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Jharkhand bans Chhath puja near water bodies due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], November 16 (ANI): The Jharkhand government has decided to ban organising of Chhath puja celebrations on the banks of water bodies in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 nears 166,000
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): With 140 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 hit 165,798, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday.
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Religious places across Maharashtra to reopen today
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 16 (ANI): Religious places across Maharashtra are reopening for devotees to offer prayers from Monday after several months of closure due to the lockdown imposed in a bid to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Centuries-old tradition of stone-pelting in Himachal's Dhami given a miss
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhami (Himachal Pradesh) [India], November 16 (ANI): The centuries-old tradition of stone-pelting, performed by different groups in Himachal Pradesh's Dhami village to appease Goddess Kali, was given a miss this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jharkhand reports 129 new Covid cases, 291 recoveries
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], November 16 (ANI): Jharkhand reported 129 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday taking the total number of infections in the state to 1,06,064, according to the data released by the health department.
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Kerala Sabarimala Temple opens for Mandalakala-Makaravillakku festival
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 16 (ANI): Marking the beginning of a pilgrim season, scaled-down due to Covid pandemic, the Sabarimala Temple opened for the annual Mandalakala-Makaravillakku festival on Sunday evening.
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Pune's Dagdusheth Halwai Temple set to re-open after being shut for 7 mont
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 15 (ANI): Temples across Maharashtra are gearing up to receive devotees on Monday after over seven months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With RT-PCR tests and online bookings, Shirdi Sai Baba temple set to welco
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], November 15 (ANI): With the Maharashtra government allowing the re-opening of religious places, the Sai Baba temple in Shirdi is set to welcome devotees on Monday after seven months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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During festive season, Bengaluru traders, shopkeepers face downturn amid C
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 15 (ANI): The ongoing festive season has been unable to bring a cheer back to markets reeling under the brunt of COVID-19. Local vendors and traders in Bengaluru said that they have witnessed fewer sales due to the pandemic this Diwali.
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COVID-19 death toll in Brazil tops 165,000 ahead of municipal elections
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's COVID-19 death toll reached 165,658 on Saturday after 921 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Shiv Sena slams BJP for trying to take credit for reopening of religious p
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 15 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should not take credit for the victory of Hindutva as the decision to shut the religious places was taken by the Centre amid COVID-19 pandemic and these are now set
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Doctors celebrate Diwali with COVID patients in Vadodara
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], November 15 (ANI): The doctors in Gujarat's Sir Sayajirao General Hospital celebrated Diwali with the stable COVID-19 patients on Saturday.
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