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Here's a full list of bank and school holidays in Sept 2022; Check details

Banks and schools might be closed for the first three days of September. Why bank holidays are called bank holidays? Read this detailed article to know the number of holidays in the month of September

Updated On: 29 Aug 2022 | 5:28 PM IST

Indian states on average have 25 days of public holidays in a year

A Business Standard analysis found that the number of public holidays varies from 14 in Delhi to 34 in Odisha

Updated On: 26 Aug 2022 | 10:13 PM IST

Recovery tracker: Flights soar, vehicle registrations near pre-Covid level

Power generation was lower than the previous week

Updated On: 16 Aug 2022 | 11:10 PM IST

Bank Holidays in August: Everything to know about August 2022 holidays

Indian Banks will be closed for 18 days in August 2022. Muharram, RakshaBandhan, Janmashtmi, TendongLho Rum Faat, Prakash Utsav, Jhoolan Purnima and a lot more. Here, we have included the bank holiday

Updated On: 29 Jul 2022 | 8:15 PM IST

Bank holidays in October 2021, India: List of days when banks will be shut

List of bank holidays in October, 2021: All private and government sector Banks to remain closed for 21 days in the month of October. Check details below

Updated On: 01 Oct 2021 | 7:17 AM IST

Covid-19: Delhi bans public celebrations during Holi, Shab-e-Barat

Amid a rise in coronavirus cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday ordered that there will be no public celebrations in the national capital during upcoming festivals such Holi and Navaratri. Chief Secretary Vijay Dev directed authorities to ensure strict compliance of the order. "All authorities concerned will ensure that public celebrations and gatherings, congregations during upcoming festivals like Holi, Shab-e-Barat, Navaratri etc shall not be allowed in public places/public grounds/public parks/markets/religious places etc in NCT of Delhi," Dev said in the order. Delhi reported 1,101 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest in over three months, while four people succumbed to the disease, the health department said. It is for the first time since December 24 that the city has recorded more than 1,000 cases in a day.

Updated On: 24 Mar 2021 | 1:41 AM IST

New Year's Day to Christmas, check out the full list of bank holidays 2021

Except in Chennai, Aizawl, Gangtok, Imphal, and Shillong, the banks will remain open across all other major cities of India on 1 January 2021

Updated On: 01 Jan 2021 | 10:37 AM IST

AAP does a Yogi: Delhi cancels holidays marking birth, death anniversaries

The Delhi government did not specify the number of holidays it was curtailing

Updated On: 30 Apr 2017 | 12:15 PM IST

After UP, Delhi cancels public holidays on birth, death of eminent persons

UP Cabinet had on April 25 decided to cancel 15 public holidays in educational institutions

Updated On: 28 Apr 2017 | 9:36 PM IST