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West Bengal: Transgender community offers prayer to unique 'Ardh Nariswar'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): The city's transgender community has organised a special Durga Puja by offering prayers to unique Durga idol -- Ardh Nariswar -- depicting half Shiva and half Parvati.
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Narada sting case: CBI summons whistleblower Mathew Samuel
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Whistleblower in the Narada sting case, Mathew Samuel, has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning, TMC lawmaker Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said on Saturday.
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WB: Pandal showcases life in Indo-Bangladesh border enclaves
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): Theme-based pandals with social messages are on a rise this Durga Puja and a committee here has built a pandal showcasing life in the Indo-Bangladesh border enclaves.
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WB: Durga Puja pandal decorated with over 4,000 letterboxes, computer mous
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Showcasing the extinction of letterboxes which have been replaced by electronic mails, a pandal here has been decorated with over 4,000 letterboxes and a computer mouse.
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Bandhan Bank, Gruh Finance to merge on October 17
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank and Ahmedabad-based Gruh Finance said on Friday that all the regulatory hurdles have been overcome for their merger, with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) clearing the scheme of amalgamation.
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Death toll touches 3 in Mahananda boat capsize tragedy
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Malda (West Bengal) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): The death toll in the boat capsize incident in Mahananda river has climbed to three after another body was recovered earlier in the day.
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Kolkata: Durga Puja pandal shows harmful effects of mobile tower's radiati
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 04 (ANI): Like every year, this year too the various Durga Puja pandals decorated across the city are worth a dekko. Sporting a theme with social messages, each pandal here has endeavoured to add a unique hue of distinctive attraction.
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WB: 2 dead, 7 missing after boat capsizes in Malda
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Malda (West Bengal) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): At least two people died and seven others went missing after a boat carrying them from Malda to Bihar's Katihar, capsized in Mahananda river at Jagadishpur on Thursday night.
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Bangladeshi nationals come to India to celebrate Durga puja
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Siliguri is ready to celebrate Durga Puja, the largest festival in West Bengal. More than 2,000 pujas are organised every year in North Bengal, with 432 being held in Siliguri alone.
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WB Governor inaugurates Durga Puja celebration at Raj Bhavan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday inaugurated 73rd Durga Puja at the Raj Bhavan.
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Kolkata: Durga Puja pandal spreads message on pollution
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Santoshpur Lake Pally committee has got designed the Durga Puja pandal in a manner to create awareness about the problem of pollution, which is fast assuming a critical proportion.
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WB: 1 held in Murshidabad, 1000 bottles Phensedyl seized
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Police have arrested a person and seized 1000 bottles of Phensedyl and a four-wheeler from him on Thursday.
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