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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 11:04 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 19, 2023 8:26 PM

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Ganesh Festival begins in Maharashtra, devotees welcome their favourite deity

The Ganesh Festival began in Maharashtra today with idols of Lord Ganesh being installed in homes and at pandals. Crores of devotees welcomed their favourite deity.   Akashvani's correspondent reports that Maharashtra has a century-old tradition of celebrating Ganesh festival publicly. Dev...