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Mehndi • Teej

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  Teej || Mehndi Indian festival Description Teej, literally meaning the "third" denoting the third day after the new moon when the monsoon begins as per the Hindu calendar, is a combined name for 3 Hindu festivals primarily dedicated to Hindu ...  Wikipedia Celebrations :  Fasting, worshipping  lord Shiva , gathering, dancing, singing Date :  July–September Liturgical color :  Red Significance :  Signifies the penance made by goddess  Parvati  to receive lord  Shiva  as her husband Hartalika Teej 2023:  The auspicious festival of  Hartalika Teej  is just around the corner. It is primarily a women's festival celebrated on the third day of the bright lunar fortnight or Tritiya Tithi of Shukla Paksha. The occasion is celebrated with much fanfare in eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, just like the two Teejs that precede it ( Kajari Teej and Hariyali Teej ). On this day, people worship idols of Lo...

Queen Elizabeth Death / King Charles

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  King Charles attends service for anniversary of Elizabeth II's death.          The portrait of the late Queen has not been released before!! King Charles III and Queen Camilla have marked the first anniversary of Elizabeth II's death with a prayer service near Balmoral. They were at Crathie Kirk, while the Duke of Sussex visited St George's Chapel in Windsor - the late queen's final resting place. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended a private service at St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire. The King also released a message and a favourite photograph of the late queen. The photograph chosen by the King shows the queen at an official portrait sitting in 1968 aged 42. Elizabeth II died aged 96 at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire on 8 September last year, just months after her Platinum Jubilee which marked 70 years on the throne. The King, who has spent the summer at his Birkhall residence and Balmoral, attended the nearby Crathie Kirk church for privat...

STRIKE ACTION IN CAPE TOWN

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  Five killed in South Africa’s Cape Town amid taxi strike Unrest on the outskirts of Cape Town follows an announcement of a weeklong strike by minibus taxi drivers. Five people have been killed in the South African city of Cape Town as a strike by minibus taxi drivers that began last week turned violent, authorities said on Tuesday. The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) announced a one-week provincial shutdown last Thursday after failing to resolve various issues with the local government in Cape Town. The grievances arose after a new municipal law gave local authorities the power to impound vehicles for violations such as driving without a licence or registration plates. Sporadic violence erupted in different parts of the city after police began impounding vehicles last week, as angry protesters torched buses and cars, and pelted the police with stones. Among the dead was a 40-year-old British national who was shot and killed on Thursday, South African Polic...

Mushroom Poisoning Death

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  Mushroom poisoning death: Ex-husband pulled out of Victoria death cap lunch 'at the last minute' - after just recovering from mystery illness Four people poisoned at a family lunch in Leongatha Three have since died while the fourth is critical Daughter-in-law of one couple is person of interest Her ex-husband missed killer lunch                                                                                                                        The ex-husband of a woman who hosted a poisonous lunch where four people fell ill - three of whom have since died - had been invited to the deadly get-together.  Sources have told Daily Mail Australia that Erin Patterson, 48, in...