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Bengaluru: Following backlash and letter from MP Tejasvi Surya, BBMP scraps height limit for Murti and puja restrictions for Durga Puja

OpIndia Staff -
Surya in his letter had called out the colonial hangover and general bias exhibited towards Hindu festivals by the bureaucracy time and again.
Politics

TMC shows why Covid restrictions on Durga Puja are so crazy: Gathers huge crowds to celebrate while High Court bans entry into Pandals

K Bhattacharjee -
Trinamool Congress has demonstrated perfectly why the restrictions on Durga Puja in West Bengal and other states are so crazy.
News Reports

Christian country Papua New Guinea Covid controller first denies permission for Durga Puja because of ‘idol worship’, apologises later: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, a letter signed by Manning had denied Hindus living in PNG permission to hold Durga Puja celebrations saying idol worshipping is morally inappropriate and against Christian values.
News Reports

Ahead of Durga Puja, Kolkata ‘artist’ paints Goddess in Hijab, draws ire

OpIndia Staff -
The picture, posted by visual artist Sanatan Dinda, drew the ire of netizens for its portrayal of the Goddess in Hijab.
News Reports

Worship Mamata Banerjee as ‘Goddess Durga’ this Pujo? 3 committees collaborate for her idol

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, Calcutta High Court ordered a court monitored CBI probe into the human rights violations in the large scale post poll violence that took place in the state after TMC’s Mamata Banerjee returned to power on May 2.
News Reports

Munger firing case: Patna HC rebukes CID for its ‘soft treatment’ of cop accused in murder of Hindu boy

OpIndia Staff -
The Munger firing incident occurred last year when police officials used brutal force on Hindus going for Durga Puja Visarjan.
News Reports

Bihar: All officers who fired at devotees in Munger reinstated. Here is what CISF internal report says

OpIndia Staff -
Although former Munger SP Lipi Singh had initially denied any instance of firing, the CISF report made it clear in their internal report that the police and the CISF had open fired at the devotees.
Opinions

From drawing partition lines between Maa Durga and Shri Ram to Bengalis, Amartya Sen’s xenophobia get a pass because he is not a fan...

Abhishek Banerjee -
Folks like Amartya Sen are obsessed with things like who is the ‘heir’ to what, which implies a fascination with royalty
News Reports

Munger violence: 5 SHOs removed for their dereliction of duty leading to violence against Hindus during Durga Visarjan

OpIndia Staff -
The police and district administration found that the SHOs of Muffasil, Basudeopur, Kotwali, Kashimbazar and Purabsarai police stations were negligent in their duty which led to the violence in Munger
News Reports

Munger SP Lipi Singh’s claims shattered, CISF report says Police first opened fire against Hindus, 13 bullets fired

OpIndia Staff -
Munger SP Lipi Singh had earlier defended the police violence on Durga Procession attendees in Munger and claimed that Hindus had fired, not the police
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