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14 arrested for holding Iftar party on boat in Ganga after video goes viral

Screengrab of the video showing Muslim youth hosting iftar party on a boat in river Ganga

Updated 117 days ago

PM Modi to flag off four new Vande Bharat express trains on Nov 8: Check details

During his visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, PM Narendra Modi will flag off the new trains on November 8, 2025.

Published 249 days ago

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more

Published 308 days ago

Uorfi turns apsara in updated take on Sridevi, Juhi Chawla's on-screen aesthetic

Uorfi Javed's rustic take on the apsara aesthetic reminds of Sridevi, Juhi Chawla in their prime

Published 581 days ago

Review: The Many Lives of Syeda X by Neha Dixit

The kind of jobs that Syeda X does: Women making handmade sanitary napkins at a workshop in New Delhi. (S Burmula)

Updated 626 days ago

Sara Rai – “Exhibitionism has really taken over our society ”

Author Sara Rai (Sohail Akbar)

Published 672 days ago

Jayantimala says students in North India are more dedicated to classical dance

Jayantimala Mishra during the Kathak workshop at Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya

Updated 677 days ago

How to upcycle your mom's Banarasi sarees; 6 easy ideas to get you started

Check out easy ways to upcycle your mom's old Banarasi sarees.

Published 754 days ago

How the turbulent history of Banaras was shaped by syncretism and dynasties

"Benares, A Brahmin placing a garland on the holiest spot in the sacred city"

Published 771 days ago

Report: Banaras Literature Festival 2024

Journalist Santosh Singh in conversation with Vinay Kumar, author, Yakshini. (Banaras Literature Festival)

Published 796 days ago

A Banarsi landlord was exiled to St Helena 16 years before Napoleon's death

Shah Alam II, Mughal Emperor of India, reviewing the East India Company's troops, painted 1781. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume IV, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1894.

Published 842 days ago

Book Box | Letter from Banaras

Harmony BookStore, Banaras

Published 863 days ago

71st Miss World: India's Sini Shetty slays in ₹2.2 lakh red Banarsi silk saree

71st Miss World: India's Sini Shetty slays in <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2.2 lakh red Banarasi silk saree at opening ceremony in Delhi

Published 873 days ago

HistoriCity | Varanasi is a microcosm of Hindu India, it's also a city of reform

A Hindu priest performs evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganga at the Dashashwamedh Ghat, in Varanasi on February 10, 2024. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

Published 875 days ago

BHU Faculty Recruitment 2024: Apply for 143 Associate Professor and other posts

BHU invites applications for Associate Professor and Assistant Professor posts

Published 891 days ago

BHU Recruitment 2024 application deadline for Group A &Group B posts extended

Last date to submit application for BHU recruitment extended to February 5

Published 903 days ago

Report: The Mahindra Kabira Festival

Hindustani classical vocalist Bhuvanesh Komkali paying a musical tribute to his grandfather, Kumar Gandharva. (Courtesy The Mahindra Kabira Festival)

Published 915 days ago

Pesticide-free Ganga to transform Banaras into a green city: NGT judicial member

NGT judicial member Dr Afroz Ahmed chairing a meeting of district environmental committee, Varanasi (HT Photo)

Updated 954 days ago

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a look at the lives of the Doms of Varanasi, a portrait of emperor Ashoka, and a novel about the persistence of old biases in a changing nation. (HT Team)

Published 1018 days ago

BHU PG Admissions 2023: Last chance to make changes in the application

BHU PG Admissions 2023: Last chance to make changes in the application

Updated 1058 days ago

BHU PG 2023 seat allotment results releasing after August 15

BHU PG 2023 seat allotment results releasing after August 15

Published 1065 days ago

BHU UG admission 2023 second seat allocation list releasing today

BHU UG admission 2023 second seat allocation list releasing today at bhuonline.in

Published 1067 days ago

BHU UG Admission 2023 round 1 allotment list today on bhuonline.in

BHU UG Admission 2023 round 1 allotment list for regular students todAY

Updated 1073 days ago

BHU Recruitment 2023: July 31 is last date to apply for 307 faculty posts

BHU Recruitment 2023: July 31 last date to apply for 307 faculty posts

Published 1079 days ago

BHU UG admission 2023 registration process ends today

BHU UG admission 2023 registration process ends on July 23

Published 1086 days ago

BHU Recruitment 2023: Apply for 307 faculty posts till July 31

BHU Recruitment 2023: Apply for 307 faculty posts till July 31

Published 1093 days ago

Visited Banaras ghats to seek inspiration for Raanjhanaa: Irshad Kamil

Visited Banaras ghats to seek inspiration for Raanjhanaa: Irshad Kamil

Updated 1117 days ago

BHU SET 2023 results released, check Class IX and XI admissions merit list here

BHU SET 2023 results released, check Class IX and XI admissions merit list here

Published 1134 days ago

Man sitting on Banaras ghat plays Tum Tak on violin. Watch

Artist plays Tum Tak on violin.

Published 1167 days ago

Varanasi boatmen not on-board with initiative to paint 1,000 boats in same colours

The cost of painting these boats will be borne by the authorities. (HT Photo)

Updated 1194 days ago

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