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Chhath Festival 2025: All About What's Open, What's Closed Today In Delhi
Chhath Festival 2025: Monday has been observed as a public holiday in the national capital to celebrate the festival.
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"Earlier, Even Mosquitoes Couldn't Thrive": Rekha Gupta Praises Yamuna Revival Ahead Of Chhath
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with Minister Kapil Mishra, on Thursday inspected the preparations for the upcoming Chhath festival at Kalindi Kunj Chhath Ghat, highlighting a significant transformation in the state of the river waters.
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Video: Ashwini Vaishnaw's Visit To Delhi Railway Station Amid Festive Rush
With millions travelling to celebrate Chhath with their families, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw last evening visited the New Delhi Railway station to review the arrangements.
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AAP Requests Poll Body To Reschedule Chhattisgarh Poll Due To Chhath
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI), requesting to reschedule the date of the second phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly polls in view of Chhath Puja festival.
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30 Fall In River After Temporary Structure Collapses In West Bengal
Around 30 devotees fell into the Torsa river on Saturday, after a portion of a temporary bamboo structure collapsed during Chhath festivities at Phansir Ghat in Cooch Behar district, police said.
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Chhath Puja 2019: Thekua And More; 5 Traditional Recipes To Celebrate The Festival With
Chhath Puja Foods: Just like any other festival, Chhath Puja too is celebrated with some traditional festive-special foods. The offering to Sun God - Chhath Prasad - includes sweets like thekua, kheer, rice ladoo and fruits. The meals prepared for Chhath Puja is strictly vegetarian.
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Probe After Reports Of Bihar Cops Signing "Pledge" To Get Leave Sanctioned
Police personnel in Bihar's Samastipur district, seeking leave for the Chhath festival, were allegedly made to sign a "pledge" saying that they needed the holiday for the religious festival and not for other reasons.
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In Bihar, 5 Die As Earth Caves In During Digging Work
Five people died when an earth cave in Bihar's Samastipur district today on Friday while they were digging it to make earthen ovens for the 'Chhath' festival. The incident happened in the morning at Nazirpur village -- 80 km east of Patna.Local villagers said eleven people were digging the soil to make earthen ovens for preparing prasad during the ...
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Security Stepped Up In Patna For Chhath Festival
Security have been stepped up in the city and its adjacent areas in view of the four-day-long Chhath festival which entered its second day today.
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I Was A Useless Punjabi Boy. Bihar Saved Me - By Patna Police Chief
Biharis have some serious problems - social and economic, that they are grappling with, but what they do possess in abundance and in general is a big heart that beats for India, a humane and compassionate self that still has a special place for the not-so-able and the not-so cutthroat. You can step off the road to success and yet be accepted with r...
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Chhath Festival Ends With Offering of 'Aragaya' to Rising Sun
The four-day Chhath festival ended today with devotees offering 'Argaya' this morning to the rising sun. Lakhs of devotees thronged the banks of Ganga early in the morning to offer 'argaya' to the rising Sun god.
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Delhi Hit by Heavy Traffic Amidst Chhath Festival
Traffic snarls were reported in several parts of the national capital amidst Chhath festival on Tuesday even as Delhi Traffic Police used a helicopter to monitor and regulate vehicular flow in and around the ghats in New Delhi that were witness to huge gatherings of people.
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'Chhath' Declared as Public Holiday by Uttar Pradesh Government
The Uttar Pradesh government has declared public holiday tomorrow on the occasion of 'Chhath', a festival popular in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, taking the number of public holidays to 40 in the state, where assembly elections are due in early 2017.
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Thousands Throng River Banks as Bihar's Chhath Begins
The four-day Chhath festival, one of the most popular and biggest in Bihar, began early today as hundreds of thousands of devotees thronged the river banks to take bath before preparing traditional food.
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Nitish Kumar to Take Oath as Bihar Chief Minister After Chhath Festival
Grand Alliance leader Nitish Kumar will again take oath as Bihar chief minister along with a 35-member council of ministers after the Chhath festival to be celebrated in the third week of November, a JD(U) leader said.
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Chhath Festival 2025: All About What's Open, What's Closed Today In Delhi
Chhath Festival 2025: Monday has been observed as a public holiday in the national capital to celebrate the festival.
-
"Earlier, Even Mosquitoes Couldn't Thrive": Rekha Gupta Praises Yamuna Revival Ahead Of Chhath
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with Minister Kapil Mishra, on Thursday inspected the preparations for the upcoming Chhath festival at Kalindi Kunj Chhath Ghat, highlighting a significant transformation in the state of the river waters.
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Video: Ashwini Vaishnaw's Visit To Delhi Railway Station Amid Festive Rush
With millions travelling to celebrate Chhath with their families, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw last evening visited the New Delhi Railway station to review the arrangements.
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AAP Requests Poll Body To Reschedule Chhattisgarh Poll Due To Chhath
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI), requesting to reschedule the date of the second phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly polls in view of Chhath Puja festival.
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30 Fall In River After Temporary Structure Collapses In West Bengal
Around 30 devotees fell into the Torsa river on Saturday, after a portion of a temporary bamboo structure collapsed during Chhath festivities at Phansir Ghat in Cooch Behar district, police said.
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Chhath Puja 2019: Thekua And More; 5 Traditional Recipes To Celebrate The Festival With
Chhath Puja Foods: Just like any other festival, Chhath Puja too is celebrated with some traditional festive-special foods. The offering to Sun God - Chhath Prasad - includes sweets like thekua, kheer, rice ladoo and fruits. The meals prepared for Chhath Puja is strictly vegetarian.
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Probe After Reports Of Bihar Cops Signing "Pledge" To Get Leave Sanctioned
Police personnel in Bihar's Samastipur district, seeking leave for the Chhath festival, were allegedly made to sign a "pledge" saying that they needed the holiday for the religious festival and not for other reasons.
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In Bihar, 5 Die As Earth Caves In During Digging Work
Five people died when an earth cave in Bihar's Samastipur district today on Friday while they were digging it to make earthen ovens for the 'Chhath' festival. The incident happened in the morning at Nazirpur village -- 80 km east of Patna.Local villagers said eleven people were digging the soil to make earthen ovens for preparing prasad during the ...
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Security Stepped Up In Patna For Chhath Festival
Security have been stepped up in the city and its adjacent areas in view of the four-day-long Chhath festival which entered its second day today.
-
I Was A Useless Punjabi Boy. Bihar Saved Me - By Patna Police Chief
Biharis have some serious problems - social and economic, that they are grappling with, but what they do possess in abundance and in general is a big heart that beats for India, a humane and compassionate self that still has a special place for the not-so-able and the not-so cutthroat. You can step off the road to success and yet be accepted with r...
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Chhath Festival Ends With Offering of 'Aragaya' to Rising Sun
The four-day Chhath festival ended today with devotees offering 'Argaya' this morning to the rising sun. Lakhs of devotees thronged the banks of Ganga early in the morning to offer 'argaya' to the rising Sun god.
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Delhi Hit by Heavy Traffic Amidst Chhath Festival
Traffic snarls were reported in several parts of the national capital amidst Chhath festival on Tuesday even as Delhi Traffic Police used a helicopter to monitor and regulate vehicular flow in and around the ghats in New Delhi that were witness to huge gatherings of people.
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'Chhath' Declared as Public Holiday by Uttar Pradesh Government
The Uttar Pradesh government has declared public holiday tomorrow on the occasion of 'Chhath', a festival popular in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, taking the number of public holidays to 40 in the state, where assembly elections are due in early 2017.
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Thousands Throng River Banks as Bihar's Chhath Begins
The four-day Chhath festival, one of the most popular and biggest in Bihar, began early today as hundreds of thousands of devotees thronged the river banks to take bath before preparing traditional food.
-
Nitish Kumar to Take Oath as Bihar Chief Minister After Chhath Festival
Grand Alliance leader Nitish Kumar will again take oath as Bihar chief minister along with a 35-member council of ministers after the Chhath festival to be celebrated in the third week of November, a JD(U) leader said.
