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Friday, December 19, 2025
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Topic: Holi

Move over Bhang, the new Holi vice at farmhouse parties is Ecstasy

MDMA has been used as a party drug in India since the 1990s, but its use has spiked recently and spilled over from the party scene to festivals like Holi.

PM Narendra Modi to address 25 lakh ‘chowkidars’ via radio today

The pre-Holi address by PM Narendra Modi is meant to highlight the work done by 'chowkidars', or watchmen, 'who work round-the-clock without leave'.

Don’t tell women sexual harassment hurts Hindu pride, tell hooligans to leave Holi alone

Would it not make sense to tell the hooligans to leave Holi alone, instead of telling women that their fear at Holi-related hooliganism hurts Hindu pride?

TalkPoint: Has Holi become a festival of fear for women?

Experts weigh in on harassment women face during the festival of Holi.

Semen-filled balloons or not, why is Holi a free pass to assault women in India?

The debate shouldn't be about what the balloon contained, but the increased harassment of women during Holi. 

राम-लक्ष्मण-सीता की हेलीकॉप्टर पर हुई सवारी, अब राधे-कृष्णा की बारी

उत्तर प्रदेश की सरकार ने शानदार दीवाली-उत्सव की परंपरा में इस बार ब्रज की होली को दुनिया भर के पर्यटकों का आकर्षण बनाने का निश्चय किया है.

After Lord Rama, Yogi Adityanath to take Lord Krishna and Radha on chopper ride

UP govt took cue from its grand Diwali celebrations; Holi festivities in Braj region attract tourists from across the world.

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Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.