National Law Day celebrated in BHU

Law School of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) celebrated 61st National Law Day in Varanasi on November 26, 2010. BHU vice-chancellor Professor DP Singh inaugurated the function.

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Foundation stone laid for new Dental Science building in BHU

Banaras Hindu University vice-chancellor Professor DP Singh laid the foundation stone of new Dental Science building on the university campus in Varanasi on November 26, 2010. Prior to the inauguration Professor Singh performed "Pujan and Hawan" at the venue.

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National conference on plant physiology held in BHU

National conference on plant physiology was held in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on November 25, 2010. Noted plant physiologists including Dr G Kalloo and Professor Shiv Raj Singh addressed the consference. BHU vice-chancellor Professor DP Singh inaugurated the conference.

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Rich tributes paid to Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya

Rich tributes were paid to Pandit Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya on his death anniversary in Varanasi on November 25, 2010. Banaras Hindu University vice-chancellor Professor DP Singh paid floral tributes to Malviya Ji on the university campus.

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Dev Deepawali celebrated in Varanasi

Dev Deepawali festival was celebrated on the bank of the River Ganga in Varanasi on November 21, 2010. On the occasion, nearly all the ghats, specially Dashaswamedh Ghat were lit up with traditional lamps to make the evening a treat to watch from the boats. Foreign tourists also participated in the celebration.

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Buddhists take out procession with sacred relics of Gautam Buddha in Sarnath

Buddhists took out a procession with sacred relics of Gautam Buddha in Sarnath on November 21, 2010, Sri Lankan artists, who accompanied the procession, presented several dance sequences on the way.

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji Prakash Utsav celebrated in Varanasi

Sikhs celebrated Guru Nanak Dev Ji Prakash Utsav at Gurdwara Gurubagh in Varanasi on November 21, 2010.

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Thousands take holy dip on Kartik Purnima

Thousands took holy dip in the River Ganga on the occasion of Kartik Purnima at different ghats of Varanasi on November 21, 2010.

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GTC jawans pay tributes to martyrs

Army jawans of the 39 Gorakha Training Centre (GTC) paid tributes to martyrs at Dashaswamedh Ghat in Varanasi on November 21, 2010.

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Art exhibition begins in BHU

Banaras Hindu University vice-chancellor Professor DP Singh inaugurated annual art exhibition of Faculty of Visual Arts in Varanasi on November 18, 2010.

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Training programme on production and conservation of hybrid maize and paddy seeds held

Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) organised training-cum-exhibition programme for farmers on the production and conservation of hybrid maize and paddy seeds on the university campus in Varanasi on November 14, 2010.

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They too celebrate Children's Day

Wards of sex workers in red-light area of Shivdaspur presented cultural programme at Bal Vidya Niketan in Varanasi on November 14, 2010 to celebrate the Children's Day, the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.

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Pandit Nehru remembered

Several functions were organised in Varanasi on November 14, 2010 to celebrate the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Tiny tots celebrated the day at Assi Ghat paying rich tributes to Pandit Nehru.

Rag pickers participated in a fashion show making satiric attacks on terror, corruption and scams at Lallapura.

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Gopasthami Mahotsav celebrated in Varanasi

Gopasthami Mahotsav was celebrated in Varanasi on November 14, 2010. Spiritual leader Jagjeetan Pandey offered fodder to cows on the occasion at Dharm Sangh in Durgakund.

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Sant Sameelan held in Varanasi

Sant Sameelan ( a meeting of Hindu spiritual leaders) was organized at Raghav Mandir near Assi in Varanasi on November 14, 2010.

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Chhath celebrated in Varanasi

The four-day Chhath puja was celebrated in Varanasi with traditional gaiety and fervour in Varanasi. Thousands of devotees offered "arghya" to Sun God at different ghats on the bank of river Ganga on November 12, 2010 evening and November 13, 2010 morning.

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