Chorbagan Durga idol immersed without rituals after stampede
The Durga idol of Kolkata's Chorbagan Sarbojanin Puja was immersed in the Hooghly River on Saturday, 24 October, a week after a stampede at the pandal killed 19 people. The farewell took…
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Kolkata Police ASI arrested for harassing Durga Puja volunteer
Kolkata Police assistant sub-inspector Kabirul Hasan Mondal, 50, was arrested on Monday, 19 October 2026, for allegedly sexually harassing a 21-year-old female Durga Puja volunteer. The incident took place near the exit…
Bengal CM sparks row over ‘only Sanatanis’ can touch Durga idols
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, directed that only those 'who believe in Sanatana Dharma' should handle Durga idols during immersion in Kolkata, triggering criticism from opposition…
450 in Gorakhpur get anti-rabies shots after cow dies of suspected rabies
Around 450 people in two villages in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district have received anti-rabies shots after consuming charanamrit made from the milk of a cow that died following a suspected dog bite,…
Bengal police probe assault on Christian families in Chandrakona
Police in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district have deployed personnel in Chandrakona after three Christian families alleged that a group assaulted and threatened them on 18 and 19 October to force them…
Traffic curbs for road works, Durga idol immersions in Hyderabad
Hyderabad traffic police have imposed diversions for two separate events. From 19 to 22 October, restrictions apply at Attapur for laying a cement-concrete road at pillar number 37 of the PVNR Expressway.…
Three electrocuted, nine hurt as idol frame hits high-tension wire in Gorakhpur
Three people were electrocuted and at least nine injured when the iron frame of a Durga idol mounted on a tractor-trolley touched an overhead high-tension wire in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday…
Durga idols from spices and 13,000 recycled pens unveiled
Two eco-friendly Durga idols have drawn visitors this Dussehra season. In Berhampur, Dillip Kumar Moharana (23), a private firm employee, crafted a two-inch Durga idol entirely from spices including turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom,…
Five drown in Panna dam during idol immersion, two die
Two youths died and three were rescued after five friends slipped into deep water at the Devendra Nagar dam in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, during a Durga idol immersion on Wednesday, 21…
Shillong sees three petrol bomb attacks in one night, police investigate
Three suspected petrol bomb attacks were reported across Shillong on Tuesday, 20 October, in Kench’s Trace, Keating Road and Laitumkhrah. East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said no damage or…
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