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Manipur's Zeliangrong tribe celebrates Gaan-Ngai festival
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The state of Manipur is soaked in the celebration of the Gaan Ngai, the post-harvest festival of the Zeliangrong (Kabui) tribes who reside in parts of Manipur.
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Kerala Literature Festival announces cash awards for authors
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) has announced a total of Rs 10 lakh as cash award for the best authors in categories of fiction, non-fiction, popular science and travel here.
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Japan's Osaka hosts 'Sweet Marathon' for tourists
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], Jan 18 (ANI): Many marathon races are held on weekends in Japan.
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Birds injured during Uttarayan festival in Vadodra get medical care
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Vadodra (Gujarat) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): 'Karuna Abhiyan' in Vadodara was started by the forest department to provide medical care to birds that were injured by kite strings during Uttarayan festival.
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Cockfight season comes to end in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): With Makar Sankranti festival bidding adieu, the cockfight season has come to an end here on Thursday.
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Tamil Nadu: 700 bulls participate in Jallikattu in Madurai's Palamedu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Around 700 bulls participated in the Jallikattu competition in Madurai's Palamedu on Thursday. It is organised in rural areas of Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal, the harvest festival.
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Kadapa police dress up in traditional dhoti-shirt on Makar Sankranti
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): To celebrate the festival of Makar Sankranti, personnel of the Kadapa sub-division police here on Wednesday donned traditional dhotis, shirts and angavastrams.
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Tharu community observes Maghi Festival in Kathmandu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 16 (ANI): People belonging to the Tharu community celebrated Maghi festival with much fanfare in the Kathmandu Valley on Wednesday.
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Puducherry govt gives clothes to poor on Pongal
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The government here is supplying clothing items free of cost to the poor people of the Union Territory in the festival season, an official statement said on Wednesday.
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Fifth Science Film festival kick-starts in Goa
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): The fifth edition of Science Film Festival of India, SCI-FFI 2020, was kick-started on Wednesday in Goa's capital city Panaji.
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India hands over 5 building for schools to Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jan 15 (ANI): India on Wednesday handed over to Sri Lanka five new buildings for schools in the country's north.
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Jallikattu competitions take place in Madurai with beginning of Thai Ponga
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Jallikattu competitions in Madurai's Avaniyapuram took place with the start of Thai Pongal festival on Wednesday.
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