Durga Puja
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Happy Navratri 2021 Day 2: Worship Goddess Brahmacharini; Know Significance, Puja Vidhi, Mantra
Books & Culture | Oct 08, 2021, 02:22 PM ISTHappy Navratri 2021! Today (October 8) marks the second day of the auspicious nine-day festival of Navratri 2021. The devotees today will worship Maa Brahmacharini.
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PM Modi prays for strength, good health, prosperity in everyone's lives on Navratri
India | Oct 07, 2021, 09:11 AM ISTThe PM shared a picture in which he can be seen praying before Maa Durga.
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Two new trains to start in West Bengal on occasion of Durga Puja | Check routes
India | Oct 07, 2021, 07:49 AM ISTThe trains will stop at Barddhaman, Rampurhat, Malda Town, Barsoi and Kishanganj stations enroute in both directions.
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'We are farmers, not terrorists': Kolkata Durga Puja pandal depicts farm law agitation
India | Oct 06, 2021, 07:00 PM ISTGiant replica of a tractor being used by farmers to till land is placed at the entrance of Dumdum Park Bharat Chakra pandal in the northern fringes of Kolkata, depicting their struggle.
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Navratri 2021: Kolkata artisans go creative, choose history of Indian farm protests for pandal theme
Fashion | Oct 06, 2021, 10:46 AM ISTNavratri is knocking at our doors are the nation is all prepped to celebrate the nine-day long festival with much zeal and fervour. For the past two years, the Durga Puja celebrations had to be kept lowkey owing to COVID 19 pandemic. As things seem to return to normal this year, take a look at how artisans have taken the creative route for Durga Puja pandals.
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Kolkata metro train timings will increase on the occasion of Durga Puja
India | Oct 06, 2021, 10:14 AM ISTKolkata Metro has also decided to increase the frequency of trains for those three days with an increase in security arrangements.
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Bengal schools likely to reopen after Durga Puja
Education | Oct 05, 2021, 07:58 PM ISTWest Bengal finance department has sanctioned Rs 109 crore to the education department for the renovation of 6,468 state government schools.
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Nagaland issues COVID-19 guidelines in wake of Durga Puja celebrations
India | Oct 02, 2021, 06:43 AM ISTThe order issued by Principal Secretary (Home) Abhijit Sinha said that people can visit marquees only between 5 AM and 9 PM.
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Visitors will not be allowed inside Durga Puja pandals: Calcutta HC
India | Oct 01, 2021, 05:21 PM ISTFor small pandals, barricades will have to be put up five metres from the entrance, while for the bigger ones, the distance has to be 10 metres, the court had ordered.
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West Bengal extends Covid curbs till Oct 30; allows movement during Durga Puja
India | Oct 01, 2021, 08:26 AM ISTDurga Puja will be celebrated from October 10 to 15, while Lakshmi Puja will be held on October 20.
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Odisha bans gatherings during Durga Puja, increases night curfew timings in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar
India | Sep 30, 2021, 11:55 PM ISTSpecial Relief Commissioner PK Jena said that there will be graded unlocking throughout the state from 5 AM on Oct 1 till 5 AM on Nov 1.
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Durga Puja committees to approach CM to seek relaxation on Durga idol height
India | Sep 12, 2021, 11:44 AM ISTThe puja committees and the Cuttack city peace committee on Saturday decided to approach the chief minister and seek his personal intervention on the height of Duga idols.
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Durga Puja celebrations set to be low-ley affair in Bengal for second year in row
India | Jul 05, 2021, 02:37 PM ISTThe Forum for Durgotsab, a platform of 500 community Durga pujas in the city, took to Facebook on Sunday to say that the countdown has begun, and a list of norms, to be adopted for this year's celebrations, would soon be prepared.
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Hindus, Muslims celebrate Durga Puja together as a symbol of unity
News | Nov 02, 2020, 08:12 PM ISTEvery festival in India represents the sense of brotherhood and syncretism beholden among the diversified population of the country.
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Manjit Singh Dhillo and former DM Rachna Patil appointed the new SP and DM of Munger
Kurukshetra | Oct 29, 2020, 07:34 PM ISTUnidentified persons vandalised the Sub-divisional Officer and SP office in Munger and set several vehicles on fire during a protest against the death of 22-year-old Anurag Kumar in the firing incident earlier this week.
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Munger Firing: Police conduct flag march in Munger after a mob vandalised SDO & SP office
News | Oct 29, 2020, 05:19 PM ISTPolice conduct flag march in Munger after a mob vandalised SDO & SP office while protesting against man's death during Durga idol immersion clashes.
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ECI orders immediate removal of SP and DM of Munger; orders inquiry
News | Oct 29, 2020, 04:58 PM ISTThe ECI ordered immediate removal of SP & DM of Munger and an inquiry has been ordered into the incident that has to be completed with the next seven days.
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Munger firing incident: Violence breaks out in Bihar, SDO and SP office vandalised; SP and DM removed
News | Oct 29, 2020, 04:07 PM ISTThree days after a person was killed during a police baton charge and firing by unidentified persons in Bihar’s Munger, the ECI ordered the immediate removal of Munger’s District Magistrate SP Lipi Singh.
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Women culminate Durga Puja with 'Sindur Khela'
Lifestyle | Oct 26, 2020, 09:15 PM ISTTo mark the end of Durga Puja, women in Kolkata participated in 'Sindur Khela' ceremony on October 26. The ceremony took place at a Durga Puja pandal.
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Covid-19 dampens Navratri, Durga Puja celebrations
Books & Culture | Oct 25, 2020, 11:30 AM ISTWhile the world still reels under the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, festivities are impacted as well. As the country gears up for the festive season, the celebration of 'navratri', Durga Puja, and Dussehra have seen a slowdown, with a preference towards virtual festivities.