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Reporters' diary: Gone with the ‘poll meal’

Edit Deccan Chronicle 12 Jun 2016
Birthday party politics. In Uttar Pradesh, the best way to swing into the limelight is to throw a party, specially during election time. Invite a few legislators and then quietly leak the news to the media ... Secular Didi ... Didi attends midnight mass at St. Paul Cathedral and sings Christmas carols, visits a city gurdwara on Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday and also participates in Chhath puja ... Dinner helps win votes ... What a colourful idea!....

Rebuilding history

Edit The Himalayan 11 Jun 2016
Kathmandu. In the earthquake of April 25, 2015 a beautiful structure that is iconic historically and culturally was damaged — Rani Pokhari, which literally translated means ‘Queen’s Pond’, that nestles in the heart of the Capital, Ratnapark ... A bridge on the west of the pond helps devotees reach the temple. The gates of Rani Pokhari are opened to the public twice a year — on Bhai Tika of Tihar and Chhath puja ... ....

Traffic to resume on Narayangadh-Muglin road section

Edit The Himalayan 07 Jun 2016
Chitwan, June 6 ... Engineer Shiv Khanal of the project said his office had decided to resume traffic movement in the road section as the workload was reduced till Chhath festival for various reasons ... The Narayangadh-Muglin road section is a major gateway to Kathmandu and Pokhara ... ....

RMC to beautify ponds before monsoon

Edit The Times of India 26 May 2016
Ranchi. The Ranchi Municipal Corporation is all set to start beautification of 22 major ponds across the city before the monsoon sets in ... Uma Shankar Ram, engineer at RMC said, "The tender for other 12 ponds will also be floated soon." ... Ram said, "We will also be making a separate area for idol immersion in these ponds and also develop the ponds as chhath ghat." ... Once approved, we will begin the work," Ram said ... RELATED....

Grave concern

Edit The Telegraph India 25 Apr 2016
Fish wash up dead on the banks of a shrinking Chhath Talab in Jagannathpur, Ranchi, on Monday. More may die with weathermen extending the heatwave alert in the state. (Prashant Mitra) ... ....

The storyteller within

Edit The Hindu 21 Apr 2016
o where were we? In the middle of a long conversation with actor Pankaj Tripathi, we suddenly lose the thread and have to go back to my notes to figure how we had begun. An exchange with Tripathi is like that, a free flowing, meandering, stream of consciousness. One thought leads to another and then yet another ... He remembers performing small roles in the amateur plays put up during the Chhath festival ... It motivated him ... An actor has none....

Get ready to pay more to travel by newly introduced trains

Edit DNA India 14 Apr 2016
-->. Railways is gearing up to introduce a few special services ... All these trains were announced in the Rail Budget 2016-17 and the routes and destinations of these services are being worked out ... Besides, the special trains to deal with the festive rush during Christmas season, Chhath, Holi, Durga Puja and during Kumbh Mela will also have special fares, higher than the regular trains. ....

Railway passengers to pay more for new proposed trains

Edit The Times of India 14 Apr 2016
NEW DELHI. Though there was no fare hike proposal in the Rail Budget this time, passengers will have to cough up more for travelling on new trains with added facilities in the coming days ... Besides, the special trains to deal with the festive rush during Christmas season, Chhath, Holi, Durga Puja and during Kumbh Mela will also have special fares, higher than the regular trains ... Download it Now! ....

Chhath festival

Edit The Himalayan 12 Apr 2016
Female devotees gather at a pond to offer argha to the setting sun at Garu-8 in Rautahat district on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Kumar Jha. The post Chhath festival appeared first on The Himalayan Times ... ....

Water conservation top priority for government: Uma Bharti

Edit The Times of India 29 Mar 2016
New Delhi, Mar 29 () Water formed the backbone of the Gujarat model of development and the same is being replicated across the country under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Union Minister Uma Bharti said today ... The Water Resources Minister was speaking at an event for children on the theme of water conservation and pollution at Chhath Puja Ghat on the banks of Yamuna river here ... There was shortage of water....

Aurangabad DM asks power officials to replace old high tension wires

Edit The Times of India 27 Mar 2016
Aurangabad ... "Chaiti Chhath is round the corner and there will be huge congregation of devotees from far off places at Deo to pay obeisance to the Sun God. To avoid any untoward incident, the department has been asked to replace old wires," said the DM ... RELATED....

6-yr-old girl dies after falling into ditch at DDA park

Edit Indian Express 16 Feb 2016
Krishna was playing in the park at Kishangarh with her friends when she fell into the ditch. (Express Photo Abhishek Angad) ... Two-year-old boy drowns in pit dug for Chhath puja Bolt from the blue disrupts Sunday morning calm in Delhi park7-yr-old from Bhiwani falls in open ditch,diesAround town Taking a dip to wash off Holi colours,teen drowns in ditch dug in South Delhi Week on,missing boys found drowned in ditch at civic park ... ....

Kejriwal govt. Should Stop Defaming Safai Karamcharai - Satish Upadhyay

Edit Newstrack India 30 Jan 2016
New Delhi, 30th January. Thousands of Delhi BJP workers led by their President Sh.Satish Upadhyay today held a Massive Demonstration MARCH from Nirman Vihar to Delhi Government Secretariat via Vikas Marg ... Delhi Police stopped the BJP workers at 2nd barricade near Chhath Ghat ITO and announced the assembly of 5740 listed workers as unlawful detaining around 1200 and forcefully dispersing the rest. Addressing the demonstration Sh ... Sh ... Sh ... ....
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