News tagged with 'varanasi'. Found 6 tagged news.

Flood waters enter parts of Lucknow

Lucknow :: Canada | 3 months ago

With the river Gomti in spate, the flood waters on Tuesday engulfed several semi-urban localities of this Uttar Pradesh capital, and some upscale areas were under threat. "It is not just the downpour in the river's catchment area upstream that is responsible...

Tags: india, monsoon rains, Gomti, Uttar Pradesh Government, Varanasi, Waliullah, Uttar Pradesh

Roadside Dental Clinic

Vārānasī :: India | 4 months ago

Posted by mediapirate

Scroll through the pictures on the left to see the roadside dental clinic of 75 year old Ramjee Sao in Varanasi, India. Courtesy of Reuters.

Tags: Ramjee Sao, roadside dental clinic, varanasi

Lalu’s flight returns after bird hit

New Delhi :: India | 5 months ago

A possible tragedy was averted on Saturday when a plane, carrying Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and 70 other people, landed safely at the Delhi airport after being hit by a bird. The Kingfisher flight IT-331 was hit by a bird soon...

Tags: lalu, Lalu Prasad Yadav, bird hit, Varanasi

Girls outperform boys in ISC, ICSE exams

Vārānasī :: India | 6 months ago

In ISC, their pass percentage is 98.23 compared with 96.10 of the boys...In the examinations for Classes XII and X, fewer girls were unsuccessful,” said Gerry Arathoon, Additional Secretary and Officiating Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council.

Tags: Varanasi, ICSE, ISC, Shruti Singh, passed percentages, secondary education

Singh denies plan to hold early general elections

Vārānasī :: India | 8 months ago

ANI Published: March 16, 2008, 00:02 Varanasi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ruled out early general elections. Speaking to reporters at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh state on Friday evening, he said the budgetary proposal of waiving farmers' loans

Tags: minister manmohan, Manmohan Singh, prime minister, Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, Dr Karan Singh, Varanasi, minister mayawati, chief minister

This UP village is home to 15 judo champions with over 100 medals

Vārānasī :: India | 10 months ago

Ram Asrey who just won the Commonwealth judo gold in Mauritius is also from Bhatti, a village on the outskirts of Varanasi. Bhatti (Varanasi), January 27: Located on the outskirts of Varanasi, Bhatti village in Lohta panchayat often makes it to the

Tags: Bhatti, Varanasi