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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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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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India Post issues special envelopes for 'Rakhi'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Postal Department of India has issued a special envelope for the timely dispatch of rakhis this year.
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Indore women to send handmade rakhis to PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh,
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 23 (ANI): Trying to make women self-reliant, Shankar Lalwani, BJP MP in Indore has taken up an initiative, in which women will be making 1 lakh rakhis. They will also send these handmade rakhis to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Si
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Ahead of Raksha Bandhan festival, demand for Chinese rakhis fall
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Ahead of the Raksha Bandhan festival, the demand for Chinese rakhis have fallen this year, according to shopkeepers from several parts of the country.
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Ayushmann Khurrana, wife Tahira empower women rag-pickers to be self-relia
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has extended his support in empowering a group of women rag-pickers, who have taken it upon themselves to make and sell rakhis this Raksha Bandhan.
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