Festivals & Events News Updates

The pandemic has dampened our festive spirits and  Dussehra is not as colorful we imagined it to be but Bollywood always comes to our rescue as movies with perfect entertainment quotient can put you in festive feels at home.So this Dussehra, we have compiled a list of movies to charge up your festivities on your […]

Bhubaneswar: The entertainment industry in India is one of the worst-hit sectors due to the pandemic crisis. As per reports, COVID-19 has hit over 60 million livelihoods across the country since its outbreak. The different phases of lockdowns and shutdowns and the guidelines released by the government have prevented the moviemakers from launching new projects. […]

Bhubaneswar: The much awaited and hailed as one of the country’s oldest Durga Puja, is celebrated with much pomp in Cuttack. However, the temple town of Bhubaneswar has a special place in the hearts of the devotees of the Devi, celebrating the festival with equal gusto though in a smaller scale. Reportedly the oldest Puja […]

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Even as the rest of India prepares to burn effigies of Ravan as a symbolic victory of good over evil, devotees are quietly lining up outside a nondescript temple in Kanpur. This temple that opens its door for devotees only for one day in a year — Dussehra — is dedicated to […]

Bhubaneswar: It is the end of the spectacular ten day festival celebrating the divine feminine power of Goddess Durga. Popularly called “Dusshera”, today marks the day when Lord Rama slayed the evil King Ravana and the Maa Durga herself defeated the demon “Mahishasur”, all symbolic of the notion of good winning over evil. The festival […]

Kolkata: The five-day Durga Puja festivities in Bengal came to an end on Monday, albeit colourful processions, which usually mark the occasion, were largely missing from the city streets, as the idol immersion ceremony was observed by just a handful of people. Dressed in traditional outfits and with masks worn on faces, devotees, while maintaining […]

Varanasi: Most of the Durga idols have been immersed on the last Navratri Day and the remaining will be taken for immersion on Monday, but one Durga idol in Varanasi has not been immersed for years. According to the local people, this idol, made of clay, has been standing for the past not just a […]

Cuttack: The immersion of Durga Puja idols passed off as a low-key affair in Cuttack on Tuesday with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. Elaborate arrangements were made for the immersion of Durga idols in order to avoid gathering and maintain social distancing. According to sources, the idols of Goddess Durga, other gods and goddesses from […]

Bahraich: From being a village with a high unemployment rate, whose natives were heavily dependent on alcohol, to becoming a model for SRI (System of Rice Intensification) and organic farming,…

New Delhi: A new book talks about an uncommon bond between a millennial and Ratan Tata, who turned 83 on Monday, giving glimpses of the legendary entrepreneur in warm light. Tata, who writes a note in the book “I Came Upon a Lighthouse”, says a shared concern for the welfare of the homeless, hungry, ill-treated […]

New Delhi: A glossy black bird with a distinctive forked tail and perched on a bare branch was looking for something when it suddenly flew and we next saw him hovering over a Tawny eagle, more than twice his size and much stronger. But our bird, known as the black drongo was unfazed and fearlessly […]

New Delhi: 2020 was a hard year for most, especially when it came to money. In a new survey, 47 per cent people say that 2020 was a difficult year for them financially and over half point squarely at the pandemic as the cause. Twenty-three percent of those polled were laid off or furloughed, says […]

Chhindwara (MP): An elderly man from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district has willed half of his property to his pet dog. The 50-year-old man, identified as Om Narayan Verma is a resident of Badibaba village in Chand tehsil. He has four daughters and a son, but he is no mood to leave anything for the children. […]

Bhubaneswar: When the youths in our country grow up humming the popular bollywood number ‘Papa Kehte Hain Bada Kaam Karega, Beta Hamara Aisa Naam Karega…’ , the man of renaissance, Swami Vivekananda, had a different take. He always strived hard to make the country great, not an individual. “Buddha or Christ didn’t determine a country’s […]

Bhubaneswar: Swami Vivekananda was one of the most influential monks of all times. Swamiji is always remembered as an inspiration to mankind. His contribution in catapulting the Indian culture on world panorama is priceless. He spread the words of humanity and brotherhood among all men and women and called for global integrity through spiritual upliftment. […]