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For a change, mythology has been making headlines in India when border clashes with Pakistan and encounter killings near Bhopal are hitting headlines on Monday. Ravan was vanquished by Lord Ram on Dussehra returns home to celebrate the festival of lights or Diwali. The gap is just 18 days, so how is it possible to return in such a short ...

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee greeted nation and Indians abroad on the occasion of Durga Puja, which is a major festival for Bengalis and all Hindus as it marks the victory of right over evil. In his message on the eve of Durga Puja, he said:“On the auspicious occasion of Durga Puja, I extend warm greetings and best wishes to all ...

Dussehra celebrations have turned tragic in Patna on Friday when a stampede at the Gandhi Maidan took lives of 32 people, mostly children and women, who gathered to witness the Ravana Vadh event. The incident took place when thousands of people who had gathered tried to exit after the burning of the effigy of Ravan on Durga Puja, said Patna ...