COVID-19 pandemic

COVID pandemic biggest challenge world is facing since WW-II: PM Modi at G20

11:45 pm November 21, 2020

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest challenge the world is facing since World War-II and is an important turning point in the history of humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the G20 summit on Saturday, as he offered India’s IT prowess for the efficient functioning of the grouping. Modi also said that “Work from Anywhere” is a […]

People pray to Sun god at dawn; Chhat puja celebration concludes

Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad devotees told to observe Chhath at home

11:29 pm November 19, 2020

Pune: Municipal corporations of Pune and adjoining Pimpri-Chinchwad have put restrictions on mass celebrations of Chhath Puja at river banks, lakes and other public places in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to orders issued on Thursday. The annual festival dedicated to the Sun god will be celebrated on Friday and Saturday. A popular festival of north […]

Celebrate Chhath at home, West Bengal govt urges devotees

6:57 pm November 19, 2020

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Thursday urged the people of the Bihari community to perform Chhath Puja rituals at home or at nearby water bodies in small groups, and shun processions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking to reporters at state secretariat ‘Nabanna’, Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay urged the devotees to avoid […]

Bihar vote count likely to end late tonight: EC

11:42 pm November 10, 2020

New Delhi: Counting of votes for the Bihar assembly elections will take longer than usual and continue till late in the night because of 63 per cent increase in the number of EVMs, the Election Commission said on Monday. Briefing reporters in the national capital as the counting progressed in Bihar, EC officials said over […]

President-elect Joe Biden pledges to unite America; calls it ‘a time to heal in America’

2:28 pm November 8, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to unite the country as he called it ‘a time to heal in America’, after his historic victory over Donald Trump in a bitter and closely-fought presidential election – billed as one of the most divisive in recent American history. Trump has so far refused to concede the […]