The district consumer disputes redressal forum recently ordered the Bengaluru courier firm – DTDC Express Limited – to pay Rs 25,000 as compensation to Shivani and Jeevan Sharma for delivering a rakhi to the wrong country. The Sharmas had sent the rakhi to Kaminder Singh in the UK on August[Read More…]
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BJP leader Bukkal Nawab, Muslim women tie rakhi to cows asserting ‘Gau raksha’
On the eve of Raksha Bandhan, few Muslim women and BJP leader Bukkal Nawab, who is also the chairman of National Shia society, tied rakhi to cows near Lord Shiva temple at Kudiya Ghat, Lucknow. Performing Gau-puja, the BJP MLC pledged ‘cow protection’ as his primary duty. Bukkal Nawab said that[Read More…]
Raksha Bandhan: President Ram Nath Kovind greets India on Rakhi
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind in his message on the eve of Raksha Bandhan has said, “On the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, I extend my warm greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens in India and abroad. Raksha Bandhan is a celebration of the unique[Read More…]
Irfan Pathan trolled again: This time for celebrating Raksha Bandhan
The most common thing that can be found on social media these days is trolling. And it becomes news when a famous personality is involved. And this time, once again it is former Indian all-rounder, Irfan Pathan. Pathan was trolled again after he shared a picture of himself tying a[Read More…]
Village in India to send over 1000 rakhis to Donald Trump
The women and children of this remote village symbolically named by an NGO after US President Donald Trump will send him 1,001 rakhis on the Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond. The residents of Marora village in the backwards Mewat region represents the “wish of the people that ties[Read More…]
Activists create eco-friendly rakhis from desi cotton seeds
A group of young artists is engaged in making a unique kind of Rakhi for the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan. They are turning desi cotton seeds from the villages of Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh and nearby Maharashtra into ‘eco-friendly’ rakhis. The group of local artists/musicians from village Paradsinga[Read More…]