The Forum for Dugotsab, an association of 350 Durga Puja committees in the city, said it will submit its list of recommendations to the office of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an office-bearer of the body said on Sunday.
This Durga Puja, Kolkata Metro also set a record for serving the maximum number of passengers in a single day. On October 3, Kolkata Metro registered "highest-ever" footfall of 9.22 lakh commuters.
Saree made of 16 kg gold offered to Goddess Durga in Pune
The organisers said it was in line with the "communal harmony" theme chosen by the committee for this year's puja.
Nusrat Jahan's husband Nikhil Jain has come out defending his wife who was targeted by Muslim clerics for participating in Durga Puja. A cleric from Darul Uloom Deoband criticised the Trinamool Congress MP and actor Nusrat Jahan saying that a Muslim should not offer prayers to anyone but allah.
Former MP Pappu Yadav's Durga Puja was quite different. Working like a Good Samaritan, Pappu Yadav helped thousands of affected people across the waterlogged Patna as he distributed essentials to them.
Sending out a message of communal harmony, a family in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday worshipped a four-year-old Muslim girl as part of Kumari Puja on 'Maha Ashtami' -- the second day of Durga Puja.
Rani Mukerji opted for a gorgeous off white silk saree with gold border and an enchanting smile.
Kajol was recently spotted with mom Tanuja and sister Tanishaa Mukerji at Durga Puja.
The Durga Puja 2019 festivities have surely begun in full swing for Kajol and Juhi Chawla. Check out their Pandal hopping pictures.
In case you can't make it to Kolkata this year and are juggling between deadlines and office meetings in Delhi-NCR, we have a good news for you.
he development comes after a meeting between the representatives of states and NMCG officials last month.
The Central Puja Committee (CPC) of Meghalaya has issued an advisory to all the Durga Puja committees in the state asking them to shun the use of plastic during the festivities.
With the Curzon Park in central Kolkata under knee-deep water, Dhankhar could not enter the venue of a programme celebrating the 227th birth anniversary of Rani Rasmoni. The Governor accepted the memorabilia sitting on a chair on the nearby pavement but had to return without garlanding Rani Rasmoni's statue.
The #MaaClicks theme is this year's attraction at the puja of Hatibagan Sarbojonin. The concept is being executed in association with the online edition of a popular Bengali daily.
Navratri celebration is incomplete without these popular devotional songs and aartis.
"At Khidderpore 25 Palli, on the western fringes of the city, around 5 lakh plastic bottles are being used to embellish the pandal and generate awareness on global warming," News agency PTI quoted artist Sanatan Dinda, who has bagged several awards over the years for his marquee concepts, as saying.
She also said the Puja organisers will get 25 per cent concession on their electricity bills from the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) as well the state electricity board.
Close on the heels of Durga Puja festivities in West Bengal and other parts of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) have begun sparring over what is called the Durga Puja tax.
Through the festival of Durga Puja, the Bharatiya Janata Party is making efforts to reach out to the people. For this, the party is attempting to close-knit leader including Amit Shah, for the inauguration of Durga Puja in Kolkata. Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress has termed this as a politicising move and claimed their party organised Durga Pujas even before coming to power.
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