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Bengalis bid adieu to this year's Durga Pooja with Sindoor Khela
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): The city of Kolkata on this day of Maha Dashami prepares to bid farewell to Goddess Durga for one long year as she leaves for Kailash - her husband's abode. The sentiment of sadness is evident from the calm prevailing within the city after Dash
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Vajpayee's niece snubs Karuna Shukla over 'politics on ashes' remark
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug. 24 (ANI): Niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Kanti Mishra has rebuffed another niece of the late leader, Karuna Shukla, over her statement criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for carrying the veteran leader's ashes to diffe
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PM Modi unveils Mahatma Gandhi plaque in Singapore
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Singapore City [Singapore], Jun 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the plaque, marking the immersion site of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi's ashes at Clifford Pier in Singapore.
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Hyderabad water bodies pollute after Durga idol immersions
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Oct 03 (ANI): The Durga idol immersions are causing water pollution and spoiling the water bodies all over the city, said the officials on Tuesday.
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Congress terms rescheduling of Gandhi's visit to Amethi as 'murder of demo
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The Congress on Monday termed the Amethi administration's directive of rescheduling party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's visit to the district as 'murder of democracy.'
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Amethi DM asks Congress to reschedule Rahul Gandhi’s visit
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] October 1 (ANI): Amethi District Magistrate Yogesh Kumar on Sunday requested the Congress district president to reschedule the visit of their party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, in view of Muharram and Durga idol immersion.
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Durga idols immersion in Delhi adds up to polluted Yamuna
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): After the conclusion of the 10-day celebrations of Durga Puja in New Delhi, the immersion of idols of goddess Durga started on Saturday in the national capital's only river body, Yamuna.
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Mamata hits back at Calcutta HC ruling, says 'no one can tell me what to d
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 21 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hit back at the Calcutta High Court over its ruling on Durga idol immersion, stating that anyone can 'slit my throat, but no one can tell me what to do.'
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CPM hails Calcutta HC's ruling on Durga idol immersion
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) on Thursday commended the Calcutta High Court's ruling on Durga idol immersion case, saying that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would have ruptured the communal harmony with her orders and that it
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BJP welcomes Calcutta HC verdict on idol immersion, slams CM Mamata Banerj
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Terming Calcutta High Court's decision against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's earlier orders as a victory for the people, Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Vice-President Chandra Kumar Bose and Rajya Sabha member Roopa Ganguly on Thursday acc
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Calcutta High Court revokes Mamata Banerjee's Durga idol immersion order
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 21 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court today revoked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's order on Durga idol immersion and instructed the police to make separate routes for both Durga idol immersion and Muharram processions.
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Mamata practicing 'politics of appeasement': BJP
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): After Calcutta High Court yesterday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led Government over its recent notification on Durga idol immersion, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said that the Chief Minister has no capacity to maintain law and order situ
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