Varanasi
VARANASI - S.K. Sharma, father of the youth who Tuesday attacked murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court in Ghaziabad, said his son "should not be treated as a criminal, considering his mental condition" and that he would now "prefer keeping him in confinement".
NEW DELHI - The government Tuesday sounded a security alert across India asking states to be vigilant following a low-intensity blast in Varanasi that injured many worshippers in the Uttar Pradesh temple town.
VARANASI - Posting vulgar remarks against his female batchmates on the popular social networking site Facebook has landed a final year student of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district in trouble.
VARANASI - A man, said to be mentally unstable, was charred to death Friday after he jumped onto a funeral pyre in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said.
VARANASI - The corridors of the Varanasi Central Jail almost resemble an art gallery, with colourful paintings adorning the walls.
