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November 5, 2024 9:28 AM

Festival of Chhath Puja begins today

The four-day long Chhath Puja will begin today with the ritual of Nahay-Khay. The festival of worship of the Sun God will conclude on 8th November.   On the first day of the festival today, devotees are taking holy dip in different rivers, ponds and reservoirs. They are performing puja of the Sun...

November 2, 2024 7:47 PM

IMD predicts gradual fall in min-max temperatures over Northwest, East India

The India Meteorological Department has forecast a gradual fall in the minimum and maximum temperatures over Northwest and East India by two to three degrees Celsius starting tomorrow. The weather department said that a slight fall in both maximum and minimum temperatures was recorded over Delhi and...

November 2, 2024 1:44 PM

Karnataka celebrates Bali Padyami festival

Karnataka celebrates Bali Padyami festival today on the fourth day of Deepavali. It is believed that the Asura king Bali Chakravarty comes out of Pathala loka and visits Bhuloka as per the boon given by Lord Vishnu during Vamana Avatar.   After worshipping Ganga matha on the first day, Naraka...

November 2, 2024 9:17 AM

Gujarati New Year being celebrated today

Gujarati community across the world is celebrating their new year today. In Gujarat, the New year is celebrated on the first day of Kartik month of the Hindu calendar Vikram Samvat. The Gujarati New Year, which is popularly known as Bestu Varas, is being celebrated with traditional fervour across th...

October 18, 2024 8:06 AM

Veteran Actor Debraj Roy Passes Away at 69 in Kolkata

Veteran actor Debraj Roy passed away at the age of 69 in Kolkata yesterday. He made significant contributions to Bengali cinema and Doordarshan and was also associated with Akashvani. Debraj Roy made his cinematic debut in Satyajit Ray’s Pratidwandi in 1970, and the following year, he became a hou...

October 16, 2024 5:31 PM

58th IHGF Fair inaugurated at India Expo Centre and Mart

The 58th Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Delhi Fair has been inaugurated today at the India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.   The fair is organized twice a year, in Spring and Autumn editions, by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts. The aim of this fair is to conne...

October 15, 2024 2:00 PM

Nation pays tribute to Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary

Today is the birth anniversary of former President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. It was on this day in 1931 that the former President was born in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.   Known as the Missile Man of India, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam specialized in Aeronautical Engineering and made sign...

October 14, 2024 8:30 AM

Elon Musk’s Starship booster captured in world first

In the US, Elon Musk’s SpaceX company achieved a significant milestone by catching the massive booster stage from its Starship rocket in a pair of robotic arms as it fell back to the company’s launchpad in southern Texas last evening. The Liftoff occurred at 5:55 PM Indian Standard Time. After...

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