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WB govt should apologise: Mukul Roy on Governor's 'insult'
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): BJP leader Mukul Roy has said that the West Bengal government should apologise to the Governor Jagdeep Dhankar after the latter was allegedly 'insulted' at a Durga Puja programme in Kolkata in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was also present.
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WB Governor says deeply hurt over treatment given, hopes ruling Tr
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar said on Tuesday that he was deeply hurt and disturbed by the treatment meted out to him by the state government at a Durga Puja event on October 11 and termed it as an "insult".
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UP: Two held for kidnapping, beating student
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Two men were arrested on Sunday in connection with the kidnapping of a 21-year-old student of Lucknow during Durga Puja celebrations in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
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Environmentalists raise concern over groundwater contamination fro
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Environmentalists have raised their concerns over possible contamination of groundwater by artificial ponds created for idol immersion during Durga Puja.
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UP: Plastic bags, puja material found near Yamuna ghat
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Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Puja material and plastic bags were found littered around Yamuna Ghat in Kalindi Kunj on the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh border, a day after Dusshera and Durga Puja celebrations in the capital.
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Karnataka: 2 drown while immersing Durga puja materials
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Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Two children drown while immersing Durga puja materials in Gobbur K village lake in Karnataka's Kalaburagi city on Wednesday.
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UP: Two people drown during idol immersion in Kharuaon village
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Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Two people drowned during idol immersion in Kharuaon village of Ghorawal Kotwali area on Wednesday.
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WB: Patients claim lack of medical treatment at NBMCH during Durga
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): The patients in the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) here on Wednesday claimed that they did not receive proper medical treatment during the Durga Puja festival.
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After Islamic cleric slams Nusrat Jahan, BJP MP questions Mamata's
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Days after an Islamic cleric criticised TMC MP Nusrat Jahan for performing Durga Puja, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Debasree Chaudhuri has come out in support of Nusrat and questioned why West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bane
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UP: 8 arrested after fight breaks out during idol immersion proces
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Eight people were arrested after a clash erupted between two groups during an idol immersion procession here on Wednesday.
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Devotees bid adieu to Goddess Durga, idols immersed
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Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Oct 8 (ANI): With the nine-day long Navratri festival coming to an end, devotees on Tuesday bid adieu to Goddess Durga and performed immersion of the idols installed at various puja pandals.
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Women participate in 'Sindoor Khela', bid adieu to Goddess Durga
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New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): As its time to bid adieu to Goddess Durga, women on Tuesday celebrated 'Sindoor Khela' on the occasion of Vijay Dashmi at a pandal in Chittaranjan (CR) Park in Delhi.
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