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Plastic or polythene bags banned near rivers in UP
Sale of plastic or polythene bags has been banned in the vicinity of rivers or any other water body in Uttar Pradesh. State Governor B L Joshi gave his assent to an ordinance in this regard.

The official spokesperson said the Governor has given his assent to UP Plastic and Bio-Degradable Garbage and Waste (Use and Disposal) Read more…

Bodo Sahitya Sabha Annual Meeting begins today
The 50th Annual Meeting of Bodo Sahitya Sabha begins today at Bwriguma Fwthar, Odalguri district under Bodo Territorial Council in Assam.

The Organizing Committee says, various programmes will be organized during the four-day long literary meet. A total of 236 Read more…

Kanuma Festival celebrated in AP
The festival of animals, Kanuma have been celebrating on 3rd day of Makara Sankranthi in Andhra Pradesh. People also believe lord Krishna saved the cattle by lifting up Govardhana hill on this day.  The cattle are being worshipped today in rural areas of AP.

After a thorough wash, the cattle are being adorned and worshipped as a mark of respect as they are identified as Read more…

Makar Sankranti Wishes: Pongal being celebrated today
Makar Sankranti festival is being celebrated in several parts of the nation today. It will also be celebrated tomorrow in many areas. In Uttar Pradesh, devotees started holy dip this morning at Sangam, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati in Allahabad.

In Uttarakhand, a large number of devotees are taking holy dip in river Ganga at Haridwar on the auspicious occasion of Read more…

Lohri Festival being Celebrated in Punjab today
Lohri is a harvesting festival of punjab being celebrated in the land of Punjab today. The festival is celebrated to thank God’s provision and to celebrate his creation. It is a festival dedicated to the Sun God and fire.

Lohri is the most popular harvest festivals of Punjab, with fairs held at various places and celebrated amidst great gaiety and splendour.  Dancing men and women sing and dance around the bonfire and people Read more…

International Kite Festival 2011 begins
21st International Kite Festival is being celebrated in Gujarat. Governor of Gujarat Dr. Kamala has formally inaugurated the festival at Sabarmati River Front in Ahmedabad, which is also being held at Dhordo and Mandavi in Kutch for next two days.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Chief Minister Narendra Modi sought the help of young designers for making new type of Read more…

Azadpur Mandi on a strike today

The whole sale Azadpur Mandi this morning went on a strike. They allege that Income Tax raids are being used against them as a tool as a pressure tactics to sell onions below cost prices.

This has disrupted supply of onion to retail traders. Onion Merchant Association General Secretary Rajendra Sharma told that the onion auction Read more…

PM inaugurated the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas today
The ninth edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being formally inaugurated by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today. It began on Friday with the government asking overseas Indians to invest in sectors like health and education and in the north-east where the country needs massive investments.

In his inaugural speech, overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi invited the 25-million strong diaspora to be part Read more…

All India conference of Directors of Finger Print Bureaux begins

In Madhya Pradesh, the 13th All India conference of Directors of Finger Print Bureaux began in Bhopal today. The two day conference is discussing ways to use finger prints in different types of investigations more efficiently.

Our Bhopal correspondent reports that state’s home minister Umashankar Gupta inaugurated the conference. Voice Cast The two day conference Read more…

Temperature in Delhi today records coldest of the season
Delhi recorded the coldest day of the season on Tuesday as Met department predicts the cold wave conditions to continue in the northern India.

The National Capital recorded maximum temperature 8 degree below normal. It stood at 12.7 degrees. The minimum Read more…