The tram helped people pandal-hop and the tramway ran special services during Durga Puja. This year, for the first time, the tram was completely kept off the roads during the festival because they were seen as an impediment to traffic movement. | Photo Credit: PTI Uncertainly has again blocked the path of the Kolkata tram … Read more
One person was killed and at least four others were injured on Sunday (October 13, 2024) after a clash erupted between two groups of people hailing from different communities during Durga idol immersion procession in Mahasi under Hardi police station limits in Bahraich district. The deceased person was identified as Ram Gopal, 22, while injured … Read more
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Goddess Durga idols at the puja carnival in Kolkata on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI The Durga Puja festival in Kolkata concluded on Friday with a grand carnival on Red Road. About 100 big-budget Durga Puja committees participated in the event, with thousands gathering to watch the idols of goddess Durga being taken for immersion … Read more
A priest offering harati to the processional deity goddess Kanaka Durga who is decked up as goddess Sri Lalitha Tripura Sundari devi during on-going Dasara festival in Vijayawada on October 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: Giri KVS The seventh day of Dasara festivities at Sri Durga Malleswara Swamywarla Devasthanam in Vijayawada recorded the lowest footfall … Read more
Ministers Taneti Vanitha and Kottu Satyanarayana, in a review meeting held at the Collectorate in Vijayawada, asked authorities concerned to ensure that all arrangements for Dasara festivities at Durga Malleswara Swamiwarla Devasthanam are in place before the commencement of the festival from October 15. They asked officials to see to it that there is an … Read more
About 30-40 persons who were stuck in the middle of a river were rescued by the district administration About 30-40 persons who were stuck in the middle of a river were rescued by the district administration Eight persons died in a flash flood during immersion of Durga Puja idols at Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal … Read more
No sale of darshan tickets for the day, all five queue lines will be for free darshan No sale of darshan tickets for the day, all five queue lines will be for free darshan : Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla temple has geared up for the Moola nakshatram rush on Sunday. The Devasthanam authorities are expecting … Read more
Kolkata: Invoking Goddess Durga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reaffirmed his government’s irrevocable commitment to women’s empowerment. Reaching out to the people of West Bengal during the state’s biggest festival, the prime minister said though it was being celebrated on a limited scale due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the “enthusiasm is still unlimited”. Noting … Read more
The Calcutta High Court has ordered that all Durga Puja pandals in the state shall be turned into no-entry zones. File photo of a Durga Puja pandal. (Photo: M Zhazo/India Today) Just three days ahead of the festival of Durga Puja, Calcutta High Court has ordered all Durga Puja pandals in West Bengal to be … Read more