Fireworks and cookies, an integral part of Diwali and Kali Puja, all but disappeared on Saturday night from the West Bengal capital as a large majority of residents followed the recent order from the Calcutta high court. Barring a handful of incidents in a few pockets, the festival was marked …
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The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday banned Chhath Puja processions in West Bengal and allowed only two people per family to enter a body of water to offer puja. Furthermore, devotees have been banned from entering two of the largest lakes in the city, Rabindra Sarobar and Subhas Sarobar. Previously, …
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People wearing PPE disinfect a pandal in front of Durga Puja in Kolkata. (Reuters) The Calcutta High Court has allowed 60 organizers to gather within large pandalos and only 45 can be present at any one time. For small pandals, he said 30 organizers are allowed in, and no more …
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The Calcutta High Court modified its order on Wednesday declaring all Durga Puja pandals as no-entry zones and increasing the number of people who can enter the pandal at once. The court has raised the limit on the number of puja committee members that can enter the pandal and also …
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KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday allowed up to 45 people to enter Puja pandals, softening their previous order by declaring the pandals as no-entry zones. On Monday, the superior court had ordered that all Durga Puja Pandals in the state were to be treated as buffer zones and no …
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With only a few days to go to Durga Puja, the Calcutta High Court today partially relaxed the order declaring that a certain number of people are allowed to enter the Durga puja pandals in Calcutta. The Calcutta High Court, hearing the petition about the establishment of pandals during Durga …
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Only the organizers of Durga Puja committees can participate in pandals in numbers ranging from 15 to 25 No visitors will be allowed inside Durga Puja pandals in West Bengal and the Puja mandap will be treated as a ‘containment zone’ this year, the Calcutta High Court said in an …
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The Calcutta High Court, in an interim order, on Friday ordered the West Bengal government to use financial aid given to Durga Puja clubs to improve policing and public engagement, and increase the number of women in community policing. . The court also ordered the government that the funds be …
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By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Updated: October 16, 2020 11:20:19 am The court asked the state if guidelines for such spending had been established, as the organizers of the bid were being given public money. [Express photo/Partha Paul] The Calcutta High Court asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government …
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File photo of Union Minister Babul Supriyo. (PTI) Much to the relief of Union Minister Babul Supriyo, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday struck down a police charge sheet against him for passing ‘objectionable’ remarks to TMC MP Mahua Moitra during a television debate in 2017. News18 Calcutta Last update: …
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