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October 6, 2025, 08:48 AM - 3 min read
Following a clash between two communities during Durga Puja idol immersion, tensions escalated on Sunday when rioters set fire to eight to ten locations. Assistant Fire Officer Sanjeeb Kumar Behera reported that rioters were throwing stones.
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October 4, 2025, 05:07 PM - 2 min read
The confrontation quickly escalated, with both groups hurling stones and glass bottles at each other, forcing police to use a baton charge to bring the situation under control.
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October 4, 2025, 03:46 PM - 3 min read
In this south-western pocket of the city, known for its mixed demography and occasionally strained communal history, Muslim residents not only participated in the Puja festivities but also took the lead in spreading joy and safety.
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October 3, 2025, 05:02 PM - 2 min read
Preliminary investigation by the police revealed the youth took her towards a less crowded area where two of his friends were consuming liquor sitting on the side-walls of a culvert.
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October 2, 2025, 09:19 PM - 2 min read
At least 11 devotees, three of them minors, died after a tractor-trolley carrying idols of Goddess Durga for immersion on Vijayadashmi plunged into a lake in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police said.
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October 2, 2025, 01:31 PM - 2 min read
Two persons have been arrested in connection with a horrific gang-rape of a 60-year-old woman in Kultali, Kolkata, on Wednesday night
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October 1, 2025, 05:07 PM - 3 min read
According to the party’s Kolkata district leadership, 119 book stalls have been set up across the city this year.
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September 30, 2025, 02:35 PM - 3 min read
Crowds thronged in, phones flashing, yet many paused longer than usual. For inside this mandap, artist Anirban Das has woven together statistics, symbolism and sorrow into a visual vocabulary that unsettles as much as it mesmerizes.
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September 29, 2025, 02:28 PM - 2 min read
Devotees are making a beeline to a Durga Puja pandal in Ranchi themed on the ancient 'gurukul' knowledge system, showcasing 21,000 books.
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September 27, 2025, 08:40 PM - 2 min read
Both incidents have amplified fears over safety during the upcoming festivities. With Durga Puja just around the corner, residents are urging the administration and civic bodies to act swiftly to prevent further tragedies.
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September 27, 2025, 04:06 PM - 4 min read
The roots of this Puja lie in Kanthalbari village of Mymensingh, where the late Manmohan Chowdhury first began worshipping the goddess.
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September 26, 2025, 01:03 PM - 8 min read
To call Chandannagar’s creations “lights” is an understatement. They are living theatre in bulbs, spectacles where culture, science, and devotion intertwine. In a city where Durga Puja pandals often compete in grandeur, Chandannagar’s illuminations remain the glowing heartbeat of Bengal’s festive season.
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