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Assam welcomes New Year with 'Rongali Bihu'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): Festivals are an integral part of cultures across the world. Recently, the north-eastern state of Assam celebrated one of its most significant festivals 'Rongali Bihu'.
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Union Minister Balyan supports PM Modi over red beacon ban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): Reacting to the Centre's decision to end the VIP culture and ban the use of red beacon on vehicles belonging to dignitaries, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan on Thursday asserted that VIP culture should go as he had alway
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NGT to continue hearing on plea on damage to Yamuna floodplains today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday will continue to hear plea alleging environmental degradation on Yamuna floodplains due the World Culture Festival, which was organised last year.
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MP to also follow red beacon ban, CM Shivraj Chouhan leads the way
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): After the Centre today came up with the decision to end the VIP culture and banned the use of red beacon on vehicles belonging to dignitaries, including the central and state ministers, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan follo
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Chhattisgarh CM got rid of red beacon years ahead of PM's order
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Apr 19 (ANI): The Centre today came up with the decision to end the VIP culture prevalent in India and banned the use of red beacon on vehicles attached to dignitaries, including the central and state ministers. But what may attract more eyeballs is that Chhatt
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VIP culture not good for democracy: Govt on red beacons ban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): Justifying the move to ban the use of red beacon on vehicles attached to dignitaries, including the central and state ministers, the government on Wednesday said that VIP culture is not good for the Indian democracy.
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Govt. bans use of red beacon by VIPs from May 1
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): In what could be seen as a major step towards ending the VIP culture prevalent in India, the government on Wednesday banned the use of red beacon on vehicles attached to dignitaries, including the central and state mi
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AOL disagrees with NGT report, says "not enough scientific data menti
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Gurugram [India] Apr. 13 (ANI): Disagreeing with the report of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) holding Sri Sri Ravi Sankar's Art of Living (AOL) foundation responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplain during the 'World Culture Festival' last year, the foundatio
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AOL cries foul after being blamed for destroying Yamuna floodplain
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) held that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) was responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplain during the 'World Culture Festival', the foundation today cried foul while terming it to be a &#
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AOL responsible for destroying Yamuna floodplain area: NGT
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) appointed Committee of Experts has found Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) foundation responsible for destroying the entire Yamuna floodplain area used by the foundation for its event during the 'World Cul
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After liquor ban, Parrikar Govt. cracking down on rave parties in Goa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): Asserting that late night rave parties are not part of Goa's culture, state's Water Resources Department Minister Vinod Palyekar on Monday called for a state wide ban and said that such parties allow the drug industry to flourish which adversely
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How our dressing communicates with the world
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): The dress we wear is a non verbal communicator and compliments our language and as a tool that represents our culture, sexuality, nationality, class and other identities.
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