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Ramzan is one of the most anticipated months for Muslims across the world, with fasting mandated by the faithful as per...

24 March 2023 12:51 AM IST

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams celebration of Sri Shobhakruta Nama Ugadi Asthanam at the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara Swamy in Tirumala on Wednesday. (Photo By Arrangement)

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Tirumala celebrates Shobhakruta Nama Ugadi Asthanam

TIRUPATI: Spiritual fervour marked Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ celebration of Sri Shobhakruta Nama Ugadi...

23 March 2023 7:55 AM IST

KCR praised the farm laws initially. He then took a U-turn and opposed them for his selfish political interests. There is a need to bring back farm laws to ensure remunerative prices to farmers for every crop and to enable them to sell their produce anywhere in the country, Raji Reddy said. Representational Image/DC

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Bountiful rains, bumper harvest for farmers

HYDERABAD: ‘Panchanga Sravanam’ on Ugadi is a serious business. After all, much might be riding on what the...

23 March 2023 12:46 AM IST

$Christians participated in the \Meditation on the Cross\ event organized by the United Peoples Fellowship at the Baptist Church on Wednesday. (Photo: DC)$ Lifestyle

Christians participate in Lent special prayers

Hyderabad: In keeping with their special prayers across churches lasting 40 days marking the Lent season, Christians...

23 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

As the affected crops are vulnerable to pests and diseases, officials will instruct farmers on how to deal with the situation, like spraying. DC Image

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â€˜Shobhakruthâ€™ year good for crops, dairy, real estate

Almanac writers, siddantis, numerologists and pandits have predicted that the Shobhakruth year will be auspicious for...

22 March 2023 12:07 AM IST

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Hyderabad switches gear to traditional mode for Ugadi

Hyderabad: Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, that marks the start of the ‘Shobhakrut Nama Samvatsara’ will be a...

21 March 2023 11:35 PM IST

The Ugadi Pacchadi is made from sliced banana, mango, sugarcane, apart from jaggery, tamarind juice and neem flowers. (File Photo)

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Shobhakrut expected to bring prosperity

While the people speaking Telugu, Kannada celebrate this festival as Ugadi or Yugadi, Marathis call it Gudi Padwa, and...

21 March 2023 6:27 PM IST

Mecca Masjid - The long pending repair works at Mecca Masjid are completed. (Photo: Twitter)

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Muslims gear up to welcome the holy month of Ramadan

HYDERABAD: Even as Muslims gear up to welcome the holy month of Ramadan, mosques across the city have been spruced up....

21 March 2023 12:53 AM IST

Middle-class India has a new obsession: pre-wedding videos. (Photo: www.mercury.bloomberg.com)

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India falls hard for extravagant and expensive pre-wedding videos

The couple dressed in Indian wedding regalia stand knee-deep in a lake, bouncing their shoulders to a Bollywood song....

17 March 2023 7:06 PM IST

People celebrate the festival of colours at Begum bazar in Hyderabad on Tuesday. (Photo: P.Surendra)

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Hyderabad residents celebrate Holi with enthusiasm and fervour

Hyderabad: Hyderabad was painted in vibrant colours on Tuesday as residents celebrated Holi with enthusiasm and fervour...

8 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Choti Holi, as it is also known, saw the participants of youngsters, who enthusiastically gathered dried branches from trees and broken wooden furniture to burn the effigy. (Image Source: Pixy.org)

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Holika Dahan celebrated in run-up to festival of colours

HYDERABAD: The city was ablaze in pockets and roads on Monday as residents burnt effigies on the occasion of...

7 March 2023 12:45 AM IST

Huge crowds of devotees gathered at the Srisailam Temple on the first day of Brahmotsavalu, with the devout who have taken Shiva Deeksha offering Shiva Jyothirmudi to Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy. (Photo: DC)

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Security being tightened for Ugadi at Srisailam Temple

ANANTAPUR: In view of violence indulged in by devotees from Karnataka last year during Ugadi celebrations, Srisailam...

5 March 2023 11:49 PM IST