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"Durga Puja celebrations conducted peacefully and without any incidents":
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI about the Durga Puja festival in Agartala, Saha said, "We eagerly wait for Durga Puja each year and await the arrival of Goddess Durga. The puja was conducted peacefully and without any incidents this year as well. People from across the state are coming here for the immersio
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This Durga Puja, Crompton's 'Shera Khabar' Redefined the Festive Flavor in
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 23: Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd., one of India's leading consumer electricals brands, spiced up this year's Durga Puja festival with the debut of its 'Shera Khabar', fine dish cooking competition. Having taken place in select prominent Kol
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At Guwahati's historic Kamakhya temple, celebration of Durga Puja sans ido
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
However, the Durga Puja is differently celebrated at the historic Kamakhya temple located atop the Nilachal Hill in the capital city of Assam. It is celebrated avoiding idol worship.
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Assam government decides to provide Rs 10,000 to each 6953 puja pandals ac
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahead of the Durga Puja festival, the Assam government on Tuesday has decided to provide Rs 10,000 to every 6953 puja pandals across the state as grants-in-aid.
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World Aids Day: Assam State AIDS Control Society organizes activities to g
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In order to create HIV awareness amongst the masses, ASACS has undertaken various activities by disseminating HIV messages in mass media (print and electronic), outdoor media, folk media (natika, ojapali), social media, piggyback activities during raas and durga puja festivals, events and HI
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German envoy attends Dussehra celebration in his neighbourhood
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): German envoy to India Philipp Ackermann attended the Dussehra celebration in his neighbourhood on Wednesday.
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Dussehra 2022: Triumph of good over evil marked by burning Raavan effigies
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): With the occasion of Dussehra being celebrated throughout the country to mark the victory of good over evil, several effigies of Raavan were burnt on Wednesday to end the annual Durga Puja festival.
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Assam: Police launches operation against gamblers, 5 arrested
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], September 30 (ANI): Assam police launched a massive operation ahead of the Durga Puja festival to crack down the gamblers and arrested 5 gamblers red-handed gambling in a house in Palashguri village of Kokrajhar district on Thursday.
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Durga Puja 2022: Festive spirits return to pre-pandemic high in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): After a hiatus of 2 years, the festive fervour is back in New Delhi's mini Bengal, Chittaranjan Park which is known for its Durga Puja celebrations.
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Assam artisan to send fiberglass-made Durga idol to London
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karimganj (Assam) [India], August 25 (ANI): With just a month left for the Durga Puja festival, an artisan from Assam's Karimganj district is all set to send a fiberglass-made idol of Goddess Durga to London.
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Bangladesh Minister blames opposition party, pro-Pak elements for Durga Pu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 29 (ANI): Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister M Hasan Mahmud on Thursday blamed opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and pro-Pakistan elements for the recent communal violence in the country during the Durga Puja festival.
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Durga pandal in Kolkata replicates Dubai's Burj Khalifa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Durga Puja festival, Kolkata's Sreebhumi Sporting Club has built a Dubai's Burj Khalifa themed 145 feet pandal in the Lake-town.
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