Union MoS of External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Assam Minister Pijush Hazarika on Sunday evening celebrated the Tihar and Bhai Tika festival of the Gorkha community at Majgaon area under Behali assembly constituency in Assam's Biswanath district along with local people.
Along with the Gorkhas in various parts of India and in neighbouring Nepal, the community in Assam which is sizable in numbers, on Monday celebrated 'Gai Tihar' by worshipping cows, feeding them, putting tikas, and garlands on them.
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Nepal's Ambassador to India, Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma on the occasion of Diwali Utsav in Delhi on Tuesday said people-to-people relations can never break between India and Nepal.
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 16 (ANI): Nepal on Monday celebrated the sibling festival of Bhai Tika with less fanfare and gaiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is increasing the toll in the Himalayan Nation.