Kite makers and workers across India are busy preparing colourful kites and specialised manjha threads ahead of the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad and the Lohri festival.
Makar Sankranti is one of the year's first festivals of India. The country joyfully kicks off the year with a tapestry of colours and traditions: Gujarat's soaring kites. Punjab's blazing bonfires. Tamil Nadu's bubbling Pongal pot....
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Commenting on the seat sharing in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said in Ballia that a decision will be made as soon as Surya Uttarayan occurs.
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While the Congress top brass has declined the invitation to the January 22 consecration ceremony at Ayodhya's Ram temple, the party's Uttar Pradesh unit plans to go ahead with its own event a week earlier in the holy town.
During their visit to the holy city, the Congress leaders will take a dip in Saryu river, and then visit the Ram temple and Hanumangarhi temple, Rai said on Sunday.
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Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Tuesday mat Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad, where the actor was spotted flying kites with the politician during Uttarayan festivites.
Kite fliers from 45 different countries are painting the skies of Gujarat in vibrant colours with their high-flying kites. The 30th annual International kite festival, which kicked off on January 6, is being held at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. Take a look.
While tukkal salers claim that their business has doubled this season, kite makers and retailers say that business has been down by around 25 per cent.
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Braving the winter chill, thousands of devotees on Thursday took a holy dip in the Ganga in Haridwar heralding the start of the three-month-long Maha Kumbh, considered the largest religious congregation that takes place once in 12 years.
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The theft was detected in the morning when the Visva Bharati University reopened after a day's break, Bhattacharjee said in Kolkata.
Vajpayee will visit the museum into which burglars broke into at Rabindra Bhawan, Vice-Chancellor Sujit Basu said in Kolkata.
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Let's take you on a fun journey on kites and Sankranti traditions and guess what? You can learn a thing or two about financial planning from it as well.
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2016 has just begun and the first festival of the year is already here. Makar Sankranti it is! On this occasion let's think about how to get our kites and CIBIL scores to soar high
As winter fades and the sun's warmth begins, once again, to make its presence felt, India celebrates one of its oldest and most important festivals.
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