Bhoot Chaturdashi shows Bengal’s spooky side: State’s own halloween
Bhoot Chaturdashi, Bengal’s version of Halloween, honors ancestors and wards off spirits with 14 diyas and traditions of protection, purity, and storytelling.
Bhoot Chaturdashi, Bengal’s version of Halloween, honors ancestors and wards off spirits with 14 diyas and traditions of protection, purity, and storytelling.
Elections in West Bengal have been bloody affairs. Every election is routinely marred by bloodshed as political rivalry regularly turns violent.
Hardly couple of days after its formation on Saturday afternoon the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Association (WBJDA) on Monday wrote to the chief secretary (CS) Manoj Pant
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has said that the BJP is no longer with the agitation programme of the junior doctors, West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that the "state-sponsored" infiltration and crime against women in West Bengal will be stopped only if the BJP comes to power in the state in the 2026 Assembly elections.
The poll panel also issued a blanket ban on bike rallies, an instrument of canvassing during election, after the model code of conduct comes into force.
The libraries were closed after lockdown was imposed due to Covid in March 2020.
The chief minister Mamata Banerjee also urged all hospitals and nursing homes to 'necessarily' enrol themselves for the 'Swasthya Sathi' scheme.
Violence broke out at the BJP Purba Bardhaman district party office when a meeting of the party was in progress, the police said.
A cultural programme "Amra Nuton Jouboneri Doot", based on the theme of Netaji, will also be held.
