The Indian Medical Association (IMA), Serampore unit in an awareness programme on safety measures during Holi, has completely prohibited the use of chemical toxic colours and encouraged the use of organic colours.
The sixth century Kashishwar Peeth, also well-known as Chatra Dol Tola temple in Serampore still upholds the traditional Dol Utsav celebration amidst hundreds of devotees from far and near.
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Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Wednesday said the state government will soon propose two separate Bills to enhance the reservation for backward classes to 42 per cent, and introduce sub categorization of Scheduled Castes to correct the historical underrepresentation of the communities and ensure balanced distribution of reservation benefits.
Ahead of Holi, the festival of colours, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath distributed Rs 1,890 crore subsidy for gas cylinder refills to 1.86 crore eligible families in Uttar Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
Five people who were allegedly engaged into a race on national highway 19 between Budbud and Panagarh ultimately leading to the death of a 27-year-old event management employee of Chandannagaore in Hooghly district have been identified by the police.
Two women were arrested on the banks of the Ganges in Kolkata's Kumartuli on early Tuesday as they were trying to dispose of a trolley bag carrying the headless and chopped body of a woman in the river.
The parents will leave for Delhi probably on Thursday and meet the director of the CBI probing the brutal rape and murder.
President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday extended their greetings to the nation on the occasion of Mahashivratri, wishing for the prosperity and good health of the people.
Visiting a district, decades later, opens up floodgates of memory. When I think of Kakinada, the district headquarters of the famous East Godavari district of undivided Andhra Pradesh, where I had served in 1979-81, certain images endure.
