Oct 12, 2024, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi/Dhaka/IBNS: India has sharply reacted to the attacks on Hindu temples and pandals as well as the theft of a Goddess Kali crown which was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangladesh.
Oct 12, 2024, at 05:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The New Bengal Sporting Club in Kolkata's Garden Reach area on Friday alleged members from the Muslim community objected to their Ashtami and Navami Durga Puja rituals creating a ruckus inside the pandal, media reports said.
Radical groups obstructing celebration of Durga Puja in several areas across Bangladesh: Reports
Sep 29, 2024, at 12:00 am
Several radical groups are creating obstructions to Hindu community members from celebrating Durga Puja in multiple places in Bangladesh, forcing them to change the venue.
Sep 24, 2024, at 05:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Monday passed a sarcastic comment on the West Bengal government's annual dole for the Durga Puja organisers stating the amount of Rs. 85,000 offered is meagre and the state should consider hiking it up to Rs. 10 lakh, media reports said.
Sep 11, 2024, at 05:18 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's call to return to festivals quitting the month-long protests against the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has reignited public fury with the protesters pledging to keep the embers of the outrage burning.
Sep 10, 2024, at 01:58 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: As the clamour over Vineet Goyal's resignation grew loud following the Supreme Court's hearing on the RG Kar rape-murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday dismissed the Kolkata Police Commissioner's resignation stating that Durga Puja is coming and he has the experience to maintain the law and order during the festival.
Sep 10, 2024, at 12:10 am
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remark urging people to celebrate the upcoming Durga Puja festival by leaving behind the protests over the rape and murder of a female doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has triggered a social media reaction of protests with many declaring to toe a different line.
Sep 06, 2024, at 05:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: "Goddess Durga is arriving in 35 days while we lost our daughter 25 days ago," reads a banner at the base of the iconic Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's statue at Kolkata's Shyambazar five-point crossing summing up the angry and defiant mood in the city known for its festive countdown to the annual homecoming of Goddess Durga.
Amit Shah to unveil Ram Mandir-themed Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata today
Oct 16, 2023, at 05:58 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to unveil a Ram Mandir-themed community Puja Pandal in the city on late Monday, BJP sources said.
Kolkata Metro to run night-long services for Durga Puja revellers
Oct 07, 2023, at 02:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Like previous years, the Kolkata Metro Railway will run night-long services on its North-South route for the benefit of the Durga puja revellers on the pandal-hopping spree, a top official said on Friday.
'Today you are in power, so you are showing might': Mamata Banerjee slams BJP
Oct 14, 2022, at 04:54 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a day after Trinamool Congress MLA and former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) Manik Bhattacharya was arrested by the the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the school service commission jobs' scam.
Fire breaks out at puja pandal in UP, three, including two children, die
Oct 03, 2022, at 02:41 pm
Lucknow: A fire broke out at a Durga Puja pandal in Uttar Pradesh's Aurai town which left three people, including two children, dead, media reports said on Monday.
Mahua Moitra shares video of her dancing to mark Durga Puja festivities
Oct 01, 2022, at 06:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra Friday shared a video of her dancing with the people of Bengal's Nadia district as part of a procession to mark Mahapanchami celebrations as the annual autumn festival of Durga Puja kickstarted.
India to get 5,000 tons of Hilsa from Bangladesh on Durga Puja
Sep 04, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh is planning to export 5000 tons of Hilsa fish to India on the occasion of Durga Puja.
'Durga Puja an emotion...': Mamata says thanking UNESCO ahead of grand rally
Sep 01, 2022, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Thanking UNESCO for recognising Durga Puja as an intangible cultural heritage, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday described Durga Puja as an emotion that rises above parochial barriers.
Mamata Banerjee hikes Durga Puja grant, clubs to get Rs. 60K this year
Aug 23, 2022, at 03:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday announced an increase in the yearly grant to Durga Puja organising committees in the state from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 60,000 after the festival found a place in the UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Jul 27, 2022, at 12:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Living up to its theme "Arambha" or "The Beginning" in the 2022 Durga Puja, Kolkata's Naktala Udayan Sangha is set to organise the four-day festival this year with a fresh start after its "honourary" member and West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee landed up in jail in the teacher recruitment scam that has triggered a political firestorm in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state.
Jul 27, 2022, at 12:26 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Living up to its theme "Arambha" or "The Beginning" in the 2022 Durga Puja, Kolkata's Naktala Udayan Sangha is set to organise the four-day festival this year with a fresh start after its "honourary" member and West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee landed up in jail in the teacher recruitment scam that has triggered a political firestorm in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state.
Oct 18, 2021, at 02:59 am
Kolkata: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness members in Kolkata on Sunday demonstrated outside the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office here against the recent attacks on its Noakhali temple on Friday.
3, including teenager, injured as car drives into Durga idol immersion procession
Oct 17, 2021, at 10:32 pm
Bhopal/IBNS: At least three people, including a teenager, have been injured after a speeding car rammed into a crowd during Durga idol immersion at Bajaria area in the capital city of Madhya Pradesh last night.
President Kovind, Vice-President Naidu greet the country on the eve of Dussehra
Oct 15, 2021, at 03:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu have wished the country on the eve of Dussehra.
Uber partners with Kolkata Traffic Police to make Durga Puja 2021 'safer and smoother'
Oct 13, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Kolkata: App based taxi service provider Uber is partnering with Kolkata Traffic Police to help the citizens visit pandals safely and conveniently during this year’s Durga Puja.
Durga Puja and Politics: Kolkata pandal with NRC theme wins West Bengal govt's top honour
Oct 13, 2021, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A Durga Puja pandal in south Kolkata themed after the controversial National Register of Citizens (NRC) and detention camps has topped the West Bengal government's "best of the best" list, in what could lead to a political debate amid the festivity.
Double vaccination compulsory to participate in Durga puja rituals: Calcutta HC
Oct 08, 2021, at 03:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta high court on Monday eased some of the restrictions imposed on Durga Puja celebrations while allowing local people to take part in puja rituals, such as "pushpanjali" and "sindur khela", only if they have received two doses of vaccine, according to media reports.
IMD predicts rain in parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, during Durga puja
Oct 07, 2021, at 12:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in Kolkata Wednesday predicted rainfall in seven south Bengal districts, including the state capital, during the Bengalis' biggest festival Durga Puja next week.
Assam govt announces SOP for Durga Puja celebrations
Sep 16, 2021, at 12:33 am
Guwahati/UNI: The Assam Government Wednesday released standard operating procedures for the upcoming Durga Puja.
TMC, BJP fight over Hindu festival Durga Puja after Mamata announces cash for clubs
Sep 08, 2021, at 07:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its prime Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have freshly locked horns over Hindu festival Durga Puja after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced cash worth Rs. 50,000 each to around 36,000 puja organisers.
Consider local curbs during Durga Puja, other festivals: Centre tells states
Aug 05, 2021, at 03:14 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Wednesday said that states should consider imposing local restrictions during the upcoming festive season amid the surge in Covid cases in some parts of the country.
West Bengal: Five dead as boat capsizes during Durga idol immersion in Murshidabad
Oct 27, 2020, at 11:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Five persons were killed after a boat carrying a Durga idol and several people capsized in a lake in Beldanga in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Monday evening during immersion, reports said.
'Durga Puja festival of unity': PM Modi in address to poll-bound West Bengal
Oct 22, 2020, at 07:08 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: In his outreach to the Bengali community (mostly) in poll-bound West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually addressed around 10 crore people of the state on the occasion of Durga Puja, besides inaugurating a puja pandal at EZCC in Kolkata's Salt Lake area.