During this visit, PM Modi will distribute the 17th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme, providing over ₹20,000 crore in benefits to more than 9.26 crore farmers.

Normally spanning 70 to 80 meters in June, the width of the Ganga has dwindled to a mere 30 to 35 meters, highlighting the severity of the situation.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav will jointly hold a roadshow in Varanasi on May 25 in support of INDIA bloc candidate Ajay Rai. Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav may also hold a roadshow on May 28 or 29.

Rangeela, who said he had been trying to file papers in Varanasi since Friday, May 10, stated that he was not allowed to enter the district magistrate's office on Tuesday, the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed nomination papers from the prestigious seat.

In a post in Hindi on X, the prime minister wrote, "My relationship with my Kashi is amazing, inseparable and incomparable... all I can say is that it cannot be expressed in words!" 

Preparations are underway for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in the Varanasi constituency on May 13, with the finalised route followed by his nomination filing from the Varanasi seat on May 14, as announced by the BJP's city president Vidyasagar Rai.

After the Congress announced Rahul Gandhi and KL Sharma as candidates from Raebareli and Amethi for the Lok Sabha elections, expelled leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam called Priyanka Gandhi Vadra a "victim of family and party conspiracy," alleging deliberate denial of her candidacy.

Comedian Shyam Rangeela, known for mimicking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announced on Wednesday that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi against PM Modi.

Hanuman Jayanti festival celebration at Varanasi

Industries that dispose chemicals and heavy metals via the river, no better than households that contribute kitchen and toilet waste. Household sewage is the primary source of pollution in the Ganga.

Speculations were such that Ajai Rai, who has been losing the seat to PM Modi for the last two general elections, might get replaced. However, putting an end to all the suppositions, the Congress has, once again, restored its faith in him.

Uttar Pradesh CM said along with giving a new direction and leadership to India, Modi is connecting the people of the country with the new India with the resolve of a developed India.