Raksha Bandhan

COVID ties rakhi celebrations to post, video call

6:56 pm July 26, 2020

New Delhi: Nidhi Rawat has got a sweet tooth and her brother, who lives in Mumbai, brings her ‘Bombay halwa’ on Raksha Bandhan every year. This year, he won’t come home. Pummy Saini sent a rakhi and a letter to her Ahmedabad-based elder brother and nephew. She says the restrictions made her realise how much […]

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Man injured due to sharp kite string in Nashik district

Civil engineer dies after Chinese ‘manjha’ slits throat

10:49 pm August 16, 2019

New Delhi: A civil engineer died after his throat was slit by glass-coated ‘manjha’ in Paschim Vihar area here while he was going to a relative’s place, police said on Friday. After celebrating Raksha Bandhan on Thursday, Manav Sharma, 28, and his two younger sisters were en route to Hari Nagar on his scooter to […]

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Bollywood celebrates Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan

8:08 pm August 15, 2019

Mumbai: Superstars Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and other Bollywood celebrities on Thursday celebrated the country’s 73rd Independence Day with fervour, pride and enthusiasm. The celebrities took to social media to post their photographs with the national flag with Salman Khan taking a rather unique route to present the flag. The “Bharat” actor uploaded an old […]

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