Alarmed by the indiscriminate use of high-intensity sound crackers and playing of DJ sound boxes during the Durga Puja immersion, Baji O DJ Box Birodhi Manch put up a strong protest against the use of DJ boxes during the Durga Puja immersions.
In a significant development in the mysterious death of an 18-year-old school girl found charred inside a Durga Puja pandal on the day of Lakshmi Puja at Ramkrishnapara, the state government has appointed Subedi Sanyal as the special public prosecutor for the case.
A decomposed body of a youth, who'd mysteriously disappeared in the evening of Sashthi of Durga Puja on 6 October from near a Puja pandal was unearthed this afternoon in Bishnupur.
Durga Puja has become the lifeblood of small businesses across West Bengal, with many relying on the festival season for a substantial share of their annual earnings.
On 8 October this year, Anupam Halder, through his camera lens, unveiled his innovative concept of visualising the deity Durga through a young fashion model, Sathi Sarkar, in a photography exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. The model, who embodies goddess Durga with her sensuality and earthiness, gets adored by the city’s hoi polloi.
The GM also appealed to the people to not fall prey to touts to get a reserved ticket.
Durga puja is almost here. With Kumartali artisans putting in the last touches on Maa Durga's idol, and pandals doing eleventh-hour preparations, it is time for us to get our fashion game on point.
As the clear blue skies, rolling white clouds and the heady scent of sheuliusher in the autumnal festival of Durga puja, the Goddess Mother descends from her heavenly home of Kailash in all her beauty and power.
With pandal-hoppers already making a beeline to venues to catch glimpses of Disneyland, Ram Mandir, Somnath Temple of Gujarat, Jain Temple of Maharashtra or even Chandrayaan-3, the Sealdah division of the Eastern Railway has decided to operate 18 additional services of night suburban special trains from Panchami to Navami.
Bengal’s tradition is communal peace and harmony and the members of different communities work together to uphold this legacy, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said while inaugurating the Durga Puja at College Square, virtually, this evening.
