Durga Puja

While Indians living in countries like the US, Canada, and Europe often import fibreglass idols of Goddess Durga, not meant to be immersed, the idol in Kashi is not immersed because of the Goddess's command.

Across the city, 3,000-odd puja pandals were submerged. The IMD also warned that another low-pressure system may form over the Bay of Bengal around 25th September.

OpIndia visited the MP flats area in Lutyens Delhi where Saket Gokhale stopped Mata Jagran event, the house-helps of MPs are afraid of losing their jobs and accommodation

Two Hindu youths were stabbed by Angur Alam and others during the Durga Visarjan procession in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh

In visuals that have surfaced on social media, it could be seen that the idol of Goddess Durga was broken. Several shops and establishments were set on fire.

Massive violence was reported on Saturday, 12th October from the Behraich, Maharajganj, and Kaushambi regions of Uttar Pradesh, Howrah region of West Bengal, Sitamadhi region of Bihar, and Gadhva region of Jharkhand. The Islamists in each case launched deliberate attacks on the Durga immersion procession carried by Hindus, causing massive unrest and violence in respective areas.

A clash broke out between two communities during immersion of Devi Durga idol in Rehua Mansoor village in the Hardi police station area of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, after Muslims objected to DJ music