The school board of Broward County in South Florida announced in December 2024 that starting in 2025, the Hindu festival of Diwali will be an official school holiday in the county’s public schools.

Diwali is a festival that celebrates the victory ... pleasure and mistaken identity. Toms River High School North’s Nautical Stars Theatre Company presents the Bard classic at 7 p.m. Thursday ...

School absences spiked on Lunar New Year in Quincy, where 40% of the student body is Asian. The school board has rejected ...

SIMRAN: Diwali is the Hindu Festival of Light. CROWD: Five four three two one… Switch on! SIMRAN: Diwali celebrates light over darkness and the hope that good will happen. So diwa meaning light ...

NEW YORK -- New York City Public Schools are staying open today, Feb. 6. Some other schools around New York are closed or have a delayed opening because of a winter storm. Alternate side parking ...

New Delhi, India: Just because you’re outside of India, it doesn’t mean that you cannot celebrate Diwali. The sacred Festival of Lights is important to Indians, and the season is marked by communities ...

A retelling of the ancient story of Prince Rama and his wife, Sita, which is celebrated every year at Diwali. Long ago in a kingdom called Ayodhya there lived a king called Dashratha, who had four ...

Raipur: A 12-year-old tribal girl was gangraped and impregnated by two juveniles aged 12 and 13 years, during her stay at ...

A junior at Friends’ Central, Kareena Mathur is the leader of the school’s Asian Student Association, which provides ...

The state provided schools a non-exhaustive list of days students can take off including the Hindu holiday Diwali, Passover, Good Friday and Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the Muslim holy ...

From Diwali and PortFest to the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, here’s what’s happening in October sans Halloween festivities. (Here’s our complete guide to Halloween on the Peninsula.) ...