The oldest name of Varanasi is Kashi, which means “The City of Light”. It is one of the most sacred cities in Hinduism and is ...

I live in India and have traveled all over, but Varanasi is my favorite city. I love its street food, history, river, and ...

Alka Bind, a 22-year-old MSc student, was found murdered in a Mirzamurad dhaba, prompting outrage and a police investigation.

In Varanasi, half a million people are squeezed into the one-square-mile darkness of alleyways known as the Old City, with the result that some foreign visitors more or less give out, while others ...

Varanasi: A 35-year-old hotel employee was found dead in his Nepalibagh rented accommodation under mysterious circumstances on Sunday morning. His thi.

A blend of politics, religiosity in Varanasi, the city of Hindu gods and temples and the significance of this battleground for India;s future.

His arrest followed a complaint by a woman residing under the Varanasi Commissionerate, who accused Upaliya of refusing to ...

Of all the changes which modern Varanasi was imbibing each day, this surely had to be among the foremost of them. The Varanasi of yore is accepting a new feather — emerging as a new city for ...

VARANASI, India (RNS) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to revitalize the city's historic sacred sites have increased domestic religious tourism, but for some foreign spiritual seekers ...

Smoldering funeral pyres line the Ganges river in India's holy city of Varanasi, where thousands of Hindu faithful come each year to spend their final days.