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West Bengal artists make idols depicting Mamata Banerjee as Goddess Durga
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hoogly (West Bengal) [India], September 30 (ANI): As Durga puja festival approaches, artists in Hooghly have made paintings and idols which depict chief minister Mamata Banerjee as Goddess Durga.
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Durga Puja celebrations likely to be low key in Siliguri this year due to
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 30 (ANI): Durga Puja celebrations are likely to be low key in Siliguri this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WB: Siliguri Police to use drones during Durga puja to monitor crowds amid
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 22 (ANI): Siliguri Metropolitan Police (SMP) will use drones for aerial surveillance, amid COVID-19, to monitor the crowd gatherings during Durga puja, which is celebrated with much fervour in the state.
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RED FM announces Dugga Dugga Festival 2021
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): 93.5 RED FM, India's leading private radio and entertainment network today announced the return of 'Dugga Dugga Festival', the biggest online music fiesta that will showcases Bengal's iconic Durga Puja. The event will be streamed on
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COVID-19: Siliguri's PHE Welfare Association organises camp to vaccinate s
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 19 (ANI): Public Health Engineering (PHE) Contractors Welfare Association came forward for a noble cause to vaccinate the street beggars and van pullers against COVID-19 along with the Rotary Club of Siliguri (Blood Bank).
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Scant regard for Maa Durga stands exposed, says TMC slamming BJP
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 8 (ANI): A day after the BJP wrote to the Election Commission urging to take action against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for violating the Model Code of Conduct by announcing cash rewards for Durga Puja clubs despite the declaration of b
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Mamata Banerjee recites Chandi Path, urges Durga Puja pandal organisers to
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 7 (ANI): Setting the pitch for the upcoming Durga Puja, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday recited Chandi Path and urged the puja committees in the state to celebrate the festival with the COVID protocols.
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Ahead of Durga Puja, artisans making idol urge Assam govt to issue SOP reg
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 5 (ANI): Ahead of Durga Puja, Vishwakarma Day, artisans making idols in Guwahati urge the state government to release Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to give them a clear picture about the festival celebrations.
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Kolkata: Idol makers of Kumartuli hopeful for better business this Durga P
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 27 (ANI): Amid the cloud of uncertainty due to the COVID pandemic, the idol makers of Kumartuli in Kolkata are hopeful of doing better business in Durga Puja this season compared to the last year.
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Kolkata's idol maker becomes first to send fiberglass Durga idol overseas
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 3 (ANI): An idol maker from Kolkata's Kumartuli sent a fiberglass idol of Goddess Durga to Germany and New Jersey becoming the first artisan in the region to send his artwork overseas amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Durga Puja -- a special bond that connects India, Bangladesh
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 9 (ANI): India and Bangladesh have always had a special bonding, which only gets strengthened during Durga Puja as people from both the sides come together to seek the blessings of the Goddess.
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Lal Bhatia and His Team Install Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines in School
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Lal Bhatia, who got popular because of his book 'Indicting Goliath' -- a real life story of a man who fought for justice without a lawyer in the US when fraudulent and false charges were levied against him, has used part of the pr
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