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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, 05:15 PM - 4 min read
It was 1940. Bose, incarcerated by the British, refused to let steel bars chain the spirit of a nation.
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September 26, 2025, 01:05 PM - 3 min read
Speaking at the Santosh Mitra Square pandal in north Kolkata, Shah asserted that Bengal should once again become safe, peaceful, and prosperous, fulfilling the dream of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. He extended his greetings to the people of Bengal and the nation for the festival.
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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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September 25, 2025, 04:13 PM - 5 min read
For decades, the Durga Puja of Hansgiri Lane remained deserted. Stigma and prejudice cast long shadows: visitors shunned the pandal simply because sex workers had organised it.
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September 24, 2025, 04:36 PM - 2 min read
CM Mamata Banerjee also urged the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC), the electricity provider for Kolkata and surrounding areas, to provide an additional ₹5 lakh compensation to the families of those who were electrocuted.
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September 23, 2025, 10:46 AM - 4 min read
Very heavy rainfall overnight left Kolkata and surrounding areas paralysed on Tuesday, with streets submerged, traffic disrupted and five people killed by electrocution just days before the Durga Puja festivities.
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September 22, 2025, 07:55 PM - 2 min read
According to the tentative schedule, Shah will land in Kolkata by noon on Chaturthi. Later in the day, he is slated to inaugurate two prominent Pujas in the city — the Santosh Mitra Square Puja, organised by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sajal Ghosh, and the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC)’s Durga Puja, conducted by the West Bengal Cultural Forum.
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September 22, 2025, 12:53 PM - 2 min read
Constable Jyotish Debnath (48) of Eco Park police station was out on routine night patrol on Sunday when disaster struck.
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September 21, 2025, 02:19 PM - 8 min read
The event has been named “Chhotoder Durga, Chhotoder Mela”—a carnival of the young, for the young. This is not just a celebration, but a reclamation of dignity. For once, the spotlight will not shine on their identity as “children of sex workers,” but on their talent as dancers, actors, singers, and organisers.
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September 20, 2025, 07:26 PM - 3 min read
Speaking at the Sreebhumi Sporting Club Puja inauguration, Mamata strongly condemned incidents where Bengalis were allegedly harassed for speaking their mother tongue.
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