The sound of chanting of mantras reverberating in the air during the “Ganga aarti” in this holy town turned into wails of people with the bang of an explosion Tuesday evening.

Security agencies were on Wednesday examining CCTV footage at the site of the blast at a Ganga ghat here which left a child dead and 37 injured even as a forensic team from Agra collected samples fro

Attributing the terror attack in Varanasi to security lapses and intelligence failure, Opposition parties on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati.

Home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday visited the site of the blast here which killed a toddler and left over 20 people, including foreigners, injured.

An explosion rocked the holy town of Varanasi here on Tuesday evening leaving at least 20, including some foreign tourists, injured.