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Karnataka postal circle introduces online 'Rakhi Post' service amid COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 7 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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Dantewada craftsman faces marketing hurdles
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
(DANTEWADA, CHHATTISGARH)[India], July 29 (ANI): Anil Kumar taught himself how to make rakhis using chhind leaves while grazing cattle and when fellow villagers appreciated them, he began to teach the craft to women in his Jhodiyabadam village of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.
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Relatives not allowed to meet prisoners on Rakhi in UP
Updated : 5 years, 7 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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Gujarat: Traders sell rakhis with COVID-19 precautionary messages
Updated : 5 years, 7 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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Sweet shops to remain open in Punjab on Rakhi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 26 (ANI): Sweet shops in Punjab can remain open on Raksha Bandhan on August 3, said Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
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GPO Lucknow gives women option to send masks, sanitisers along with rakhis
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): As part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and as a gesture of care from sisters, the General Post Office (GPO), Lucknow is giving the women who come to send rakhis option to also send masks, sanitisers and Giloy tablets to their b
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Shopkeepers in Dehradun sell indigenously made rakhis, boycott those made
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 25 (ANI): Shopkeepers at a market in Dehradun have been selling indigenously made rakhis instead of those made in China ahead of the Raksha Bandhan festival to be celebrated on August 3.
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Hyper-local start-up to deliver rakhis for free in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR on Ju
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): A hyper-local start-up, Ease Your Life (EYL) that offers personal assistance at your doorstep, has come up with a noble initiative to boost the festive spirit ahead of Raksha Bandhan in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai by providing a free service on July 31,
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Muslim women make rakhis for PM Modi in UP's Varanasi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, a group of Muslim women here are making rakhis with the face of Ram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath among others.
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Shopkeepers boycott Chinese rakhis in Ludhiana
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 24 (ANI): Showing their solidarity with the rest of the country, shopkeepers in Ludhiana have refrained from buying or selling Chinese rakhis this Raksha Bandhan.
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'Aatmanirbhar Bharat': Indore woman makes eco-friendly rakhis, Ganesh idol
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of "Aatmanirbhar Bharat", Indore's Shweta Paliwal has made innovative eco-friendly rakhis and Ganesh idols along with other decorative items out of cow dung, ahead of Raksha Bandhan and Ganesh Cha
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Chandigarh Postal Division introduces 'Rakhi Mail Box'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 23 (ANI): Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, the Chandigarh Postal Division has introduced a separate 'Rakhi Mail Box' in post offices for minimum interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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