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Significance to celebration: All you need to know about Maha Shivratri 201
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): Maha Shivratri, also known as the ‘Great night of Lord Shiva,’ is a Hindu festival observed by devotees from Kashmir to Kanyakumari with much fervour.
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Karwa Chauth 2018: Women are all smiles post moon rise!
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Karwa Chauth is a Hindu festival for married women in North India, in which they fast from sunrise to moonrise for one day for the safety and longevity of their husbands. When it comes to festivities and traditions, there is no difference between thos
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Durga Puja rush: Kolkata Metro records highest-ever footfall
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): The Kolkata Metro has recorded the highest-ever footfall of approximately 9.11 lakh passengers on the occasion of Shashti, the sixth day of the hindu festival of Navratri on Monday.
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PM Modi extends greetings on Ganesh Chaturthi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished the nation on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
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80 percent Ganga to be cleaned before Kumbh
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday assured that all 'Namami Gange' projects will be completed soon.
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Trump celebrates Diwali, lights diya at White House
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], October 18 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump celebrated the Hindu festival of lights- Diwali at the White House with Indian Americans on Tuesday.
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Canada PM Trudeau celebrates Diwali with Indian community
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Oct. 17 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau celebrated the Hindu festival of lights -Diwali -- with the Indian Community in Ottawa on Monday.
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Shiv Sena condemns SC's ruling on firecrackers, questions its relevance
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 12 (ANI): The Shiv Sena on Thursday questioned the relevance of the Supreme Court's ruling on the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and the NCR region, citing it would end the enthusiasm of 'Hindu festivals' in India.
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Politics behind ban on sale of firecrackers: Tripura Guv
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], October 11 (ANI): Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Wednesday said that there was politics involved behind the Supreme Court's ban on the sale of firecrackers in the national capital.
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Navratri delicacies with a twist: Chef Vikas Khanna's special menu for Sus
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Sept. 24 (ANI): Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna, who recently prepared a culinary treat for External Affair Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj and other delegates in New York, said that the food was inspired by the ongoing Hindu festival Navrati, but had a twist.
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Hindu festival Dashain begins in Nepal with sowing of maize, barley
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 21 (ANI): The biggest Hindu festival of Nepal, Dashain, began on Thursday with the sowing of maize and barley in a jar filled with soil and cow dung for the germination of the sowed grains - known as "Jamara" (the barley shoots).
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Mamata's "Aurangzebic dictate" against Hindus will be a waterloo for her:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept. 17 (ANI): After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its affiliate organisations against 'playing with fire' during Durga Puja celebrations and Muharram, the saffron brigade on Sunday said that her "Aurang
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