Kolkata

Started by Raja Nabakrishna Deb in 1757, the year of the Battle of Plassey, the household puja has taken a slew of health safety measures to contain the spread of the disease.

Several doctors, associated with different hospitals and nursing homes, never miss an opportunity to spend an evening together after their duty hours to sing the songs composed by them for this year's Durga Puja.

She visited the marquees of Babubagan, Jodhpur Park 95 Pally, Jodhpur Park Sarbojonin, Ekdalia Evergreen Club, Singhi Park, Ballygunge Cultural, Samajsebi Sangha and Shibmandir in south Kolkata.

At a public meeting at Keshiary in West Midnapore on Tuesday, Vijayvargiya said that there is a “serious law and order problem” in West Bengal and he would ensure that the assembly elections are securely held in the state next year.

BJP national general secretary and in-charge of West Bengal, Kailash Vijayvargiya accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of storing and creating explosives to trigger terror ahead of the state Assembly Polls.

The decision was taken after Mansura Bibi, her husband Sheikh Shahabuddin, and the two leaders refused to step down despite the party's order a few days back.

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha, wondered why the prime minister is silent on the killing and alleged gang-rape of a young woman in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh when he is "vocal on every issue from...

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya who is the party's Bengal minder, gave a call to defeat the "corrupt, undemocratic and autocratic" TMC in Assembly elections due next year.

During a meeting with Durga Puja committees, Banerjee announced a grant of Rs 50,000 each to nearly 30,000 puja committees across the state and 50 per cent concession on electricity bills for the committees.

The judgment comes as a major shot in the arm for the Birlas who have been engaged in an acrimonious 16-year court battle against the Lodhas over the estate of the late Priyamvada Devi Birla.

The NEET examinees were directed to reach the exam centre three hours before the commencement of the test keeping in view the security and health checks.

Posts on social media suggested that curfew would be imposed at night from Panchami during Durga Puja due to the Covid-19 pandemic, banning 'pandal-hopping' at night during the five-day celebrations.

He also blamed the Centre of trying to muffle the opposition voices by using draconian laws and slapping sedition charges against them.

All necessary steps have been taken for ensuring smooth vehicular movement at the junction of the congested VIP Road and Airport Entry Road, the Kolkata Metro Railway official said.

The discounts will not be applicable to coronavirus patients with personal or corporate medical insurance, West Bengal Health Regulatory Commission Chairman Justice Ashim Kumar Banerjee said.

The language row over NEET and JEE examinations had come to light after the NTA made available the JEE (Mains) paper in Gujarati late last year. Banerjee had then questioned why other regional languages, including Bangla, were not included.