25-year-old drowns at Baghbazar ghat
PTI | 15 Oct 2013, 7:00 AMKolkata: A 25-year-old man was drowned in the river Hooghly when he came to immerse the Durga idol of family puja at the Baghbazar ghat here last evening, police sources
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Durga Puja ends in Bengal with immersion of idols
IANS | 14 Oct 2013, 4:20 PMKolkata: Braving the downpour, people thronged Durga puja pandals to offer their tributes to the goddess on the last day of the five-day festivity.Teary eyed devotees bade an
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Flood threat in West Midnapore as Galudih dam releases water
PTI | 14 Oct 2013, 6:52 AMMidnapre (WB): The Galudih dam in Jharkhand has released 2.40 lakh cusec of water that increased water level of the river Subarnarekha causing flood threat in seven blocks of
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Spirited Mahanavmi celebrations in West Bengal
IANS | 14 Oct 2013, 7:10 AMKolkata: People from all walks of life, including celebrities, relished community feasts at marquees and visited friends and relatives Sunday here on Mahanavami, the fourth day of
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High tide in Digha, lakhs evacuated from Bengal's coastal areas
IANS | 13 Oct 2013, 9:02 AMKolkata: Lakhs of people were moved to safer places and disaster management teams positioned in coastal areas of West Bengal even as a high tide was reported from the sea resort
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Kumari Puja marks Maha Ashtami celebrations in Bengal
IANS | 13 Oct 2013, 9:12 AMKolkata: Pre-pubescent girls were worshipped as goddesses across West Bengal Saturday to mark Maha Ashtami - the most auspicious of the five-day Durga puja festival.Devotees from
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Beating the queue at Durga Puja pandals with VIP passes
PTI | 12 Oct 2013, 1:14 PMKolkata: A darshan of resplendent Goddess Durga in all her finery beating queues can easily be had at pandals this year by buying VIP passes, a new element in the pujas this
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Kumari Puja marks Maha Ashtami in Kolkata
IANS | 12 Oct 2013, 12:04 PMKolkata: Thousands of devotees from across the country flocked to the Belur Math here, the global headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Saturday for the
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Bengal governor inaugurates 'Papri Mandap'
PTI | 12 Oct 2013, 8:23 AMKolkata : Retracing his tryst with Bengal, “Which had received the Blessings of the Goddess,” Governor M K Narayanan says despite as one hailing from Kerala he has almost
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President takes role of a priest, begins Durga puja
PTI | 12 Oct 2013, 7:57 AMKirnahar : President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday took the role of a priest and worshipped Durga idol at his ancestral home in Mirati, a village 200 km from Kolkata.This is the
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Markets remain close for 'Durgotsav' in Kolkata
PTI | 11 Oct 2013, 8:30 AMKolkata: All the major markets, including Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE), bullion, metals and commodities, will remain closed in Kolkata from 11th to 14th October, 2013, on account
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Woman must be shown respect: President
IANS | 11 Oct 2013, 7:28 AMKolkata: President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday stressed the need for showing respect to women, and said it was a matter of shame for the society that women were being tortured and
