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- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Police celebrate Rakhi with traffic rule violators
Hyderabad: To spread awareness on road safety issues, the Rachakonda traffic police celebrated Rakshabandhan with a unique twist. Female police officials tied rakhis to male and female drivers who were driving without…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Few takers for Dhoolpet laddu this Raksha Bandhan
Hyderabad: The number of shops selling the famous ‘Dhoolpet laddu’ during the Raksha Bandhan festival seems to have come down this year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the outbreak of the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra women ministers tie Rakhi to CM Jagan
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday celebrated Raksha Bandhan with women ministers tying ‘rakhi’ to him Home Minister Taneti Anita, Minister for Health and Family Welfare V.…
- India
Vrindavan widows send 501 handmade rakhis to PM Modi
Mathura: Widows of Vrindavan have sent 501 rakhis’ and 75 national flags to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Raksha Bandhan. Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International and a well-known social reformer,…
- India
PM Modi’s Pakistani sister sends him ‘rakhi’, wishes for his good health
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Pakistani sister Qamar Mohsin Shaikh sent the sacred thread–Rakhi and wished him for the 2024 general election. Speaking to…
- India
VHP activists object to removal of sacred threads from school kids’ wrists
Shahjahanpur: Some VHP activists on Wednesday accused the principal of a school here of removing the rakhi’ and sacred threads from the children’s wrists and demanded the lodging of an FIR against…
- Telangana
Five sisters tie rakhis to dead brother before funeral
Nalgonda: Five sisters tied rakhis on the wrist of their dead brother in the Nalgonda district on Sunday before the start of his funeral procession. The incident took place in Malagudem village…
- Entertainment
Twitterati divided as Mahika Sharma tweets she’d tie rakhis to the Taliban
Mumbai: Actress Mahika Sharma, expressing her sadness over reports that the Taliban are torturing women in Afghanistan, tweeted on Sunday that she would tie rakhis to them so that they learnt to…
- Photos
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti ties ‘Rakhi’ to Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti ties ‘Rakhi’ to Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on the occasion of Raksha…
- Featured News
Sort your Rakshabandhan gifting woes with this guide
New Delhi: Who had to get up to open the door last? Who started the fight? Who won the battle for the TV remote? Everyone with a sibling is all too familiar…
- Hyderabad
Corona rakhi made of cow dung key attraction at Hyderabad shop
Hyderabad: Shops in Telangana’s Hyderabad saw an increased footfall ahead of Raksha Bandhan on Sunday despite the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, with one shopkeeper adding an interesting ‘Corona rakhi’ made of cow dung…
- Entertainment
TV star Ashi Singh shares her favourite Rakhi memory
Mumbai, Aug 3 : TV star Ashi Singh says her most cherished memories of Raksha Bandhan are all about dressing up for the festival. “My most cherished childhood memory for Raksha Bandhan…
- Featured News
Festival of Rakhi ties Hindus and Muslims in unbreakable bonds
Sruthi Vibhavari The Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated in India and Nepal on Monday (August 3). Observed on the Purnima (full moon) of the lunar month of Shravan, Raksha…
- India
PM Modi’s Pakistani sister Qamar Mohsin Shaikh sends him ‘rakhi’
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Pakistani sister Qamar Mohsin Shaikh would not be able to meet him amid COVID-19 crisis, so she has sent…
- Photos
Designer rakhis in Mumbai
Mumbai: Madhavi Amballa (25), an architect, shows designer handmade rakhi’s made by her at home during the lockdown period, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Amballa crafted rakhis which resemble food items…
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