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JDU holds protest against Delhi's Chhath Puja Ban
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Members of the Janata Dal (United) (JDU) in Delhi and the Chhath Puja Sangharsh Samiti on Sunday held a protest at Jantar Mantar against the Delhi government's ban on Chhath Puja this year, saying that the Aam Aadmi Party-led government is hiding its inc
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No Hingot War this year amid COVID, Congress MLA targets BJP
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 15 (ANI): The age-old tradition of annual Hingot War, which is observed a day after Diwali by two groups -- Kalangi and Turra -- attacking each other with burning hingots in Gautampur village of Depalpur, is not being celebrated this year for the fir
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Guwahati's big-ticket Kali Puja sticks to basics amid COVID
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], November 14 (ANI): Last year Vivekananda Sporting Club, the biggest organiser of Kali Puja in Guwahati, prepared an exact replica of Paris Disneyland as part of their 55th year's grand celebrations. But this year, it's simplicity at its best.
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Sixth Indian Photo Festival begins in Hyderabad, organisers expect less fo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 14 (ANI): The sixth Indian Photo Festival was inaugurated on Thursday at KBR Park in Hyderabad but organisers say they expect lesser footfall this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation.
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Bangladeshi teen wins global peace award for fighting cyberbullying
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], November 14 (ANI): Bangladeshi teen Sadat Rahman has won this year's International Children's Peace Prize for his work in combating cyberbullying.
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4,052 ceasefire violations reported this year by Pakistan: Indian Army
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): As many as 4,052 ceasefire violations by Pakistan have been reported this year, sources from the Indian Army informed on Friday.
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Mumbai residents throng Mahim market to buy handmade lanterns
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 13 (ANI): People thronged the Kandilwadi Galli at Mahim in Mumbai to buy handmade lanterns for Diwali even though the crowds this year are less than that in previous years.
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Two brothers in Kashmir develop TikTok alternative
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 13 (ANI): In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of self-reliant India, two brothers from Kashmir's Budgam district have created a mobile application which they say is an alternative to the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok that was ban
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Ex-Facebook employee appears before Delhi Assembly panel
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI):A former Facebook employee told a Delhi Assembly panel that violence in the national capital in February this year could have been easily averted if the social media giant had acted in a proactive and prompt manner.
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Worldwide Measles surge to 23-year high in 2019, killing over 200,000: UNI
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Deaths from the childhood disease measles last year increased 50 pe rcent from 2016 levels, with this year's coronavirus pandemic threatening another spike in cases by curtailing global vaccination programs, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) war
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Not my 'last election', Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says remarks misinterpreted
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 13 (ANI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that that his recent remarks were misinterpreted and that this year's election is not his last. He also said that he will continue working with the same dedication if he required to work in the fut
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India, China to dismantle new structures built after April-May timeframe u
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), November 12 (ANI): As part of the disengagement proposals being discussed between India and China, the two sides would dismantle any new structures that have come up during the ongoing standoff since April-May this year in the Pangong lake area.
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