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Makar Sankrati marks the beginning of festival calender in India. The country with diverse culture and beliefs looks almost same when they celebrate this biggest festival in their unique style. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in different parts of India with different names and each identity holds different historical importance and is celebrated with different names in different states. Let's take a quick look at how people across the country are celebrating Makar Sankranti 2019 on January 14 and 15.

This festive weekend calls for some traditional foods to taste. Where the sky in Gujarat will glitter with colorful kites, the land of Punjab will say play 'nagada'. While Tamil Nadu will pray for wealth and prosperity this year, Assam will swing with the tune of Bihu song. This year Makar Sankranti/Pongal falls on 15th January. However, in some part of India, the festival will be celebrated on 14th January.

Hours after India refused to attend the upcoming SAARC meeting in Pakistan, Pak PM Imran Khan said that he hopes they must not wait for peace with India until Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu become the Prime Minister.

Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday welcomed the Central government's move to construct the infrastructure for the Kartarpur corridor in Punjab.

Two men on motorcycle threw grenade at a Nirankari congregation in Rajasansi area in Punjab's Amritsar district on Sunday, killing three people and injuring over 20.

Reacting sharply on the alleged handgrenade terror attack at a Nirankari congregation in Rajasansi area in Punjab's Amritsar district on Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh directed police to immediately increase security of the sensitive areas in the state, terming it as "the first such indiscriminate attack on innocent people in recent past".

Four people have been killed and over 20 have been injured in a grenade attack at a Nirankari congregation in Rajasansi area in Punjab's Amritsar district on Sunday, police said.

In a terrible disaster, at least 50 people watching the burning of a Ravan effigy from a railway track were crushed by a speeding train here in Punjab on Friday, triggering anger in the area and nationwide outrage.

Brought with much fanfare nearly 17 months back by Amarinder Singh government in Punjab to spearhead his government's anti-drugs campaign, senior Punjab Police officer Harpreet Singh Sidhu was removed from the post of DGP-Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday.