Participating in Chhath Puja festivities Sunday, CM Khattar announced the construction of three ghats in Panipat and a suryamandir in Panipat on land to be given by govt.
The chaos occurred when passengers were boarding Bihar-bound special train – Tapti Ganga Express – for the upcoming Chhath festival at Surat railway station on Saturday.
Along with the gentrification, media is inserting religious legends into Chhath's history. The forward march of India's subaltern may just end up as another ritualistic Hindu festival.
The DDMA had prohibited Chhath puja celebrations at public places, including riverbanks, water bodies & temples last month citing the threat posed by the virus.
Deputy Delhi CM Manish Sisodia wrote to Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya seeking separate guidelines for Chhath Puja, after DDMA barred its celebration at public places.
From seeking far out, isolated ponds to making small temporary ones, worshippers in Delhi got creative as they kicked off the four-day Chhath puja Friday.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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