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Udaipur : Activists and animal lovers in the temple town of Nathdwara have launched a drive to make the place an all-vegetarian and alcohol free zone. Residents under the flagship of ‘Sharabmukt Ho Nathdwara Sangharsh Samiti’ are actively participating in a movement aiming to get a ban on sale of liquor ... Read More »

President Ram Nath Kovind conveyed his greetings to the countrymen on Diwali. In his tweet President said, May the Festival of Lights illuminate every home and every family, in our country and across our shared planet. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu also  extended his warm greetings and good wishes to ... Read More »

Distributing sweets and exchanging greetings Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Diwali is the festival of lights; it spreads the light of goodness and dispels fear. Jawans, through their commitment and discipline spread the sense of security and fearlessness among an indebted nation. Prime Minister said that their devotion to duty ... Read More »

Interacting with them, she reiterated governments commitment to give latest weapons like AK47 to all jawans manning border posts. The Defence Minister cautioned jawans not to believe what appear in social media and  advised them to stay away from negative news appearing about forces on Facebook and Twitter. She also ... Read More »

This year people can be seen choosing earthen lamps over chinese lights. These lamps are also considered environment friendly. People are also buying green crackers to celebrate diwali due to  air pollution condition in the national capital, supreme court has permitted the use of green crackers only. Mumbai is also ... Read More »

Revellers thronged markets for purchases for Diwali.   From decorating homes to shopping for earthern lamps..people are in the thick of festivities.   People also bought gold, silver jewellery and utensils yesterday.   Chhoti diwali or Narak Chaturdashi is being celebrated today in traditional and festive flavour. According to Hindu ... Read More »

Continuing the tradition of celebrating Diwali with the families of our soldiers, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman  will celebrate Diwali this year at Dinjan (Assam), Andra La-Omkar and Anini (Arunachal Pradesh) , informed the Defence Ministry spokesperson a tweet.   BSF Jawans celebrated deepawali at International border area in R S ... Read More »

Revellers thronged markets for purchases for Diwali.   From decorating homes to shopping for earthern lamps..people are in the thick of festivities.   People also bought gold, silver jewellery and utensils yesterday.     Chhoti diwali or Narak Chaturdashi is being celebrated today in traditional and festive flavour. According to ... Read More »

In a statement, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said that on account of Diwali festival, the last metro train service will be at 10 p.m. instead of 11 p.m. from terminal stations of all metro lines including the Airport Express Line on Wednesday.  It stated that metro train services will run ... Read More »

Potters in northern India are busy preparing diyas and have been preparing for over two months, as Diwali approaches. Earthen lamps made by us are reaching far and wide to Jaunpur and even further, said a local potter from the rural areas of India’s spiritual capital, Varanasi. Potters here alone ... Read More »

InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) has launched Diwali special sale across its network of 64 destinations. Effective October 24, 2018 till October 26, 2018, IndiGo is offering customers all-inclusive fares starting from Rs 899. The low-cost carrier is offering 10 lakh seats and this sale is valid for travel between November 8, ... Read More »

Reliance Industries’ (RIL) telecom arm — Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) — has launched second Dilwali offer, where pre-paid customers recharging Rs 149 or above will get 100% cashback in the form of coupons which can be used to purchase products at Reliance Digital stores or MyJio stores. The offer is ... Read More »