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Who are candidates contesting against PM Modi in Varanasi? Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Elections 2024

Varanasi will go to polls in the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be facing six candidates in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Watch the video

Varanasi, Detroit, Venice to host Toyota's $9 mn sustainability initiative

Varanasi faces challenges managing the influx of pilgrims and tourists, particularly regarding safety and accessibility in crowded areas

Lok Sabha elections: Purvanchal battle isn't easy for BJP and allies

As the political drama unfolds, one thing is clear -- the labyrinthine bylanes of Varanasi hold no easy answers

Religious tourism is spurring real estate growth in India's pilgrim towns

Record tourist influx and government investments drive property prices up in temple cities

LS polls: PM's Kashi rally; Baramulla logs best turnout in 35 yrs. Updates

Lok Sabha polls" Modi will visit UP's Varanasi today, his parliamentary constituency, ahead of polling there on June 1; a row has erupted in Maharashtra over low voter turnout and all latest updates

Lok Sabha polls: EC rejects Shyam Rangeela's nomination from Varanasi seat

Lok Sabha poll: Comedian Shyam Rangeela, who became an internet sensation in 2017 for his viral mimicry of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had filed his nomination papers from Varanasi seat

Battleground 2024: I never do Hindu-Muslim politics, says Narendra Modi

'We used to celebrate Eid... food used to come to our house from all Muslim families,' he said, adding that he 'used to pass under the Tazia during the Muharram procession'

Lok Sabha elections 2024: PM Modi files nomination papers from Varanasi

PM Modi filed his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, seeking a third consecutive term from the constituency

Lok Sabha elections: PM Modi files nomination from Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi files nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for #LokSabhaElections2024. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath is also present on the occasion. Hello viewers! Guess what?

Rangeela, viral for Modi's mimicry, says nomination bid denied in Varanasi

Comedian alleges the authorities are not accepting his nomination papers from the Varanasi constituency where PM Modi is the leading candidate

LS polls: Why PM Modi will file nomination from Varanasi around 11:40 am

Scheduled between 11:40 am and 12 noon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's submission of nomination papers holds a significant astrological timing

Lok Sabha Polls: PM Modi to file nomination today in Varanasi. Top points

Lok Sabha elections: PM Narendra Modi, set to file his nomination papers from Varanasi in a while, is eyeing a third consecutive win from the key UP Lok Sabha seat

LS polls: PM Modi holds roadshow in Varanasi, to file nomination on Tue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a six-kilometre-long roadshow in Varanasi on Monday, a day before he is scheduled to file his nomination papers from the Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Modi garlanded a statue of noted educationist and social reformer Madan Mohan Malviya at the Malviya Chauraha in the Lanka area here before beginning the roadshow. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. According to sources in the BJP, Modi will also take a dip in the Ganga. The prime minister is seeking a third consecutive term from the seat that will go to polls on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha election. More than 5,000 'matrashaktis' (women) in saffron attire are walking in the roadshow ahead of the vehicle carrying Modi. The roadshow will be held till Kashi Vishwanath Dham. It will pass through Sant Ravidas Gate, Assi, Shivala, Sonarpura, Jangambadi and Godaulia.

PM Modi to hold roadshow in Varanasi today, to file nomination on Tuesday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a six-kilometre-long roadshow in Varanasi on Monday evening, a day before he files his nomination from the Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Before he files his nomination on Tuesday, Modi will also take a dip in the Ganga, sources in the BJP said. The prime minister is seeking a third consecutive term from the seat that will go to polls on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the general elections More than 5,000 'matrashaktis' (women) will walk in the roadshow, the sources said and added that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, ministers and legislators will also participate in the event. The roadshow will be held from Malviya Chauraha in Lanka to Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham, they said. It will pass through Sant Ravidas Gate, Assi, Shivala, Sonarpura, Jangambadi, Godaulia. The sources said that Modi will be staying the night at the BLW guesthouse. He will reach the guesthouse from Vishwanath Dham and his convoy is expected to pa

PM Modi to hold road show in Varanasi on May 13 before nomination filing

Varanasi is the stronghold of the Prime Minister. He won the seat twice - the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections

KKR players spend night in Varanasi after flight diverted multiple times

Kolkata Knight Riders players had a harrowing experience as they were forced to spend a night at Varanasi after their flight from Lucknow to Kolkata was diverted multiple times due to bad weather. Following their massive 98-run win over Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday, the Shreyas Iyer-led side left on Monday evening for Kolkata at 5:45pm. The team was scheduled to arrive at 7.25pm. But the charter flight had to be diverted to Guwahati first and then to Varanasi after adverse weather conditions made it impossible to land the plane in Kolkata. The KKR media team provided an update at 8.46pm, saying, "Due to inclement weather over Kolkata, the KKR charter flight has been diverted to Guwahati. We've just landed here." Then another update at 9.43pm said, "We've got clearance to fly back to Kolkata now, from Guwahati. Estimated arrival: 11pm." However, the ordeal was not over for the players and support staff as multiple attempts to land the flight failed, forcing the officials to diver

LS polls: PM Modi to file nomination papers from Varanasi on May 14

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be filing his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on May 14, BJP's city president Vidyasagar Rai said on Sunday. On May 13, Modi will hold a roadshow in the constituency, and preparations for it are underway, he added "The route for the roadshow has been finalised. On May 14, Prime Minister Modi will file his nomination from the Varanasi seat," he said. The Congress has fielded its Uttar Pradesh chief Ajay Rai in Varanasi and the BSP Athar Jamal Lari. Elections in Varanasi will be held on June 1 in the seventh and last round of the general elections.

Comedian Shyam Rangeela to contest polls against PM Modi from Varanasi

Comedian Shyam Rangeela, known for his impersonations of PM Modi, is set to challenge the PM in the elections from the Varanasi constituency

Varanasi pilot for deployment of green hydrogen fuel cell vessels on NW-I

Varanasi has been selected as the pilot location for deployment of green hydrogen fuel cell inland vessels on National Waterways-I, aligning with the government's Harit Nauka guidelines, an official statement said on Friday. Discussions are ongoing with potential players for facilities like bunkering, it added. It was also informed that due to its low emission qualities, methanol is also actively considered one of the key green fuels for EXIM Vessels globally, as seen in the recent case of Maersk's deployment of methanol-powered ships, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) said in the statement. Going forward, the statement said, it was suggested to explore mechanisms of developing indigenous development of methanol marine engines in the country as a progressive step towards the green transition of inland vessels. The MoPSW, along with Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), on April 23-24 organised a two-day conference in Kochi

'Condemnable': Akhilesh on cops dressed in priests attire at Kashi temple

The male and female policemen have been deployed at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in priest's attire on the orders of Varanasi Police Commissioner Mohit Agarwal