Page 14 - Festivals

SBI, IDBI to Canara Bank: Lucrative offers to explore this festive season

Banks and credit card companies have different lucrative offers for customers amid the ongoing festive season. Check which bank has the best offers for customers

Karva Chauth 2023: Date, moonrise time, muhurat, puja vidhi and everything

Karva Chauth is a Hindu festival celebrated by married women in the Kartik month as per the Hindu calendar. The festival usually falls in the months of October or November

Dussehra 2023: When is Vijayadashami? Know date, history, significance

While the name Dussehra is more common in North Indian states and Karnataka, Vijayadashami is popular in West Bengal

Happy Dussehra 2023: Top 10 best wishes, quotes, and messages to share

The auspicious festival of Dussehra will be celebrated across the country with complete joy and enthusiasm. Here is the collection of 10 best wishes, quotes, and messages to share with friends

Happy Dussehra: Here are the top 10 best quotes, wishes, messages and more

The popular Indian festival Dussehra will be celebrated tomorrow throughout the country. Here are the top 10 best quotes, wishes, messages to share with your friends and family members

Navratri festival: Dos and Don'ts to avoid heart attack during Garba dance

Around 10 people died in parts of Gujarat in the last 24 hours. This has raised concern about cardiac arrest among higher authorities and experts. Here are some dos and don'ts to avoid heart attack

Vijayadashami 2023: History, Importance, Rituals, Timings, Celebration

Vijayadashami, Dasara or Dashain signifies the triumph of good over evil, as on this day, Lord Rama conquered devil king Ravana and on the other hand, Maa Durga won upon Mahishasura

Ayudha Puja 2023: Date and time, History, Importance, Rituals, Wishes

Ayudha Puja or Astra Puja is a vital festival in India that includes the prayer of tools and weapons. It is celebrated on the 10th day of the Navratri festivity

Navratri 2023, 9th Day: Maa Siddhidatri Puja, Havan, Aarti and Kanya Poojan

On the ninth day of Navratri 2023, devotees worship goddess Siddhidatri, who is known to be the giver of perfection to devotees. Here is everything you need to know about this auspicious day

Navratri Day 6: Know importance of Maa Katyayani, rituals, timings and more

The 6th day of Shardiya Navratri lies on Friday, October 20. On this day, goddess Katyayani is worshipped. She personifies the fiercest incarnation of Goddess Durga

Prices of essential foods to remain stable during festive season: Food Secy

Prices of essential food items will remain stable during the festival season, Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Thursday said. The decision on allowing sugar exports during the current 2023-24 marketing year (October-September) will be taken after the agriculture ministry comes out with the production estimates of sugarcane, he added. The secretary was briefing the media on the domestic supply and prices of key essential food items like wheat, rice, sugar and edible oils. "Prices are expected to remain stable during the festival season. We are not anticipating any manner of hike (in food item prices) in the festival season. Hopefully, prices should rule stable in the next couple of months," Chopra told reporters here. The government has taken some decisions recently to ensure price stabilisation, the secretary said. The government has recently used all tools at its command, whether trade policy or stock limit norms. These tools have been used judiciously to ensure prices rema

Top 6 Durga Puja pandals that will mesmerise you in Kolkata, check list

The Durga Puja festival is celebrated with complete joy and enthusiasm. The festival will start on October 20 and will conclude on October 24. Here's the list of top Durga Puja pandals

Navratri Day 5: Know importance of Skanda mata, rituals, timings and more

Devotees pray to goddess Skandmata on the day 5th of Shardiya Navratri. She is the goddess Durga's fifth incarnation and represents sympathy, motherhood, and a heart loaded with love

Navratri 2023 Day 4: Everything you need to know about Maa Kushmanda

On the day 4 of Navratri on October 18, Maa Kushmanda is worshipped. Hindus worships Maa Durga and her nine forms during the celebration, mark fasts, eat satvik food, and seek blessings of the goddess

Navratri 2023: Top 5 Best dandiya events and parties to join in India

The Navratri season is on, and the celebrations are beginning across the nation, especially in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Here are the top 5 dandiya events and parties in Maharashtra to join

Coca-Cola India's brand marketing spends to be highest-ever in H2

After 'challenging summer', Coca-Cola India expects strong demand in H2

Festival season spurs online shopping spree, e-commerce cos hopeful

"I don't have time even for lunch as there are so many packets to be delivered," said Ajay Singh, a delivery boy at a Flipkart delivery centre in a busy market in New Delhi

Shardiya Navratri 2023: Know Maa Durga's avatars and their significance

The celebration of Navratri praises the divine feminine and is perhaps Hinduism's most significant celebration. Devotees worship Maa Durga in nine various forms during Navratri

Instances of security breaches at college fests shows lax approach: HC

The Delhi High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of security breaches at college festivals and demanded action by authorities after several female Delhi University students alleged that they were secretly filmed while changing in an IIT-Delhi washroom for a fashion show at the institute's fest. A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, in an order passed on Monday, stated it was imperative that adequate security measures are put in place to allow students to attend such events without any impending fear of experiencing such acts of violation. The court, which earlier also dealt with the incident of alleged sexual harassment of girl students during a cultural festival at the all-women Gargi College of Delhi University in February 2020, observed that unfortunately it has been confronted with several cases of student harassment during such festivals. Such recurrent instances, it said, show the lackadaisical approach of authorities organising such festivals in envisaging

Dabur flags weak Q2 operating profit on delayed monsoon, festive season

Dabur, which sells Vatika Shampoo and Honitus cough syrup brands, said improving macro economic indicators and positive consumer sentiment will help in "gradual" recovery in urban and rural markets