September 20, 2023 1:16 PM

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Odisha celebrates Nuakhai festival with prompt and gaiety

The much-awaited day, Nuakahi, for the people of western Odisha districts, came today with much pomp and gaiety. The major agrarian festival of this region is being celebrated in every nook and corner collectively with much fanfare and religious fervour. People offer the newly harvested Nabanha crop...

September 20, 2023 1:09 PM

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2nd part of 4th Session of Puducherry Legislative Assembly holds today

The second part of the Fourth Session of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly was held today. In the beginning, Speaker R. Selvam read out obituary notes on former State Minister N. Venkatasamy, former Deputy Speaker S. Palanirajan, and the writer Chevalier Madhanakalyani. The assembly also paid trib...

September 20, 2023 11:43 AM

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President Droupadi Murmu greets citizens on the festival of Nuakhai

President Droupadi Murmu greeted citizens on the festival of Nuakhai. In her greetings the president wished for the prosperity of the country and its people.  Nuakhai is an agrarian festival celebrated in the western districts of Odisha where the first produce of the field is offered ...

September 20, 2023 11:04 AM

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Kerala: No new positive case of Nipah in Kozhikode

In Kerala, no Nipah-positive cases were reported yesterday in Kozhikode. Samples of 49 persons tested yesterday returned negative results. The findings of 36 more samples are yet to be received. 11 persons are in isolation. The condition of three positive Nipah patients continues to be stable, while...

September 20, 2023 8:36 AM

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Delhi prepares to fight against Dengue this festival season

In Delhi, the Municipal Corporation has so far issued notices to 1.29 lakh houses on finding mosquito larvae, while 56,000 challans have been issued to check the spread of Dengue in the Capital. Nearly 5,000 municipal officials are going door-to-door to check mosquito larvae. People are being made a...

September 20, 2023 8:32 AM

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Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the South Island of New Zealand at 0914 local time. The epicentre of the earthquake has been reported to be 11 kilometres below the Earth's surface, 124 kilometres west of Christchurch. According to the Geonet website, around 15,000 people reported ...