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.
Puja committees, who are making an endeavor to make their pandals friendly for senior citizens and the disabled will be awarded. Around 250 Durga Puja committees would be participating for the awards.
This year the district Durga Puja carnival will be held at Serampore, instead of Chinsurah as per the directive of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has released the road guide map of Asansol and Durgapur for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in West Burdwan district.
The deputy Speaker of West Bengal Assembly, Dr Ashis Banerjee held a high-level meeting for taking administrative measures on Durga Puja
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said that she had been making efforts for the last 10 years for attaining the classical tag for Bengali.
