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Ayushmann Khurrana's Bala to be screened at Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Ayushmann Khurrana's comedy-drama 'Bala' is all set to be screened at the Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Toronto.
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UP Chief Minister instructs police, administrative officials ahead of upco
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath issued instructions to senior police and administrative officers through video conferencing on Wednesday to ensure security for the upcoming festivals and the event related to the laying of the foun
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Karnataka postal circle introduces online 'Rakhi Post' service amid COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 29 (ANI): Ahead of popular Hindu festival Raksha Bandhan, Karnataka postal circle has introduced an online portal 'Rakhi Post' to deliver rakhis across the country amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Samajwadi Party to protest Maharashtra restrictions in transporting animal
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 29 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Asim Azmi on Wednesday said that his party will hold a protest in Mumbai against the guidelines by the State government on regulations for transporting of animals for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival.
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Afghanistan: Taliban to observe 3-day ceasefire during Eid al-Adha
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (ANI): Taliban on Tuesday said they will observe a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan for one of the most important festivals of Muslims called Eid al-Adha.
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Pokemon Go Festival 2020: Players caught nearly a billion pokemon at onlin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
California [US], July 28 (ANI): The Pokemon Go Fest 2020 -- an online-only event -- took place over the weekend, and since it was the first one open to all players regardless of their physical location, it is perhaps not surprising to hear that it was the biggest one yet.
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Don't visit religious places, Bengaluru civic body tells people
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 28 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday advised people not to visit temples, mosques and other places of worship during the coming festival season.
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Relatives not allowed to meet prisoners on Rakhi in UP
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh jail administration said that relatives would not be allowed to visit prisoners on Rakshabandhan, but they can send Rakhis 24 hours before the festival so that they can be sanitised and given
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BJP MLA from UP's Loni stokes controversy, asks Muslims to sacrifice child
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): Days ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, Nand Kishore Gurjar, a BJP MLA from Loni assembly constituency in Ghaziabad, has stoked controversy as he asked people celebrating the festival to "sacrifice their children instead of animals" on the occasion. He al
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Gujarat: Traders sell rakhis with COVID-19 precautionary messages
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 26 (ANI): With the festival of Raksha Bandhan fast approaching, the rakhi makers of Ahmedabad have packaged rakhis with important messages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Flag hoisting ceremony of 'Aadi Brahmotsavam Festival' held in M
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 26 (ANI): The flag hoisting ceremony of the 'Aadi Brahmotsavam Festival' was held at Lord Sundararaja Perumal Temple in Madurai on Sunday.
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New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio cancelled due to rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Brazilian coastal city of Rio de Janeiro has cancelled the New Year's Eve celebrations that attract three million people every year to Copacabana beach, media said on Saturday.
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