Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com Bengal on Tuesday achieved the goal of taking its total active Covid-19 cases to below 25,000 within November, riding the 29-day wave of steady drop in that total since Vijaya Dashami on October 26. The total active cases, which fell from 37,190 on Dashami to 24,880 on Tuesday, is almost at the level of
Source:-https://frontline.thehindu.com Life is limping back to normal in most parts of Odisha with the gradual decline in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the worst-hit pockets. The decline started from September 26. The previous day, 4,356 cases had been reported – the highest daily number. The decline has continued and on October 13 the
Source:-https://www.outlookindia.com TV cameras roaming through deserted pandal after pandal, while a goddess’s eyes rested thoughtfully on the emptiness. What should have been the best of times became the worst of times – autumn of hope slipped into a season of despair. The issue was Durga Puja which threatened to spike a tsunami of Covid-19 cases
Source:-https://indianexpress.com After visuals of crowds thronging one of the lartgest Durga Puja pandal in Agartala went viral on social media, West Tripura district administration Monday ordered the organisers, Bharat Ratna Sangha, to shut it down and immerse the idol the same evening. In an order issued on Monday, West Tripura District Magistrate Shailesh Kumar Yadav
Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com Navami night was the most crowded this year, several puja organisers in the city said. But Dashami afternoon and evening was conspicuously empty, police said. Several puja organisers had said on Sunday that they were expecting more people at night and the anticipation turned out to be true. Pratik Choudhury, one of the organisers
Source:-https://indianexpress.com The Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government why it had decided to grant Rs 50,000 to each community Durga Puja committee in the state. On September 24, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced the grant and other incentives for the puja organisers. Hearing a petition challenging the government’s decision,
Sourcec: hindustantimes.com Whether it’s the Durga Puja committees, the Calcutta high court bar association or the Bengali film industry, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been making inroads everywhere since it stunned poll pundits by winning 18 of 42 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. On July 23, BJP-backed candidates won a majority of
Source- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court will hear Friday a petition challenging the Calcutta High Court’s decision not to interfere with the West Bengal government’s decision to grant Rs 10,000 to each puja committee in the state. The plea was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M
