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SRFTI Students Allege Lack of Basic Facilities as Protest Continues

SRFTI Students Allege Lack of Basic Facilities as Protest Continues

The students alleged that the "institute administration was resorting to measures that amounted to collective punishment...

22 Oct 2026 7:14 PM IST

Suvendu: Only Sanatanis Can Touch Durga Idol For Immersion

Suvendu: Only Sanatanis Can Touch Durga Idol For Immersion

He sermonized that only the followers of Sanatan Dharma can touch the idols to perform the ritual.

21 Oct 2026 10:53 PM IST

Bengal Forms SIT to Probe Chorbagan Stampede, Seeks Report in 3 Months

Bengal Forms SIT to Probe Chorbagan Stampede, Seeks Report in 3 Months

The SIT will also investigate the possible role of overcrowding, adverse weather, gate management, rumours, electrical...

21 Oct 2026 6:36 PM IST

Bengal Bids Durga Farewell with Sindoor Khela, Grand Immersion Rituals

Bengal Bids Durga Farewell with Sindoor Khela, Grand Immersion Rituals

Dressed in white sarees with red borders, women smeared vermilion on one another at community and household pujas...

21 Oct 2026 3:41 PM IST

TMC Govt Committed Atrocities on Sanatani Hindus: Bengal CM Suvendu

TMC Govt Committed Atrocities on 'Sanatani' Hindus: Bengal CM Suvendu

Adhikari also accused the TMC of allowing infiltrators to set up base in West Bengal, and said the BJP government...

21 Oct 2026 9:20 AM IST

Kolkata Stampede: Bengal CM Meets 5 Bereaved Families To Hand Over Ex gratia; Slams Opposition

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Kolkata Stampede: Bengal CM Meets 5 Bereaved Families To Hand Over Ex...

Questioning the opposition's "absence" from the site of the tragedy or hospitals, Adhikari criticised the previous TMC...

20 Oct 2026 9:20 PM IST

CPI(M) Leader Calls Bookstall Vandalism an Attack on Democratic Thought

CPI(M) Leader Calls Bookstall Vandalism an Attack on Democratic...

Chakraborty, a central committee member of the party, said the BJP came to power in West Bengal promising to safeguard...

19 Oct 2026 11:06 PM IST

Kolkata Puja Stampede Puts BJP-Linked Committee Under Scrutiny

Kolkata Puja Stampede Puts BJP-Linked Committee Under Scrutiny

Jayanta Banerjee, who played a key role in making Chorbagan one of Kolkata's prominent Durga Puja destinations, was a...

19 Oct 2026 2:10 AM IST

7 Held For Fatal Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede

7 Held For Fatal Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede

Kolkata Police arrested seven puja committee members after a stampede killed 19 people and injured 25 at a Durga Puja...

18 Oct 2026 10:40 PM IST

West Bengal: Opp Slams Suvendu For No Action On His Family

West Bengal: Opp Slams Suvendu For No Action On His Family

State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya however called Debdeep a “minor” when asked about his role in the puja committee:...

18 Oct 2026 8:32 PM IST

Bodies of Kolkata Pandal Stampede Victims Handed Over to Families

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Bodies of Kolkata Pandal Stampede Victims Handed Over to Families

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would be constituted soon to...

18 Oct 2026 4:57 PM IST

Kolkata Stampede: Committee Visits famous Durga Puja Pandals to Review Safety Norms

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Kolkata Stampede: Committee Visits famous Durga Puja Pandals to Review...

The panel members would visit several crowd-puller Durga Puja pandals across Kolkata to oversee safety and security...

18 Oct 2026 4:05 PM IST