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No 'Dahi Handi': Goa issues guidelines for Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi
The guidelines for celebrations of Janmashtami states that there shall be no 'Dahi Handi' celebration throughout the district.As per the guidelines, there shall be monitoring of markets by concerned bodies
1 min read10 Aug 2020Dahi Handi festival: age restriction in place, but no cap on pyramid height
The Bombay HC accepted the Maharashtra state government's statement that it would disallow children aged below 14 to participate in the Dahi Handi festival
1 min read7 Aug 2017The cynical political consensus over Dahi Handi festival
SC partially upholding a Bombay HC ruling on the Dahi Handi festival provoked an outburst of hyperbole from major political parties in Maharashtra
3 min read18 Aug 2016SC hammers age bar on Dahi Handi festival, below 18 not eligible to join it
The apex court upholds the Bombay high court ruling that the height of the human pyramid for Dahi Handi ritual in Maharashtra cannot exceed 20 feet
2 min read17 Aug 2016Fevicol’s new dahi-handi ad garners eyeballs on YouTube
Fevicol's new ad showcases a group of men create a human pyramid to reach a 'handi' hung precariously between two buildings
3 min read19 Feb 2016Kids below 12 years not permitted to participate in ‘dahi handi’ festival: SC
The Supreme Court keeps on hold a Bombay high court order which barred participation of children under 18 years
2 min read14 Aug 2014Of dollars and dahi
On the organizer of one dahi handi in Mumbai ensuring that the prize money was in dollars rather than rupees
1 min read30 Aug 2013Popular Topics
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared