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Bhutan Foreign Minister extends greetings to Indians on Navratri
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Thimphu [Bhutan], October 17 (ANI): Bhutan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tandi Dorji on Saturday extended warm greetings to all the citizens of India on the occasion of the Navratri festival.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wishes Goddess Durga's strength, might to gr
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New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday extended greetings to the nation on the occasion of Sharad Navratri and expressed hope that the nine-day festival will bring goodness and happiness in everyone's life.
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Walking back miles from big city -- Durga finally home with childr
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 17 (ANI): This year Durga has come back carrying her little son, with daughters Lakshmi and Saraswati in tow -- walking miles from a big city to her native place in West Bengal.
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Durga Puja grant to be used for improving police-public bonding, p
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 16 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued an interim order directing that the money donated by the West Bengal government to the Durga Puja Clubs should be used for improving police and public bonding, including women in community policing and
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COVID-19: Business of idol makers affected ahead of Durga Puja in
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 16 (ANI): Business of idol makers in Bhubaneswar remains affected ahead of Durga Puja due to COVID-19.
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Idol makers of Nepal stare at gloomy festival season amid COVID-19
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Kathmandu/Lalitpur [Nepal], October 15 (ANI): Nepal in October buzzes with the economic activities due to the festival like Durga Puja, the markets are decorated with idols, jewellery, ornaments but, 2020 has changed it entirely. COVID-19 has dampened the spirits of idol-makers in Nepal.
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Mamata Banerjee virtually inaugurates Durga Puja pandals across We
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 14 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday inaugurated Durga Puja pandals across the state through video conferencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Plea in Calcutta HC seeks to stop Durga Puja celebration
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 14 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking directions to stop the Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Assam CM directs state officials to ensure tea garden workers rece
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Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 13 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday in a meeting with District Collectors (DCs), and Superintendents of Police (SPs) via video conferencing in Guwahati directed the officials to ensure tea garden workers receive bonuses at the fixed
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate Manicktala Chaltabaga
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, will inaugurate the Manicktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja on 15 October 2020. Last year also the Chief Minister had chosen Manicktala Chaltabagan as one of the first Pujas for form
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Mamata urges Durga Puja Committees not to allow people without mas
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 12 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged Durga Puja Committees not to allow people without masks in pandal during Puja celebrations.
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Resume local train services in West Bengal before Durga Puja, Swap
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New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Senior BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta on Monday wrote to Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal, requesting him to restore the local and suburban train services in West Bengal, ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja.
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