Itanagar: Nearly 75,000 devotees, including hundreds of sadhus from across the country, took a holy dip in Parshuram Kund in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday. Most of the pilgrims, from Nepal, Manipur, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and various parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh made a beeline to the holy site since January 13 last, Lohit deputy commissioner R K Sharma...
12:10 PM, Jan 16, 2012
As you visit any of the shops selling kites, you will discover the gloom that greeted one at the start of the week is replaced with a sigh of relief. After all, with the city's denizens on a kite shopping spree, traders who complained of lacklustre business till last week have finally got their smiles back. If you are wondering where to spot that Chinese-designer kite besides the humble paper...
08:54 AM, Jan 14, 2012
BANGALORE: The scene has shifted from Brigade Road and M G Road to the markets in the city " Jayanagar Fourth Block, Madiwala Market, Gandhi Bazaar and K R Market. While most of these markets buzz with activity in the evenings, on Friday morning, a visitor to the markets may be forgiven to have thought that its a weekend. Heaps of sugarcane, bunches of fresh turmeric, till seeds, mounds of...
08:44 AM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Left Front government in Kerala, headed by VS Achuthanandan, on Friday, filed an affidavit in the High Court on the Sabarimala tragedy that happened last week. In its affidavit, the government said that it will bring into effect a permanent system to ensure the safety of the pilgrims. The Left Front government has also promised to ensure better crowd management practice be put into place. Crime Branch...
12:18 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Kerala police on Tuesday submitted its report on what sparked the Sabarimala stampede. According to the investigating officer IGP B Sandhya, an autorickshaw parked on top of the hill toppled, triggering the stampede. There were 11 policemen on the spot, and the report says the police did their best to control the stampede. The High Court had on Monday pulled up the government for the tragedy and...
09:55 PM, Jan 18, 2011
New Delhi: Kerala High Court on Monday came down heavily on Kerala government and its various departments, saying that lack of coordination among them caused the tragic stampede in Idukki district which resulted in the death of over 100 pilgrims and injuries to 50 others. Solutions were offered by a judicial probe in 1999 following a similar stampede. Among the measures was the need to monitor alternate routes to the...
11:16 PM, Jan 17, 2011
In different parts of the country, people are celebrating Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Bihu and Uttaraayan. ...
01:39 PM, Jan 15, 2011
Vandiperiyar: The spot where the stampede broke out leaving over 100 dead has been a traditional forest trekking path used mostly by devotees from Tamil Nadu to reach the hill shrine of Lord Ayyaappa. The area is known as 'Pulmedu' as it is a large stretch of grassland in Periyar Wildlife Reserve in the Western Ghats. The trekking route is a short-cut for pilgrims from places like Cumbon, Theni and...
12:58 PM, Jan 15, 2011
Bodies recovered from the stampede site near Sabarimala were being taken to the health care centre for postmortem. ...
11:45 AM, Jan 15, 2011
Eyewitnesses speak about the turn of events of the accidents near Sabarimala, that left more than 100 dead. ...
11:23 AM, Jan 15, 2011
Vandiperiyar (Kerala): In a major tragedy in Kerala's Idukki district over 100 pilgrims died and 50 others injured, seven of them seriously, in a stampede that occurred at Uppupara near Vandiperiyar on Friday evening. The accident occurred near at 8.30 PM on Friday evening. Sabarimala spokesperson Rahul Easwar said that 109 pilgrims were dead and 12, some of them children, were still missing. He also said that Kerala Chief Minister...
07:29 AM, Jan 15, 2011
New Delhi: Be it Holi, Diwali or Makar Sankranti - the film fraterntiy makes it a point to wish its fans on every occasion. For Sankranti and Pongal, they told fans to enjoy the harvest festival by gorging on gur (jagery) and flying kites. "One of my favorite festivals as a child! Loved flying kites atop rooftops watching the vibrant colors in the sky. Freedom!" Dia Mirza posted on micro-blogging...
03:32 PM, Jan 14, 2011
New Delhi: Makar Sankranti is being celebrated across the country on Friday. The festival marks the entry of the Sun in Capricorn and signifies the arrival of the spring and the beginning of the harvest season. The festival also is an opportunity where thousands take a holy dip in river Ganga to atone their sins. Marking the day of Makar Sankranti, royal ornaments meant to adorn Lord Ayyappa are expected...
10:34 AM, Jan 14, 2011
As winter starts to wane, Indians celebrate the harvest season. ...
09:53 PM, Jan 14, 2010
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