Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 26: As Varanasi prepares to welcome the New Year, Prohibition Week, the city's biggest and original New Year festival, has returned for its landmark 8th consecutive edition.
The Los Angeles Times reported that a man had opened fire at a local dance studio around 10 pm on Saturday. The incident reportedly took place near the downtown area where the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival is held each year.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 15 (ANI): Scheduled power cuts will be reimposed across Sri Lanka from Saturday after a temporary suspension of the disruption of power supply in view of the April New Year festival.
Guwahati (Assam) [India] Aug 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The successful fourth edition of the Dwijing Festival with over 15 lakh tourists attending the 12-day event has emerged as the winner in five categories at the prestigious WOW Awards Asia, 2020.
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.