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Goa transforms into festive landscape of faith and tradition for Christmas 2025.

ION correspondentDecember 25, 2025December 25, 2025

December 24, 2025 4:51 PM. As the warm December sun settles over the Arabian Sea, Goa has fully transformed into a festive landscape of faith, tradition, and culinary delight...

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Sikkim CM opens Cho La and Dok La for tourists under Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan.

ION correspondentDecember 17, 2025December 17, 2025

December 15, 2025 2:10 PM. Chief Minister of Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang, under the “Bharat Ranbhoomi Darshan”, officially declared Cho La & Dok La, two strategically significant border destinations,...

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Ireland Deputy Ambassador Hails Hornbill Festival as Celebration of Naga Identity and Culture.

ION correspondentDecember 10, 2025December 10, 2025

December 9, 2025 9:58 PM. In Nagaland, Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland, Raymond Mullen has described Hornbill Festival as more than a celebration, calling it a declaration of identity,...

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Hornbill Festival to conclude today in Nagaland.

ION correspondentDecember 10, 2025December 10, 2025

The 26th edition of the Hornbill Festival, Nagaland’s famed “Festival of Festivals,” will conclude today with a grand closing ceremony at Unity Plaza, Naga Heritage Village, Kisama. The finale...

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Kolkata Hosts Mega Gita Recitation as Five Lakh Voices Chant in Unison.

ION correspondentDecember 8, 2025December 8, 2025

December 7, 2025 10:13 PM A mass Gita Recitation with five lakh voices was held in Kolkata today. The main event, organised by the Sanatan Sanskriti Sansad, began at...

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Sikkim. Doklam and Cho La will be opened for tourists by 15th December.

ION correspondentNovember 15, 2025November 15, 2025

In Sikkim, Additional Chief Secretary of Tourism C.S. Rao said that Doklam and Cho La will be opened for tourists by 15th of December this year under the Centre’s...

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Kolkata Rain Updates. 8 dead; 30 flights cancelled, 42 delayed; CM Mamata Banerjee condoles deaths. Heaviest downpour in 37 years, IMD forecasts more showers.

ION correspondentSeptember 23, 2025September 23, 2025

This image captures a scene from Kolkata, India, on September 23, 2025, showing a Durga Puja pandal (a temporary temple structure) built to resemble the Somnath Temple in Gujarat,...

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Leh Kicks Off Ladakh Festival 2025 with Grand Celebration of Culture, Arts, Tourism.

ION correspondentSeptember 22, 2025September 22, 2025

In Leh, the annual Ladakh Festival 2025, a cultural extravaganza for the promotion of tourism, which has been held ever since Ladakh opened for tourists, commenced in Leh with...

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IMD forecasts heavy rainfall at isolated places in Odisha.

ION correspondentSeptember 22, 2025September 22, 2025

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Odisha today. Similar conditions are expected over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and...

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Shardiya Navratri Begins in J&K as Over 45,000 Pilgrims Visit Shri Mata Vaishno Devi.

ION correspondentSeptember 22, 2025September 22, 2025

In Jammu and Kashmir, amid multi-tier security arrangements, the nine-day-long festival of Shardiya Navratri began with religious fervour and gaiety, as over 45 thousand pilgrims undertake the pilgrimage daily...