Varanasi, Feb 9 (IANS) Protests broke out in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Monday after demolition work began in the Dal Mandi area as part of a road widening project, with the situation turning tense when a shopkeeper allegedly set his own establishment on fire in protest against the action.According to officials, unrest began soon after authorities reached the locality to carry out demolition work. During the operation, a shopkeeper reportedly threatened to end his life in opposition to the driv…
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New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday countered claims by Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav about “demolition of temples” in Varanasi, issuing three fact checks for countering attempts to use AI and “mislead” the nation for political gain. Amit Malviya, In-charge of the BJP’s National Information and Technology Department, wrote on X, “In yet another attempt to mislead the nation for political gain, the Opposition is spreading false claims about damage to temples and …
Varanasi, Jan 19 (IANS) Amid a growing controversy over allegations that temples and statues were demolished during road-widening work in Varanasi’s Dal Mandi area, close to Manikarnika Ghat, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government, asserting that heritage structures must be preserved, not destroyed.In a cryptic post in Hindi on social media, Yadav wrote, “Heritages are threaded like pearls; they are not demolished, they are cherished.”…