Mahanavami celebrated across West BengalKOLKATA - Showers failed to dampen the festive spirit as people took part in community feasts and poured out on the streets in their thousands to visit the marquees (pandals) on Mahanavami, the fourth day of the Durga Puja celebrations, across West Bengal Sunday. Durga Puja reaches a peak with Kumari worshipKOLKATA - Thousands of devotees congregated at Belur Math, the global headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, to watch ‘Kumari Puja’ or the worship of a pre-puberscent girl, as Durga Puja fervour reached a peak on Mahashtami - the second day of the four-day festival in West Bengal Saturday. Special arrangements to draw devotees at Durga Puja PandalsKOLKATA / MUMBAI - Innovative lights with 3D effects, depicting characters from children’s poems and story books, have become a major draw at the makeshift temples set-up on the occasion of Durga Puja festival. Maha Ashtami celebrated in KolkataKOLKATA - Devotees celebrated on Saturday the Maha Ashtami festival of Goddess Durga, to mark the eighth and the most auspicious of the nine-day Navaratri festival. Durga Puja - festive time for the drummers tooKOLKATA - Dilip Ghorui, 45, of Mahishadal in East Midnapore district, barely earns enough as a rickshaw puller to make ends meet throughout the year — except during Durga Puja. That is when he takes on a different job, of a dhaki or traditional drummer. Recession hits hard Durga Puja businessKOLKATA - Recession has hit hard the export of Durga Puja idols. Potters are getting fewer orders from Bengalis abroad for Durga images that normally do booming business this time of the year. Left Front struggling to tick in West BengalKOLKATA - Once regarded as electorally invincible, West Bengal’s ruling Left Front is facing the biggest crisis in three decades with a united opposition determined to dethrone it in 2011. Nine killed in West Bengal road accidentKOLKATA - At least nine people were killed and several others injured Friday when a speeding truck collided with a stationery mini-van in West Bengal’s South 24-Parganas district, police said. Rains forecast as West Bengal celebrates Durga PujaKOLKATA - As thousands of people thronged beautifully decorated pandals (marquees) across West Bengal Friday during the Durga Puja festival, the weatherman warned that rain may play spoilsport Saturday. Kolkata’s Durga Puja marquees - innovative works of artKOLKATA - A slice of tribal Jharkhand, the Akshardham temple of Delhi, the garden house of a Bengali zamindar of yore - innovative artistic creativity is being showcased at various colourful Durga Puja marquees in Kolkata this year. West Bengal revels in Durga PujaKOLKATA - Leaving behind the dark shadow cast by the global economic meltdown, the destruction caused by cyclone Aila and the swine flu epidemic, West Bengal was in top celebratory gear on Mahasaptami Friday, the first day of the Durga Puja festival. Devotees celebrate ‘Mahasaptami’ in West BengalKOLKATA - Devotees celebrated ‘Mahasaptami’, the second day of Durga Puja here on Friday. The day is significant as on this day, Goddess Durga attacked the ‘Mahisasura’ (demon) with her holy power. ‘Mahisasura’ symbolises the evil power that exists within the human being. Durga Puja festival magic grips West BengalKOLKATA - Dressed in their best, people from all walks of life hit the streets to visit picturesque pandals (marquees) and pray to Goddess Durga as West Bengali’s biggest festival began across the state Thursday. Balmer Lawrie to set up lube plant in IndonesiaKOLKATA - The state-owned Balmer Lawrie, which has diversified business interests such as tea, industrial packaging and grease and lubes, plans to set up a $5-million lubricant and grease plant in Indonesia in a joint venture. Two CPI-M activists killed in West Bengal districtKOLKATA - Two villagers, believed to be supporters of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), were abducted and killed by suspected Maoist guerrillas late Wednesday night near Maoist-hit Lalgarh area in West Bengal, police said Thursday. Durga Puja begins in Kolkata
‘Ecospace’ business park inaugurated in KolkataKOLKATA - Ambuja Realty Wednesday inaugurated the first phase of its ‘Ecospace’ business park on the northeastern fringes of the city. West Bengal lagging in urban scheme implementation: MinisterKOLKATA - West Bengal is lagging behind in implementing the projects sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) scheme, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy said here Wednesday. Politics of confrontation should be avoided, urges SomnathKOLKATA - Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Wednesday said that politics of confrontation should be avoided and that there were “some national issues which we need to achieve working together”. World Bank loans will be spent on infrastructure: MukherjeeKOLKATA - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said 95 percent of the $4.3 billion World Bank grant would be spent on developing the country’s infrastructure. Dual listing for Bharti-MTN linked to full convertibility: MukherjeeKOLKATA - A dual listing structure for the proposed Bharti-MTN deal is linked to full capital account convertibility and the legal implication of the matter needs to be looked at properly, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Wednesday. ‘India does not recommend exit strategy for stimulus packages to all nations’KOLKATA - Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that India is not recommending an exit strategy for stimulus packages given to all nations in the ensuing G20 Summit to be held at Pittsburgh. Economy will grow over 6 percent this fiscal, says MukherjeeKOLKATA - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said the country’s economy would grow over 6 percent this fiscal and that the government planned to scale down fiscal deficit to 4 percent by 2012. Security stepped-up in Kolkata for Durga pujaKOLKATA - Security arrangements have been beefed up across Kolkata for the four-day long Durga puja festival beginning here Sep 25. Government aiming to bring fiscal deficit down to 4 percentKOLKATA - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said the government planned to scale down fiscal deficit to 4 percent by 2012. Potters’ town Kumortuli finally ready for makeoverKOLKATA - Construction work to give a fresh lease of life to Kumortuli, the potters’ town that churns out thousands of idols of goddess Durga and her pantheon every year, is likely to begin in November. The Kolkata civic agency has finally geared up to rehabilitate thousands of artisans. Shutdown in Nandigram after Trinamool leader shot deadKOLKATA - A 12-hour shutdown was observed Wednesday in West Bengal’s Nandigram following the killing of a local Trinamool Congress leader by a group of unidentified persons. West Bengal to get its first wetland eco-park near KolkataKOLKATA - West Bengal will soon have its first Wetland Ecological Park in Sonarpur adjoining Kolkata where many of the animals from the Alipur Zoo will be housed, a top official said Tuesday. Political showdown at Bengal Chamber of Commerce meetKOLKATA - High drama prevailed at the annual general meeting of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI) Tuesday, when union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy left the meeting mid-way and refused to acknowledge the West Bengal ministers sitting on the dais. Police hunt for Maoists after Bengal attackKOLKATA - Security forces are combing an area in West Bengal’s Midnapore district Tuesday following overnight clashes between Maoist guerrillas and villagers, police said. |
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KOLKATA - Durga Puja began here on Wednesday with idols of the Goddess Durga being displayed around the city in pandals for the public to worship.
