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.
With just a few months left for Durga Puja, idols of the goddess are all set to go abroad from Kumartuli, the clay modellers' colony in north Kolkata.
A few Durga Puja Committees have taken the pledge to have environmentally friendly products as they start apreparations for the annual event. One of them, Railpukur United Club, has decided to shun PVC and flex for banners. Instead, they are relying on jute and cloth ones to spread the message across.
The "Royal Rajasthan Bharat Gaurav Special Tourist Train" travel package has been introduced as part of the IRCTC's "Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat" campaign in time for the approaching Durga Puja festival.
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