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Durga Puja

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Mahalaya: When we invoke the Devi to descend on this mortal world and bless us with her divine presence

jogakhichudi -
Today we will again wake up in the wee hours and collectively invoke the Devi to descend on this mortal world
News Reports

Kolkata : Influential Imam slams Mamata Banerjee government for Durga Pooja grants

OpIndia Staff -
The TMC government had announced last month that they would give Rs.10,000 each to all the Durga Puja committees in the state.
News Reports

West Bengal: Muslim clerics and scholars protest demanding hike in stipend to Imams and funds for Madrasas

OpIndia Staff -
In this political bewilderment, it seems, it is slowly becoming difficult for Mamata Banerjee to camouflage her real frame of mind
News Reports

Mamata plays ‘soft Hindutva’ card, set to give 28 crores to Durga puja committees this year

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, Mamata Banerjee's government had restricted idol immersions on the day of Vijay Dashami, as the date coincided with Muharram.
News Reports

Communist China to sponsor the oldest community Durga Puja in Kolkata’s Salt Lake

Anubhav -
There is going to be dragon dance and Chinese flute
Opinions

Once upon a time, my school friend used to be ‘secular’, he has now turned into a proud Hindutvawadi

Sambit Nayak -
Govind is not taking the bigotry and intolerance against his religion lying down anymore
Opinions

On Halloween, I discovered the horror of losing my own festivals

jogakhichudi -
Let's reconnect and preserve our culture, our festivals.
News Reports

Detaining me at airport shows Mamata Banerjee’s anti-Hindu face: BJP spokie Bagga

OpIndia Staff -
Bagga had gone to Bengal to take part in Dugra idol immersion.
News Reports

No Durga Puja organiser seeks the mandatory permission required to immerse idols on Muharram

OpIndia Staff -
The Mamata government had made such permission compulsory after the Calcutta High Court order
News Reports

Mamata govt now makes police permission compulsory for Durga Idol immersions on Muharram

OpIndia Staff -
Would this be a form of a unofficial ban?
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