Gandhinagar, March 5 (IANS) The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) operated more than 7,400 additional bus trips during the Holi and Dhuleti festival period, transporting around 3.14 lakh passengers across the state, officials said on Thursday.The special arrangements were made to manage the seasonal surge in travel as people returned to their hometowns or visited religious centres during the festival.Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi congratulated the officers and staff of the …
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Seattle, March 4 (IANS) A bust of Mahatma Gandhi was installed at the prestigious Mike Mansfield Center of the University of Montana in Missoula, according to a statement by the Indian Consulate in Seattle.Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, along with the Consul General of India in Seattle, jointly unveiled the bust of the Mahatma in a gathering that was attended by leading officials from the state, including faculty and students of the University of Montana, as well as members of the Montana Worl…
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange will remain closed on Tuesday on account of the Holi festival.Trading in equities, equity derivatives, securities lending and borrowing and interest rate derivatives will be suspended for the day, exchanges said on Tuesday. Commodity derivatives will be closed in the morning and open for the evening session.On Monday, Sensex lost 1,048 points, or 1.29 per cent, to reach 80,238 and Nifty dropped 312 points, or 1.24 p…
Patna, March 2 (IANS) The Patna Police has foiled an alleged conspiracy to create unrest in Maner city ahead of the Holi festival by arresting eight suspected criminals from a garden near Hulasi Tola village, officials said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police surrounded the location and apprehended the group of criminals while they were allegedly planning a crime.During the raid, police officers recovered two country-made pistols, one additional pistol and eight live cartridges from the posse…
Kathmandu, March 2 (IANS) With just three days remaining before the scheduled parliamentary elections on March 5, Nepal’s interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Monday urged citizens to actively participate in the polls, describing the vote as an opportunity to shape their own future and that of their children.Nepal is going for fresh elections after the Gen-Z movement in September last year toppled the government led by former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. An interim government was subsequent…
Imphal, March 1 (IANS) The expansion of the Council of Ministers led by Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh is likely to take place after the upcoming Budget session of the state Assembly, BJP sources said on Sunday. Chief Minister Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the Manipur Chief Minister on February 4 after President’s Rule was revoked in the state. Along with him, four other MLAs took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers and Cabinet Ministers. However, the Khemchand Singh-led Ministry is …
Dehradun, March 1 (IANS) A Woman Self-Help (SHG) group in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag is under the spotlight over production of herbal colours for the Holi festival — an organic choice they made some time ago and found subsequent connect and support from the locals, in their own village and adjoining regions. The herbal colours i.e. chemical-free colours, are in high demand in the market, and SHGs are now faced with resurgent demands.This has given impetus to their businesses and also spurred new…
Guwahati, Feb 28 (IANS) In view of the upcoming Holi festival and the anticipated surge in passenger traffic, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has implemented a series of comprehensive and passenger-friendly measures across its entire zone to ensure safe, smooth and comfortable travel for all passengers. NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO), Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, said that, with a strong focus on teamwork, vigilance, and a passenger-first approach, the NFR is fully geared up to provi…
Bhopal, Feb 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Madhya Pradesh government on Friday announced that this year’s Holi festival will be celebrated across the state with the message of “environmental protection and social harmony”.The state government has appealed to citizens to celebrate Holi in a spirit of brotherhood, unity and joy, setting aside mutual differences. It has also urged the use of cow-dung logs (gau-kasth) instead of wood for Holika Dahan.As per the government’s dir…
Bhopal, Feb 27 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has issued an interesting order and instructed all divisional commissioners to supervise registration of “Holika Dahan” programmes. The order has also asked the responsible officers to collect phone numbers, a brief about the organisation, list of office bearers of the organisers of such events.The order has also asked its responsible officers to urge and encourage such organisations to replace traditional wood with cow dung sticks (goukash…