Kartik Purnima on the Purnima day or the fifteenth lunar day of Kartik month which falls on Monday. It is also known as Tripuri Purnima and Tripurari Purnima. It is sometimes called Deva-Diwali or Deva-Deepawali, the festival of lights of the Gods. This year due to lockdown the festival was celebrated on a very subdued
New Delhi, With 38,772 new coronavirus cases and 443 deaths in the past 24 hours, India's overall tally stood at 94,31,692 on Monday, as the fatality toll touched 1,37,139, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Currently, there are 4,46,952 active cases, whereas 8,84,76,00 patients have been cured and discharged so far. The recovery
Mumbai, Actress Amrita Rao says the concept of visibility for an actor has changed courtesy social media and talent management firms, as compared to the time she made her Bollywood debut in 2002. "Before the era of social media and PR machinery that we are seeing these days, an actor's popularity and celebrity status was
New York, US President-elect Joe Biden has named a seven member all-women team to lead the White House communications war room, headed by his campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield. This is the first time in American political history that the senior White House communications team will be entirely female. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris described the
Varanasi (UP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, on Monday, to light the first 'diya' for the 'Dev Deepawali' celebrations. Dev Deepawali, which is celebrated on every ‘Purnima' (full moon night) of the Kartik month in the Hindu calendar, will be celebrated by lighting 11 lakh diyas on both
Jakarta, A total of 180 doctors in Indonesia have died due to the novel coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic earlier this year, according to authorities. The Indonesian Medical Association said on Saturday that of the 180 doctors, 92 were general practitioners, 86 were specialists, and two were residents, reports Xinhua news agency. The
Srinagar, Minimum temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh union territories improved marginally on Sunday due to partial cloud cover as the weather is likely to remain dry till Thursday, Met officials said. "Due to partial cloud cover, minimum temperatures improved marginally in J&K and Ladakh. Weather is expected to generally remain dry till December
Kolkata, The Central Bureau of Investigation's anti-corruption branch on Saturday conducted marathon raids in as many as 30 different locations in West Bengal in connection with a coal-smuggling racket. According to sources, the federal investigation agency sleuths raided the office and homes of Anup Majhi, alias Lala, in Asansol, Durgapur, and Raniganj in Burdwan district,
Mumbai, As the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government completed its first year in office on Saturday, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party slammed its 'lustreless performance' and alleged that the Constitutional machinery in the state has collapsed. In a scathing attack, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis, dismissed the MVA's one-year as a "total
New Delhi, Even as the Delhi Police has allowed farmers to visit Burari ground in north Delhi to hold their protest against three central farm laws, a couple of good Samaritans are offering free 'langar sewa' or community kitchen food there to ensure that no one goes hungry. Even though farmers from Punjab and Haryana,