The Mamata Banerjee government had banned idol immersion after 10 pm on September 30 - Dashami - when the Durga Puja ends. The Muslim community will mark Ashura on October 1.
The High Court has now permitted idol immersions on all days till midnight, and has directed police to ensure that the routes of idol immersions and Muharram processions do not clash.
The pandals are based on the themes of geopolitical tensions in the state. For example, consider Dasain celebrations in Siliguri.
Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta HC tells state government, 'there is a difference between regulation and prohibition.'
Happy Durga Puja 2017: Watch Kolkata painted in festive colours with longest Alpona (Rangoli).
Durga Puja 2017 will start from September 26 and end on September 30 and, be it Bengal, Assam or Maharashtra, the festival will be celebrated in full swing with slight differences here and there.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the RSS, Bajrang Dal and VHP should not try to disturb peace in the state, and warned that they should not play with fire
New Delhi: For the second straight day, HRD Minister Smriti Irani made a strong defence of the government's actions on Thursday with regard to JNU issue and suicide of Dalit student in Hyderabad university in
New Delhi: The matter of government's denial of permission to hold Durga Puja celebrations in Birbhum district of West Bengal has reached to the doorstep of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).Civil Rights activist and lawyer
New Delhi: The state of West Bengal is known across the world for grand celebrations of Durga Puja. But Hindus in Nalhati village of Birbhum district have been denied permission to celebrate Durga Puja since
New Delhi: In an attempt to meet the standards of policing of New York or London, Delhi Police is using choppers for monitoring traffic during the immersion of Durga Puja idols at specific spots across
Agartala: Setting an example of harmony amid the country's communal tension, several Durga pujas in Tripura are being organised by the Muslim community.The big budget puja of the 'Blood Drop' club in the Sonamura sub-division
Miriti (WB): President Pranab Mukherjee today said Durga Puja has become a social festival with universal participation."It is no more a religious festival, it becomes social festival resulting in universal participation from various cross sections
Kolkata: Breaking all religious and social stereotyping, a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata has installed a transgender Durga idol, first of its kind in India.Organised by Kolkata-based sexual rights initiative, The Pratyay Gender Trust, in
Kolkata: A puja committee in South Kolkata claims to be putting up the tallest Durga idol in the world for which it had initiated a teaser advertisement months in advance."There have been idols of other
Kolkata: With the city gearing up for five days of Durga Pujas from next week, Kolkata Police has put in place elaborate fullproof arrangements from Panchami to Dashami. Describing managing this year's Durga Puja as a
Vijayawada: In a gesture symbolising communal amity, a Muslim legislator presented silk sarees to Goddess Kanak Durga Mata at the Sri Durgamalleswara Swamivarla Devastanam here, a practise he has been following for the last ten
Kolkata: Transgender women here have come together this year to organise a special Durga puja in an "attempt to re-claim social space" in the face of "ostracism".Spurred by the discriminatory gaze they are subjected to
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