Bhai Tika being observed today; 11:37 am auspious time for tika Bhai Tika, the most significant day of Tihar, Nepal’s five-day festival of lights is being observed today. Nepal 03 Nov, 2024
Festival season starts in Nepal with devotees honoring a living goddess Nepal’s monthslong festival season began on Tuesday with tens of thousands of devotees pulling a wooden chariot with a young girl revered as a living goddess. Nepal 17 Sep, 2024
Preparation for Chhath festival under way in Tarai Madhes districts In this connection, the banks of the ponds, lakes, and rivers are being cleaned for the construction of the Chhath ghats. Nepal 15 Nov, 2023
Tihar begins with worship of crow Tihar, the festival of lights, is beginning from today. The second biggest festival of Hindu people behind Dashain falls on Kartik Krishna Trayodashi ever year. Nepal 11 Nov, 2023
What is Diwali, the Festival of Lights, and how is it celebrated in India and the diaspora? Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. World 09 Nov, 2023
Indians delight in Rishi Sunak's rise to UK PM on Diwali Some Indians are hoping for closer British-Indian ties if Sunak does become prime minister. World 24 Oct, 2022
Dashain and Tihar: An evolving tradition The greatest of the Nepali festival, Dashain, just ended. When I was a kid, this used to be the most-awaited time of the year for me. Opinion 24 Oct, 2022
EDITORIAL: Worrisome situation The balance of payments (BoP) may have improved in the second month of the current fiscal year (ending mid-September), but there is little solace from it as the country’s foreign exchange reserve is still under pressure. Opinion 24 Oct, 2022
Tihar begins from today Tihar, the second festival of Nepal after Dashain celebrated by Hindus, will begin from Sunday. Nepal 23 Oct, 2022
EDITORIAL: Swing into action ​​​​​​​Dengue has taken the form of an epidemic with the rising number of cases across the country since July. As many as 32 people have already lost their lives within two months, and there is no sign of it letting up as the monsoon is still active. Opinion 28 Sep, 2022
New Delhi vows, as it does each year, to clean its filthy air India loses more than a million lives each year to toxic air, various studies have shown. Environment 09 Nov, 2021
Party's over: Diwali leaves Delhi wheezing in dangerously unhealthy air The morning after Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, residents of New Delhi woke up under a blanket of toxic smog and breathed in the most dangerously polluted air of the year so far, after revellers, as usual, defied a fireworks ban. World 05 Nov, 2021
