It recommends developing model ghats inspired by Varanasi’s Namo Ghat and Uttarakhand’s Chandi Ghat while also promoting organic farming by offering farmers financial aid for three years.

Whether you're meditating by the river, or simply watching life unfold on the ghats, Varanasi has a way of making you see the world differently.

Two men have been sentenced for 'wanton vandalism' of this Paddington Bear statue. Photo: AAP Two air force engineers have been fined and ordered to do unpaid work after drunkenly breaking a ...