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Mamata Statue At Durga Puja Pandal!!

Glimpses from the Durga Puja festival...   IMAGE: Statues of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim installed at a community Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata......

Bengal: Durga Puja forum proposes vaccine for organisers

The community Durga Puja committees in Kolkata will ensure that all those who are involved in the rituals and other related works are vaccinated in the next three months, an official said on......

How dhakis breathe life into Durga Puja

The sound of the dhak is an essential part of Pujo celebrations, says Indrayanee Mukherjee. Pujo (or Durga Puja) is not Pujowithout the resounding echoes of the dhak (the percussion instrument......

HC modifies order, allows drummers inside Durga Puja marquees in Bengal

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday partly modified its order on community Durga Pujas, allowing drummers to perform within the no-entry zones of the marquees and raising the number of people who......

Quick Response Team was waiting for the terrorists

Advance warning prevented damage at IAF base. The terrorists, who attacked the Indian Air Force's Pathankot air base, entered the airbase at about 3:30 am on Saturday, January 2, through a gap in......

How The Pandemic Affected Puja

The estimated size of the Durga Puja economy could be about Rs 2.75 trillion in 2021 had there been no pandemic, points out Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: A restricted access Durga Puja pandal. Photograph:......

Puja brings cheer to companies and people

Despite slowdown, corporates are investing heavily in advertisements not just in Kolkata but also in other metros. India's largest selling sparkling beverage brand, Thums Up, unveiled a 25-feet......

'Now, people want to know who is playing the tabla'

One of the hottest tickets in New York this week is for Ustad Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion. On March 12 and 13, the tabla maestro will get together with some of the best in Indian......

Look out New York, here comes Zakir Hussain!

As the tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is heading to New York to perform at a Lincoln Center theatre as part of the Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion national tour, he says he is thankful to his......

Counterview: Parineeta, just a music video

First, the baggage. The only Sarat Chandra Chatterjee works I have read are Ramer Sumoti-- about how a boy who is a complete nuisance becomes responsible, a story my mother insisted I read-- and......

Rain delays IPL match between KKR and DD

A mild thunderstorm coupled with heavy showersdelayed the start of the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The sudden......

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