August 15 is remembered as National Mourning Day, marking Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's assassination in 1975. As the protests engulfed the country, an enraged mob set fire to a museum dedicated to Bangabandhu, where Rahman was killed along with his family.
Independence Day is proclaimed a national holiday, which implies that each government office, post office, bank, and shop will be closed.
Amazon India announces the ‘Great Republic Day Sale’ kickstarting from January 17 to January 20. Prime members of Amazon can avail the offers and discount a day prior to the official announcement.
Hundreds of top companies had already pledged last year to observe Juneteenth in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the national reckoning on racism that followed.
“It’s great, but it’s not enough,” said Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Kansas City. Grant said she was delighted by the quick vote this week by Congress to make Juneteenth a national holiday because “it’s been a long time coming.”
Without naming BJP, Banerjee charged the saffron party of spreading "a garbage of lies" about the state's development.
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has pitched for declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birthday January 23 as a national holiday.“Personally I think it should be declared a national holiday. If you honour your
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal led AAP has asked the EC and the central government to declare December 4 a holiday in National capital Region (NCR)."There are many first time voters who reside in Delhi but
New delhi, April 3 : President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday night led the nation in hailing the Indian cricket team's World Cup triumph saying it is a testimony to the
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