list here

February 09, 2025 2:59 pm

Perumal Murugan's 'Fire Bird', Jeet Thayil's 'I'll Have It Here' and Damodar Mauzo's 'Boy, Unloved' have made it to the list.

Why celebrating Diwali in Banaras is an experience of the city itself

October 24, 2022 7:17 am

For centuries, Varanasi and the festival of lights have been uniquely bound by tradition, ganga-jamuni tehzeeb, and the famed Purabiya lilt that wafts in its sacred and secular identity

Banaras Locomotive Works seeks to expand earnings through exports

December 31, 2021 6:33 am

🔴 In 2021, it had completed an order of six 3,000 HP Cape Gauge locomotives to Mozambique.

Tea, talk, tally and temple

August 29, 2021 4:35 pm

Below the Ganga waters, there are undercurrents, a desire for ‘naya chehra’, discontent over prices, bitterness over Covid, disquiet over religious rift. However, will it matter in 2022? One can’t say with Banaras.

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Book explores various facets of Banaras

August 25, 2021 4:19 pm

The famous food items of the place: thandai, paan, malai toast, and more, also find place in the book

When Bollywood met Banaras

October 29, 2019 11:24 pm

Mohit Takalkar on his play, Mosambi Narangi, tickling the funny bone and the art of doing nothing in Varanasi.

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Varanasi: This weekend, head to the City of Ghats

September 20, 2019 11:15 am

Situated on the banks of River Ganga, Varanasi is around 3,000 years old — and one of the holiest of the seven sacred cities, per Hindu beliefs.

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Gained in Translation: Enchantment called Banaras

February 24, 2019 4:13 am

In the shopping mall of intellectual life, displacement and variety carry great value, and stability — a firm foundation — isn’t worth the soil it’s built on.

In God’s path

December 23, 2018 4:51 am

Varanasi old city is seeing its first big infra project, a corridor from the Ganga to Kashi Vishwanath temple. Watching with trepidation are families losing ancestral homes, residents losing a way of life.

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Pandit Rajan Mishra: A pictorial tribute to the classical singer from Rajan Sajan Mishra duo

April 27, 2021 1:04 pm

Belonging to Banaras Gharana, Pandit Rajan Mishra along with his brother Pandit Sajan Mishra, has wowed people with their khyaal style of Indian classical music. Here are some pictures of the renowned musician

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From thandai to baati chokha: Popular street foods of Varanasi you must try

April 25, 2019 2:05 pm

Food is a important part of Varanasi's culture, and if you are visiting the holy city you are in for a gastronomic treat. Here are some of the best street foods that you can try out.