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Amritsar shivers at 3 degrees

Most parts of Punjab and Haryana Saturday saw a sharp dip in the mercury and Amritsar was the coldest in the region with a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, a weather official said. “We have recorded a plunge in the mercury in most parts of Punjab and Haryana. We have predicted a further dip, [...]

Rath Yatra became Last Yathra – One woman killed and several injured in Puri, NHRC orders for action.

Puri also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple , one of the Char Dham pilgrimages of the Hindus. It is considered that a pilgrimage of the temples of India is not completed without making the journey to Puri. But for Bijay Laxmi Mohanty (55), it was her last journey. On 13 July, Jagannath [...]