Chhath Puja is a four-day festival honouring the Sun God. It begins on Shukla Chaturthi and ends on Saptami in the Kartik month. Devotees observe a 36-hour fast without water. The month of Kartik is ...

The festivals of Diwali and Chhath are just around the corner. In order to facilitate passenger travel, Indian Railways has introduced a Vande Bharat Special train between New Delhi and Patna. Every ...

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has announced that this year’s Chhath Puja will be celebrated on both banks of the Yamuna River. The government will make special arrangements so that devotees ...

Former Minister of Information and Orientation, Professor Jerry Gana, has disclosed that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan will contest again in 2027. Gana made this remark while speaking to journalists ...

Padma Bhushan awardee and veteran Kannada writer SL Bhyrappa (Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa) passed away on Wednesday, September 24, at a hospital in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bengaluru. The ...

The 25-year-old skier was training on the upper part of La Parva Ski Resort, around 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the capital Santiago, when he fell on Saturday and suffered a serious head injury. The ...

MILAN -- Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died following a crash in preseason training in Chile, the Italian Winter Sports Federation announced on Monday. He was 25. Franzoso is the second elite ...

In an effort to promote devotional group singing among daily commuters, the Bhakti Shakti Railway Commuter Bhajan Competition 2025 has been organized in Navi Mumbai. The event is being conducted for ...

Meticulously articulated by Guru Ravidass, bhakti as an all-inclusive form of worship of Nirguna (God without attributes), unlike that practiced in mainstream religious centres, needed no ...

As Biharis often say, “Diwali ke baad real festival begins.” While brands are beginning to acknowledge the influence of the broader Indian diaspora, many are missing a significant opportunity by ...

Mumbai: Thousands will gather on Mumbai's beaches and on the banks of water bodies on Thursday at sunset and during sunrise on Friday to take in the main rituals of the four-day Chhath Puja, the ...