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  Varanasi, India's oldest city, desperately needs a makeover

  India | Nov 06, 2014, 02:12 PM IST

  You would be forgiven if you thought that Varanasi, one of the oldest cities known to man, which is now Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency, would be a sight for sore eyes. Sadly

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  Narendra Modi's Varanasi makeover to cost nearly Rs 12,000 crore

  India | Nov 03, 2014, 07:28 AM IST

  New Delhi: The anticipated metamorphosis of Varanasi, the ancient and spiritual city for Hindus, yet maddeningly chaotic and filthy, into a heritage site is estimated to cost a whopping Rs 11,800 crore (USD 2 billion),