Durga Puja
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VHP seeks Muslim cleric Maulana Mehdi Hasan arrest for comments on Navratri
India | Sep 22, 2014, 08:48 AM ISTAhmedabad: Vishwa Hindu Parishad yesterday took strong objection to what it termed as “provocative” remarks on Navratri festival by Maulana Mehdi Hasan, saying it is a deliberate attempt to “malign” Hinduism and demanded his arrest.VHP
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Sonagachi sex workers denied bigger Durga puja celebration
India | Sep 15, 2014, 05:48 PM ISTKolkata: Sex workers in West Bengal's Sonagachi area, said to be the largest red light area in Asia, are a disappointed lot on being denied permission to scale up their Durga puja festivities this year,
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Special Metro services on Durga Puja days
India | Sep 09, 2014, 05:42 PM ISTKolkata: Metro Railway Kolkata has arranged special Metro services this year during Durga Puja days with a total of 544 services on the festive days from October one for the convenience of revellers through day
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Durga Puja ends in Bengal with immersion of idols
India | Oct 14, 2013, 04:23 PM ISTKolkata: 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 emotional farewell as idols of goddess Durga
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Ganguly performs dhunuchi naach in Durga Puja festival
Cricket | Oct 14, 2013, 04:24 PM ISTKolkata: Taking a day off from the ongoing India-Australia series, former India captain turned commentator Sourav Ganguly joined the Durga Puja festivitiesat the Barisha Players' Corner pnadal. "I've taken a break (from commentary in the
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Bengali widows from Vrindavan return to Kolkata for Durga Puja
India | Oct 07, 2013, 09:20 AM ISTKolkata: This Durga puja is a homecoming of sorts for 50 Bengali widows from Vrindavan and Mathura, for the first time in years after they had been abandoned by their families.The old women came back
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Indulge in natural fabrics this Durga Puja
Lifestyle | Oct 06, 2013, 04:58 PM ISTKolkata:Whether it's the trend-setting palazzo pants for youngsters or the evergreen sari, natural and organic fabrics adorned with prints in vegetable dyes will dominate the fashion scene this Puja, as the going-green mantra increases among
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Elaborate security arrangement in Kolkata for Durga Puja
India | Oct 05, 2013, 09:04 PM ISTKolkata: With over 700 CCTV cameras, eight mobile assistance squads, adequate women officers and plain clothed men keeping round the clock vigil, the city police have made elaborate security arrangements for its biggest socio-cultural carnival
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Sex workers body allowed use of section of pavement for Durga puja
India | Sep 26, 2013, 07:13 PM ISTKolkata: The Calcutta High Court today allowed the Durbar Mahila Samannoy Samiti, an organisation of sex workers, for Durga Puja in front of its office at Sonagachi in the metropolis.A division bench comprising Justice Asim
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Court raps politicians for blocking roads for Durga Puja
India | Sep 18, 2013, 07:25 AM ISTKolkata: The Calcutta High Court yesterday said ministers and politicians organising Durga Puja by blocking roads were behaving like goons and directed the city police to give a report on why a sex workers' organisation
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'Bonedi Barir' cuisine to be served this puja
India | Sep 14, 2013, 08:10 AM ISTKolkata: Kolkatans will savour hundreds year old royal cuisine, extinct since the eclipse of the babu culture during British regime, in this puja as visiting ‘bonedi barir pujo' (traditional household) turns the flavour of the
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Bengal Government to restore major city roads before Durga Puja
India | Sep 02, 2013, 08:45 PM ISTKolkata: The West Bengal Government is keen on restoration of major city roads well before the Durga Puja festival if there was no rains further, state's Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said here today. “We
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Kolkata Metro commuters can use mobile phones soon
India | Aug 19, 2013, 06:57 AM ISTKolkata: Commuters in the Kolkata Metro railway - India's oldest underground tube rail - will at last be able to use their mobile phones when the trains run inside the tunnel. The authorities expect the
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Andhra to hold Durga Puja to draw Bengalis
India | Jul 06, 2013, 02:20 PM ISTKolkata, July 6: The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corp (APTDC) plans to organise Durga Puja to draw tourists from West Bengal, its officials said here.In a repeat of the Durga Puja festivities it held last
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Know why we celebrate Navratri twice in a Year
India | Apr 01, 2014, 07:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Observed over a period of nine nights, the Navratri festival is famous throughout India for its religious and social importance. It is devoted to the worship of Maa Durga in various forms .It
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Durga Puja ends in Bengal with idol immersion
India | Oct 24, 2012, 09:00 PM ISTKolkata, Oct 24 : Devotees across West Bengal tearfully bade goodbye to their beloved mother goddess Durga as her idols were immersed in ponds, lakes and rivers on Vijaya Dashami Wednesday.The banks of the Ganga
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Where Muslims help Hindus celebrate Durga Puja
India | Oct 24, 2012, 07:05 PM ISTPatna, Oct 24: In a rare show of brotherhood, Muslims in a village in Bihar's Purnia district joined hands with Hindus to celebrate the Durga Puja.Only four Hindu families live in Saguuniya, a Muslim-dominated village
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11 important facts you should know about Ravana
India | Oct 16, 2015, 10:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Though demon king Ravana is the prime antagonist character in the epic Ramayana, yet most of the people are not aware of his background, his conquests and his erudite knowledge.To put it in
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Feasts, pandal-hopping mark Maha Navami
India | Oct 23, 2012, 08:24 PM ISTKolkata, Oct 23: People relished community feasts, visited friends and relatives and went pandal-hopping Tuesday on Maha Navami, the fourth day of Bengal's biggest religious festival, Durga Puja.After a whole night of revelry on Maha
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Eateries in Kolkata come out with gorgeous fare on Durga Puja
India | Oct 21, 2012, 08:24 AM ISTKolkata, Oct 20: From the multifarious Bengali cuisine to the Oriental to the Continental, the world is your oyster when it comes to food this Durga puja - an opportunity for people here to gorge