ODIA NEW YEAR-MAHA VISHUBA SANKRANTI

Bisuva Sankranti is a special occasion for unmarried girls in rural pockets of coastal Balasore. They celebrate the day by offering prayers to the cuckoo bird. The tradition, however, has been dying a slow death. In a bid to revive it and also ...

occasion of Maha Visuva Sankranti, thousands of devotees on Sunday thronged the temple of Ramchandi at Ramnagar village of Mahakalapada block to have a darshan of the deity and also witness the Jhamu Yatra organised on the temple premises. Tribal ...

With the Mahabishuba Sankranti only days away, Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) is on high alert. In the last 10 days, the authorities have thwarted at least 50 attempts of poachers entering the reserve. Ritualistic hunting, or akhand shikar as it is ...

'Kai Po Che!' till the time KAI PO CHE! was released was a Gujarati terminology, that was heard around Makar Sankranti or the month of January every year at its peak. Credit for introducing the slogan KAI PO CHE! to the fans of cinema however also needs to be ...

The Kumbh began on January 14 with Makar Sankranti with six major bathing dates passing off peacefully. Over 10 crore people visited the Kumbh mela premises in the 55 days.

MM Shohiduzzaman Hundreds of singers are doing rehearsal at the Lalmatia Girls' High School for the upcoming Chaitra Sankranti and Pahela Baishakh celebrations.— New Age photo Surer Dhara singers are in the final stage of their preparation for ...

Banarasi actor Vineet is on cloud nine after meeting Amitabh Bachchan while shooting for a movie in his bunglow in Mumbai Actor Vineet Singh, who was seen as Danish Khan in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur, teamed up again with the ace director.

A middle-aged Thai gent walking alongside me and seemingly of perfect social disposition suddenly turns his head at a right angle and spots me. Instantly, something changes in him and in teeth-gritting guerrilla pose he shoots at me from his ...

It's his friendly call of "Kappa and nadan Wayanad kozhi curry here!" that catches our ears while wandering around the food festival at the ongoing 'Mambazhakalam' fete at Suryakanthi grounds, Kanakakunnu. The voice turns out to be that of Vellan ...