As part of its plan to stop littering on streets, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation has announced that those found guilty of dumping garbage on the streets will be slapped with fines, starting from Rs 500 each. The fines may go up to as far as Rs 1,00,000 for repeat offenders.
The Yogi government had earlier implemented the police commissionerate system in Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), Kanpur, Varanasi and the state capital Lucknow.
Earlier, the police commissioner system was implemented in Lucknow and Noida in the first phase on January 13, 2020 and in Kanpur and Varanasi in the second phase on March 26, 2021.
These group companies are Shinecity Infraprojects, Shinecity Proxima Developers, Shinecity Shapers, Shinecity Construction in Sultanpur, Jhansi, Pratapgarh, Pindra (Varanasi), Bara (Allahabad) and Bakshi Ka Talaab (Lucknow), with their land measuring 41.6 hectare in total.
The counsel for the petitioners, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, said only a scientific survey (carbon dating) can bring forth correct information on the 'Shivling' found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex, along with other religious items.
The first batch of delegates who came to Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi from Tamil Nadu to attend the 'Kashi Tamil Sangamam' visited ghats of the holy river Ganga, Kashi Vishwanath temple, Tathagat Ghat and Mulgandha Kuti Vihar at Sarnath and the exhibition sites located at the sprawling Banaras H
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kashi Tamil Sangamam on Saturday in Varanasi, the event created a lot of buzz on social media platforms.
The Prime Minister released the translated versions of 'Thirukkural', originally written in Tamil and also interacted with students from Tamil Nadu who had come to Varanasi.
All elements of Indian culture are equally preserved in Kashi and Tamil Nadu and the Kashi Tamil Sangamam is making us witness centuries-old bond of knowledge and ancient civilisational linkage between the North and the South, said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as Prime Minist