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Sawan month begins, but no Kanwariyas in sight due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): On the occasion of the first Monday of Sawan month, several devotees on Sunday took a holy dip in river Ganga here. However, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no Kanwariyas this year around, who are known to visit in great number to
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Locust control: Chemical spraying in targeted areas begins, Bell Helicopte
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): A Bell Helicopter took its first sortie in Banda area of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan on Saturday and completed its mission of chemical spraying in targeted areas and check damage to crops from locust attacks.
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Corps Commander-level meeting between India, China begins in Ladakh's Chus
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Corps Commander-level meeting between armies of India and China has started in Chushul on Tuesday, to resolve the ongoing dispute over Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh area, said Indian Army Sources.
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Voting begins in Poland presidential election on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], June 28 (ANI): Polish voters have begun casting their ballots in the presidential race that had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Al Jazeera reported.
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Birth centenary celebrations of PV Narasimha Rao begins in Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 28 (ANI): The centenary birthday celebrations of PV Narasimha Rao began in Hyderabad on Sunday, with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao paying tribute to the late former Prime Minister.
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Apricot harvesting begins in J-K's Budgam
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 27 (ANI): As the monsoon season has begun, the farmers in Kralpora orchards of Budgam district have started apricot harvesting.
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Arrangements for year-long birth centenary celebrations of PV Narasimha Ra
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 26 (ANI): The arrangements for birth centenary celebrations of late former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao have begun at Hyderabad. The year-long celebrations will start on June 28 and will continue till June 28, 2021.
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Human trial begins of Imperial College London's candidate COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 23 (ANI): The human trial of Imperial College London's candidate coronavirus vaccine began on Tuesday with the first healthy volunteer receiving a small dose of it.
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Jagannath Rath Yatra begins in Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], June 23 (ANI): The annual Jagannath Rath Yatra commenced on Tuesday in Puri without devotees, amid the coronavirus pandemic and a curfew in Puri.
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Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra begins in Puri
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], June 23 (ANI): The annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra began on Tuesday in Puri after the Supreme Court granted permission to hold the annual chariot festival this year.
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COVID-19: Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' Hajj
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 23 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has announced that it will hold a "very limited" Hajj this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with people already living in the kingdom allowed to take part in the pilgrimage that begins in late July, Al Jazeera reported.
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Ambubachi festival begins at Assam's Kamakhya temple without devotees
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 22 (ANI): The annual Ambubachi Mela at the Kamakhya temple began here on Monday without devotees, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Only rituals will be performed in the temple till June 25.
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