Day: January 14, 2021

58 people injured during jallikattu

11:59 pm January 14, 2021

Madurai (TN): At least 58 people, including spectators, were injured at the annual jallikattu event held here on Thursday, police said. The bull taming sport was held on the occasion of harvest festival Pongal at Avaniyapuram and as many as 529 bulls were used. The injured included spectators and sportsmen, police said. The event, inaugurated […]

Man injured due to sharp kite string in Nashik district

11:52 pm January 14, 2021

Mumbai: A 23-year-old man was injured after a sharp kite string slashed his throat in Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Thursday, police said. Kite-flying is popular on the festival of Makar Sankranti, but using razor-sharp manja (string), which is sometimes coated with crushed glass, is prohibited. The incident took place at Jalgaon Neur village in Yeola […]

Lakhs take holy dip at Gangasagar on Makar Sankranti

11:49 pm January 14, 2021

Sagar Island (WB): Lakhs of pilgrims took the holy dip at Gangasagar on Makar Sankranti at the confluence of River Ganga and the Bay of Bengal and offered prayers at the Kapil Muni temple here on Thursday, West Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee said. According to the Hindu calendar, the holy dip on Makar Sankranti is […]

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Covid vaccine consignment reaches Himachal Pradesh

11:41 pm January 14, 2021

Shimla: A consignment of an anti-Covid vaccine comprising its 93,000 doses reached Himachal Pradesh‘s capital Shimla on Thursday evening, an official said. State Health Secretary Amitabh Avasthi said the consignment of Covishield vaccine, produced by Pune-based Pune’s Serum Institute of India, had been airlifted from Pune to Chandigarh, from where it was brought to Shimla […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Lankan trade unions remain opposed to Adani Group investment in Colombo Port

11:32 pm January 14, 2021

Colombo : Sri Lankan port trade unions on Thursday said they were not convinced with the proposal of Indian multinational company Adani Group and its partners buying 49 per cent stake in the Eastern Container Terminal (ETC) of Colombo Port, a day after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met them to explain the need for foreign funding. ”The ETC is in its last gasp, we have […]

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