“The railways will resume suburban services in West Bengal from November 11. With proper security measures, this will improve passenger comfort and facilitate smooth travel for people,” Goyal said in a tweet. The announcement came after the West Bengal government and the Eastern Railway met on Monday to discuss the …
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New Delhi: A large fire broke out in the popular FD Block Durga Puja pandal in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata on Wednesday morning. The entire Durga idol, along with the pandal decorations, had been ravaged in flames before the puja committee could perform the idol dip. Also read …
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Invoking the goddess Durga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reaffirmed his government’s irrevocable commitment to the empowerment of women. Reaching out to the people of West Bengal during the state’s largest festival, the prime minister said that although it was being celebrated on a limited scale due to the …
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“I want to see Mamata Banerjee as chief minister for the third time in 2021,” says GJM founder Bimal Gurung. Three years after being in hiding, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) founder Bimal Gurung made a public appearance in Kolkata on Wednesday and announced that he had severed all ties with …
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Sonu Sood’s heroic acts of charity throughout the coronavirus pandemic, helping migrant workers to return to their places of origin, have now inspired an installation in a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata. A life-size statue of the actor has been erected at the Keshtopur Prafulla Kanan Durga Puja in Kolkata. …
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One of West Bengal’s most wanted men, Darjeeling leader Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), Bimal Gurung, appeared in Kolkata on Wednesday night, three years after he went into hiding and vowed to help the minister in boss Mamata Banerjee to win the assembly elections in another six months. Accused by the …
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Facing intermittent rain, hordes of people were seen gathering in large Durga puja pandals in the city on Monday morning with little to no respect for social distancing rules. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced last week that revelers can pandal jump from ‘Tritiya’, three days before the …
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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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Sushant Singh Rajput fans have been relentless in the battle for ‘justice’ as the IWC continued its investigation and have carried forward the momentum when the actor’s death completed four months. After hosting numerous events over the past weeks, the ‘SSRians’ have now started a ‘Padyatra’, conducting rituals and marches …
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CALCUTTA : This year Durga has returned with her young son, with her daughters Lakshmi and Saraswati in tow, walking miles from a big city to her hometown in West Bengal. This time, the Kolkata-based Behala Barisha Club has described the plight of migrant workers during the COVID-induced shutdown as …
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