Diwali

Jaipur:  After two cases of Omicron variants were found in Karnataka, four members of a family which came to Jaipur from South Africa tested positive for Corona and their samples have been sent for genome sequencing. The infected family…

New Delhi:  Oil marketing companies have continued to provide relief to consumers from rising fuel prices post revision of duties by the central and state governments on Diwali eve. Accordingly, petrol and diesel prices remained static…

New Delhi:  Consumers continue to get relief from rising fuel prices with oil marketing companies (OMCs) keeping pump prices of petrol and diesel unchanged post revision of duties by the state governments on Diwali eve. Accordingly,…

New Delhi:  India's smartphone market registered a year-over-year (YoY) decline of 12 per cent in 3Q21 (Jul-Sep), shipping 48 million units after four consecutive quarters of growth, a new report revealed on Friday. According to the…

Gandhinagar:  After a gap of two years, the Border Security Force (BSF) exchanged sweets and best wishes with the Pakistan Rangers on the auspicious occasion of Diwali. The BSF jawans from the Gujarat Frontier posted on the Indo-Pakistan…

Chennai:  The Chennai police have registered 758 cases for violating the Supreme Court order while bursting crackers during Diwali celebrations. The police arrested the violators and charged them under Section 284 (negligence to endanger…

Patna:  With three more succumbing, the death toll in Bihar's Bettiah hooch tragedy rose to 12 on Friday, police said. Nine persons had died on Diwali morning after consuming spurious liquor the previous night. The victims belonged to…

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan revealed that this year Diwali was much quieter as he gave a glimpse of the night at his home 'Jalsa'. Amitabh celebrated Diwali with his wife Jaya Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, son…

Bhubaneswar: In a pleasant gesture Police Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi, DCP Dr Uma Shankar Dash and senior police officials celebrated the Festival of Lights with slum kids in Bhubaneswar. The top cops and local police station…

Agartala/Silchar/Shillong:  On the occasion of Diwali, the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday exchanged sweets at various frontier posts along the 4,096-km-long India-Bangladesh border, officials…