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Celebrating 100 years of Habichak Rath Yatra
Celebrating 100 years of Habichak Rath Yatra

Every village has a story of its own. This story in Habichak is about a dream. That dream gave birth to a tradition, which is now 100 years old. Nearly a century ago, zamindar Promoth Nath Kar went to Puri with his mother.

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‘No anti-incumbency in Uttarakhand’
‘No anti-incumbency in Uttarakhand’

Uttarakhand Education Minister and the state's well-known organisational strategist, Dhan Singh Rawat, has consistently earned the confidence of the BJP's central leadership to manage parts of its election campaigns in poll-bound states across the country.

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The Metaphysics of Immortality

Rajeev Kejriwal’s Antheen occupies a special niche in the contemporary Hindi poetry precisely because of its quiet subtleness and deep contemplations.

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BJD questions ‘Tahia’ lapse during Lord Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra ritual

The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday questioned the circumstances under which Lord Jagannath's traditional tahia (floral headgear) allegedly came off during the Pahandi procession of the Rath Yatra, describing the incident as an unprecedented ritual lapse that hurt the sentiments of millions of devotees.