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Sudhir Kumar

Sudhir Kumar is Varanasi based senior staff correspondent.He covers all developments, politics, education--primary, secondary and higher -- crime, offbeat, tribes and human angle stories

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PM Modi’s mega roadshow in Varanasi today, day before filing nomination

PM Modi’s road show on Thursday will begin from the Banaras Hindu University gates, where Modi will pay tributes to BHU founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the road show would be a “never before, never after” event.

Kendrapara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses 'Vijay Sankalp Sabha', party's election meeting in support of BJP's Kendrapada candidate Baijayant Panda ahead of the fourth phase Lok Sabha elections, in Kendrapada, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (PTI Photo) (PTI4_23_2019_000173A)(PTI Photo)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2019 10:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Alliance here to ensure mahaparivartan, says Akhilesh

SP chief files nomination in Azamgarh, says ‘if they are chaiwala, we are doodhwale’

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Published on Apr 19, 2019 10:44 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Azamgarh | BySudhir Kumar, Azamgarh

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: 111 farmers cancel plan to contest against PM Modi

A representative of Tamil Nadu farmers’ group said that the farmers had got their train tickets booked to reach in Varanasi on April 24. But they have cancelled their tickets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the audience during an election rally, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.(Arabinda Mahapatra / HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2019 10:08 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

Armed with patriotism, this ‘village of soldiers’ roots for a strong government

Caste lines have blurred and locals are polarised in their views on patriotism in a village that has given thousands of soldiers to the armed forces.

Residents of Gahmar village in Ghazipur discussing prospects of various parties in Lok Sabha elections(HT)

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Published on Apr 04, 2019 10:47 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySudhir Kumar, Gahmar

Priyanka Gandhi says Modi govt’s argument to blame Congress has an expiry date

Priyanka Gandhi said people are not “satisfied” with the Modi government and would vote against it in the upcoming polls.

Priyanka Gandhi met party leaders in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi, where she told the party workers to work hard on the ground going into the Lok Sabha election.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 19, 2019 01:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh | BySudhir Kumar

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Parties in pursuit of power ‘look east’ in Uttar Pradesh

Lok Sabha Elections: Eastern Uttar Pradesh has 32 Lok Sabha constituencies, including the politically crucial Allahabad, Phulpur, Varanasi, Ballia and Gorakhpur, among others.

In 2014, the BJP swept the east UP region, excluding Azamgarh, which was won by SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Mar 18, 2019 12:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi / Gorakhpur | BySudhir Kumar/Abdul Jadid

Lord Shiva chose me for development of Kashi Vishwanath Dham: PM Modi

“Today I feel that I was called for such projects. Perhaps, Bhole Baba has chosen me for the development of Kashi Vishwanath Dham. The dream has come true today,” said PM Modi.

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Published on Mar 09, 2019 11:49 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

Panic among terrorists after air strike: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was panic among terror groups after the decisive action taken by India across the border.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Ghaziabad, Friday, March 8, 2019.(PTI file photo)

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Updated on Mar 09, 2019 08:03 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kanpur/Varanasi | ByHaidar Naqvi/Sudhir Kumar

What ails madarsas and their desire to go modern?

Nothing working: Inadequate number of teachers, pathetic infrastructure, missing salaries making it difficult to teach ‘modern’ subjects.

As part of modernization in May 2018, the state government led chief minister Yogi Adityanath introduced National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks of science, mathematics and social science in madarsas.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Mar 05, 2019 11:39 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

Two injured in stone-pelting on BHU campus

Two passers-by suffered minor injuries in stone pelting allegedly between two groups of students on the Banaras Hindu University campus late on Sunday evening, a university official said. The incident took place after an outsider allegedly beat an MA student during the cultural festival Spandan at the Onkarnath Thakur auditorium of the university.

Security personnel on the BHU campus after the incident.(HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 25, 2019 02:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

Ghazipur SP enrolls daughter in Angadwadi Centre

IPS officer Yashvir Singh has enrolled his two-year-old daughter in a model Anganwadi centre, Vishwesharganj, Ghazipur, setting an example for others.

Yashvir Singh is the first IPS officer to do so in Uttar Pradesh. He enrolled his two-year-old daughter Amba at the centre where she will learn the English alphabet along with other pre-school activities.(Sourced)

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Published on Feb 14, 2019 11:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

PM Narendra Modi targets Congress in poll pitch to overseas Indians

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday used the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the biennial event that brings together the Indian diaspora from all over the world, to target the Congress for failing to tackle corruption during the years it was in power, and contrasted it with his government’s track record in combating graft.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief guest Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth during the inauguration of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2019 in Varanasi.(PTI file photo)

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Updated on Jan 22, 2019 11:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | ByUmesh Raghuvanshi and Sudhir Kumar

From Kashi with love: Banarasis to make NRI guests feel at home for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

The maximum number of 432 NRIs from Malaysia will attend the convention. Likewise, 375 NRIs will come from the UAE, 340 from Mauritius, 187 from the United States, 134 from Qatar and 109 guests from Oman.

The Varanasi district administration has arranged for 450 Saraswati cottages, 120 Triveni cottages and 50 Kashi villas in the tent city for the guests. As many as 100 NRIs will stay in 50 Kashi villas. The cottages are equipped with all facilities.(Rajesh Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 18, 2019 05:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

In PM’s Kashi, paan-demic problem stains cleanliness mission

Varanasi district magistrate Surendra Singh has now made an appeal to paan lovers not to spit in the open and deface the city.

Be it the ghats -- the steps that lead to the banks of the Ganga -- road dividers, streets or walls, red splotches left by paan eaters can be found in the entire city of how many people .(Shankar Narayan/HT File PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 16, 2019 07:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

UP: 5500 bulls castrated under levy-free drive

As many as 5,500 stray bulls have been castrated in two districts of Eastern UP under levy- free (free of cost) castration drive launched by chief minister Yogi Adityanath around four months back. The castration drive is aimed at controlling the population of stray animals that harm the crops of farmers.

The bull castration was completely free of cost. Under the levy-free drive, along with the stray bulls, the bulls of the farmers were also castrated.(Representative image)

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Published on Jan 10, 2019 11:28 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

Development Varanasi, Advantage Modi?

On the face of it, none can deny that Varanasi has seen development, but locals say that the lanes and by-lanes – where the real Varanasi lies – have seen little to write home about.

A flyover on Babatpur-Varanasi national highway which was recently converted into four lane(Rajesh Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 11, 2018 07:53 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

Declare Ayodhya issue of national importance: Shankaracharya

Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Dwarkapeeth, said Parliament should declare the Ram Janmabhoomi issue a matter of national importance by amending the constitution and making a provision for the same by adding a new section to Articles 133 and 136 in conformity with Article 226 (3) of the Constitution.

Swami Swaroopanand was addressing a press conference at the Sri Vidya Mutt on Wednesday after conclusion of a three-day param dharma sansad (religious conclave).(HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 29, 2018 02:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

RSS to hold Janagrah rally in Ayodhya on November 25

The rally would be simultaneously organised at Nagpur, Bengaluru and Ayodhya on November 25 to discuss the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya

Kumar said 5-10 lakh participants were likely to attend the event. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will reach Kashi on November 11(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Nov 10, 2018 12:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | BySudhir Kumar

Varanasi first city in UP to get toilets mapped on Google

If you are in Varanasi, just go to Google Maps and type Swachh Toilet. All the community toilets and urinals near you will be visible on your phone screen. It is a great facility for tourists visiting the city.

Varanasi Municipal corporation has also installed 17 feedback machines at the community toilets where one can press the button to register his feedback.(Rajesh Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Oct 23, 2018 03:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

Shivpal Yadav, UP’s newest political upstart, set to ‘reclaim honour’ in polls

A ‘sleeper SP organisation’, Shri Krishna Vahini, has been activated to further Shivpal Yadav’s political ambitions.

Samajwadi Secular Morcha founder Shivpal Singh Yadav plans to field candidates in Agra, Etawah, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Farrukhabad, Etah, Badayun, Kannauj and Aurraiya, which are part of the Yadav belt because of his family’s influence.(PTI/File Photo)

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Updated on Oct 25, 2018 06:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Etawah/Mainpuri/Kannauj/Azamgarh | ByPankaj Jaiswal and Sudhir Kumar

Sulking UP minister shoots warning over Mayawati bungalow for Shivpal

The allotment of the bungalow on Friday was seen as an attempt to prop Shivpal further up against the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Lok Sabha election next year when the BJP hopes to power a return at the Centre.

A view of Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's old office 6/LBS which has now been allotted to Samajwadi Party senior leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, in Lucknow, on October 12, 2018.(PTI)

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Updated on Oct 16, 2018 11:14 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | BySudhir Kumar

You are my master, my high command, PM Modi says in Varanasi

Speaking to a gathering of supporters in his constituency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a detailed account of his government’s work in Varanasi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi(ANI/Twitter)

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Updated on Sep 19, 2018 04:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

In Varanasi, PM Narendra Modi to celebrate birthday with children from slums

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his birthday with the children after an interaction with primary school kids in Narur village.

A 568 kg ladoo on display during an event to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, in New Delhi.(PTI File Photo)

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Published on Sep 17, 2018 04:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

Varanasi institute is teaching priests to be fluent in English

The first batch of about 13 English-speaking pundits will be ready for their jobs next year, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendra director Prof Sudhakar Mishra said.

Young Sanskrit scholars (batuks) in Varanasi.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 25, 2018 11:18 AM IST

BySudhir Kumar

As foreign minister, Atal helped Nepalese leader BP Koirala

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away after prolonged illness in New Delhi on Thursday, once facilitated former Nepalese Prime Minister BP Koirala’s journey to New York for treatment of throat cancer.

“Vajpayee was a statesman in true sense that he suffered wrath of even RSS during the Babri Masjid demolition.”(File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 18, 2018 04:00 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar

RSS to organise Vaicharik Kumbh in five UP cities

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will organise a ‘Vaicharik Kumbh’ (ideological congregation) at five locations in UP to highlight the efforts being made by various sections to bring about a change in the society, a senior functionary said.

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and other in Sangh Samagam organised in Varanasi in February 2018.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Aug 02, 2018 03:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

BJP MLA asks Hindus to have five children to save Hindutva

BJP legislator from Bairia constituency in Ballia Surendra Singh on Thursday said Hindus couples should have at least five children to save Hindutva or else a situation similar to that of J&K would prevail in the country after 50 years.

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Published on Jul 27, 2018 01:00 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

Gender stereotypes cold-shouldered on 95-yr-old woman’s last journey

In keeping with a 95-year-old woman’s wish to break gender stereotypes, her daughter and three daughters-in-law, along with local women, lent their shoulders to her bier in Bariyasanpur village of Varanasi.

Santora wanted her only daughter Pushpavati Patel and daughters-in-law to carry her bier as she felt the move would help dispel the commonly held notion that women should not resort to such a practice.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 24, 2018 12:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

Hockey Olympian Mohd Shahid’s widow threatens to return his awards

The late hockey Olympian Mohammad Shahid’s wife Parveen on Tuesday said she would return his Padma Shri, Arjuna and other awards to the government, if it did not fulfill the promises made after his death. She accused the Centre of not keeping its word.

Shahid, who belonged to Varanasi, was a member the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the Moscow Olympics. He died on July 20, 2016 after a prolonged illness.(HT Photo)

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Published on Jul 18, 2018 03:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Varanasi | BySudhir Kumar, Varanasi

PM Modi promises inclusive growth, flays previous governments

Rs 4K cr projects launched in Mirzapur

“The government aims to double farmers’ income by 2022 and end the divide between the rich and the poor,” PM said.(PTI)

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Published on Jul 16, 2018 11:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mirzapur | BySudhir Kumar, Mirzapur

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Sudhir Kumar

Sudhir Kumar is Varanasi based senior staff correspondent.He covers all developments, politics, education--primary, secondary and higher -- crime, offbeat, tribes and human angle stories

PM Modi’s road show on Thursday will begin from the Banaras Hindu University gates, where Modi will pay tributes to BHU founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the road show would be a “never before, never after” event.

SP chief files nomination in Azamgarh, says ‘if they are chaiwala, we are doodhwale’

A representative of Tamil Nadu farmers’ group said that the farmers had got their train tickets booked to reach in Varanasi on April 24. But they have cancelled their tickets.

Caste lines have blurred and locals are polarised in their views on patriotism in a village that has given thousands of soldiers to the armed forces.

Priyanka Gandhi said people are not “satisfied” with the Modi government and would vote against it in the upcoming polls.

Lok Sabha Elections: Eastern Uttar Pradesh has 32 Lok Sabha constituencies, including the politically crucial Allahabad, Phulpur, Varanasi, Ballia and Gorakhpur, among others.

“Today I feel that I was called for such projects. Perhaps, Bhole Baba has chosen me for the development of Kashi Vishwanath Dham. The dream has come true today,” said PM Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was panic among terror groups after the decisive action taken by India across the border.

Nothing working: Inadequate number of teachers, pathetic infrastructure, missing salaries making it difficult to teach ‘modern’ subjects.

IPS officer Yashvir Singh has enrolled his two-year-old daughter in a model Anganwadi centre, Vishwesharganj, Ghazipur, setting an example for others.

The maximum number of 432 NRIs from Malaysia will attend the convention. Likewise, 375 NRIs will come from the UAE, 340 from Mauritius, 187 from the United States, 134 from Qatar and 109 guests from Oman.

Varanasi district magistrate Surendra Singh has now made an appeal to paan lovers not to spit in the open and deface the city.

On the face of it, none can deny that Varanasi has seen development, but locals say that the lanes and by-lanes – where the real Varanasi lies – have seen little to write home about.

The rally would be simultaneously organised at Nagpur, Bengaluru and Ayodhya on November 25 to discuss the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya

If you are in Varanasi, just go to Google Maps and type Swachh Toilet. All the community toilets and urinals near you will be visible on your phone screen. It is a great facility for tourists visiting the city.

A ‘sleeper SP organisation’, Shri Krishna Vahini, has been activated to further Shivpal Yadav’s political ambitions.

The allotment of the bungalow on Friday was seen as an attempt to prop Shivpal further up against the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Lok Sabha election next year when the BJP hopes to power a return at the Centre.

Speaking to a gathering of supporters in his constituency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a detailed account of his government’s work in Varanasi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his birthday with the children after an interaction with primary school kids in Narur village.

The first batch of about 13 English-speaking pundits will be ready for their jobs next year, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendra director Prof Sudhakar Mishra said.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away after prolonged illness in New Delhi on Thursday, once facilitated former Nepalese Prime Minister BP Koirala’s journey to New York for treatment of throat cancer.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will organise a ‘Vaicharik Kumbh’ (ideological congregation) at five locations in UP to highlight the efforts being made by various sections to bring about a change in the society, a senior functionary said.

BJP legislator from Bairia constituency in Ballia Surendra Singh on Thursday said Hindus couples should have at least five children to save Hindutva or else a situation similar to that of J&K would prevail in the country after 50 years.

In keeping with a 95-year-old woman’s wish to break gender stereotypes, her daughter and three daughters-in-law, along with local women, lent their shoulders to her bier in Bariyasanpur village of Varanasi.

The late hockey Olympian Mohammad Shahid’s wife Parveen on Tuesday said she would return his Padma Shri, Arjuna and other awards to the government, if it did not fulfill the promises made after his death. She accused the Centre of not keeping its word.

Rs 4K cr projects launched in Mirzapur

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