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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday directed Durga Puja committees not to permit CPI(M) book stalls outside pandals if the party refers to the festival as 'Sharodotsav' instead of ...

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On August 26, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad told organisers of one of India’s biggest festivals how Durga Puja should be conducted: what the goddess should look like, who could be involved in the event ...

A Durga Puja committee in Bhowanipore has decided to bar people who have consumed alcohol from entering its pandal and plans to use breathalysers to screen visitors. Chakraberia Sarbojanin Durgotsab, ...

West Bengal Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari set out this year’s rules for Durga Puja at a meeting with Durga Puja organisers on Monday evening. Bengal’s biggest festival will be held between October ...

A controversy has erupted in Bengal with calls from various quarters for non-vegetarian food to be kept away from Durga Puja pandals. Hindutva organisations and religious preachers are now appealing ...

Offering and consuming non-vegetarian food during Durga Puja has long been a tradition in West Bengal. Before it became a community event, or Sarbojanin, many Bonedi Bari (aristocratic households) ...

A print advertisement for a BJP programme on the occasion of Durga Puja has sparked a massive row in West Bengal, providing much ammunition to the opposition Trinamool Congress. In face of Trinamool ...