PM Modi on two-day visit to Varanasi from Monday
New Delhi, Sep 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from Monday.
He will arrive in Varanasi on Monday afternoon and will head directly for Narur village to interact with children of a primary school who are being aided by the non-profit organisation "Room to Read", a Prime Minister's Office statement said on Sunday.
The Prime Minister will later interact with students of the city-based Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University at the Diesel Locomotive Works campus.
On Tuesday, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for various development projects, cumulatively worth more than Rs 500 crore, from Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) Amphitheatre.
"Among the projects are Integrated Power Development Scheme for Puraani Kashi and an Atal Incubation Centre at the BHU. The projects for which the foundation stone will be laid is the Regional Ophthalmology Centre at the BHU," said the statement.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
