The city will get smeared with colours on Thursday, inside homes and outside. However, those who do not wish to play or participate in the festival of colours have the right to say NO.Here’s what yo...
Scientifically developed plant-based organic colour made from tapioca flour, anyone?Unfortunately, no! This Holi, too, an organic gulal (colour) developed by a team of scientists from the Assam Agricu...
Union tribal affairs minister and Khunti MP Arjun Munda on Wednesday tweeted about not attending any Holi Milan (get-together) event in view of the novel coronavirus threat. “In view of expert opini...
A day-long Holi celebration attended by Bengal minister of state Bachchu Hansda who danced to Bollywoood tunes at Tapan in South Dinajpur on Tuesday came under scanner as the organisers flouted the ba...
People from different walks of life on Tuesday thronged devalayas, naamghars, xatras and temples across Assam to celebrate Holi.However, the footfall was relatively low at the gatherings, compared to ...
The people of Assam mostly passed Monday as a holiday rather than Holi, the festival of colours, because of widespread fear of novel coronavirus.People moved around bus stops, train stations, airports...
By Debananda Medak and Manoj Kumar Ojha in Doomdooma
After Visva-Bharati cancelled its annual festival of colours, Basanta Utsav, this year over University Grants Commission’s guidelines that advised against the conduct of mass gatherings on campuses ...
Bihar-bound trains and buses are seeing a huge rush for the last two days, courtesy Holi on Tuesday.Officials at the computerised reservation centre said they had no confirmation for additional coache...
After about 35 years of holding their Holika Dahan event at BC Block, organisers were forced to change the location after residents complained it was causing pollution. Salt Lake Sanskrit Sansad has f...
By Brinda Sarkar and Shatadipa Bhattacharya in Calcutta
Residents of Durgapur village in Bokaro’s Kasmar block do not celebrate Holi — they are scared that the festivities will bring them epidemics and misfortune.For more than 100 years, 10,000 village...