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West Bengal's Priests, Drummers Fear Travelling To Other States For Festivities
Reports of Bengali-speaking migrants being allegedly harassed in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, and Rajasthan have cast a long shadow over the season of celebration.
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Blog | Goondaism To Corruption, 'Mango' Mishra Is All That's Wrong With Bengal
A priest's son who became a lawyer bunks the courtroom, takes on a handout job, and aims to make money through bribes. This is not just corruption, but a deep rot.
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Mamata Banerjee Names ISKCON Priest As Board Member Of Digha Jagannath Temple
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday incorporated Kolkata's ISKCON chief in the board of trustees of a Jagannath temple at the coastal town of Digha, one of her most ambitious religious projects of current times.
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Bengal Priest Dupes Woman Of Rs 3.5 Crore, Promised Her "Mystery Box": Cops
A clergyman was arrested from West Bengal's Darjeeling district for allegedly duping a woman of Dimapur in Nagaland by convincing her to buy a 'mystery box' for Rs 3.5 crore that would bring her fortune, police said.
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"Mamata Banerjee Is Like A God We Worship: West Bengal Minister
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee can do no wrong as she is like a god, West Bengal minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said on Sunday, asserting that even priests sometimes turn out to be thieves, but not gods.
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Durga Puja 2020: COVID-19 Forces Bengalis Abroad Learn Puja Rituals Online
Durga Puja 2020: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Durga Puja will be different this year. In the 'new normal', Bengalis living outside India are busy taking online lessons to perform Durga Puja themselves. COVID-19 has forced the priests from West Bengal to cancel their international travel plans. For decades, priests from the state used to travel to...
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"Don't Look For Any Other Meaning": Mamata Banerjee On Aid For Priests
Under frequent attack by opposition parties for "minority appeasement", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 and free housing for over 8,000 Hindu priests of the state, ahead of the assembly election which is likely to be held in April-May next year.
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"We Could Be Next": Christian Priests Protest Citizenship Act In Kolkata
Christians have protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens before, but for the first time on Monday, priests took to the streets of Kolkata in their cassocks to voice their condemnation. They claim that while Muslims have been excluded from the ambit of the amended citizenship law now, it could be the turn...
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Bengal Police Takes To Twitter Over Murshidabad Murders As BJP Ups Attack
The police in West Bengal posted a rare status update on Twitter on Friday as a political row triggered by the horrific murder of a family of three in Murshidabad scaled up following the death of a priest in in the Nadia district.
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"8 Killed In Last 4 Days": BJP Ups Attack After Bengal Priest's Murder
After the horrific murder of a family of three, including a child, the death of a priest in West Bengal's Nadia district has become a new flashpoint in the ruling BJP's attack on the state's Mamata Banerjee government.
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West Bengal's Priests, Drummers Fear Travelling To Other States For Festivities
Reports of Bengali-speaking migrants being allegedly harassed in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, and Rajasthan have cast a long shadow over the season of celebration.
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Blog | Goondaism To Corruption, 'Mango' Mishra Is All That's Wrong With Bengal
A priest's son who became a lawyer bunks the courtroom, takes on a handout job, and aims to make money through bribes. This is not just corruption, but a deep rot.
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Mamata Banerjee Names ISKCON Priest As Board Member Of Digha Jagannath Temple
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday incorporated Kolkata's ISKCON chief in the board of trustees of a Jagannath temple at the coastal town of Digha, one of her most ambitious religious projects of current times.
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Bengal Priest Dupes Woman Of Rs 3.5 Crore, Promised Her "Mystery Box": Cops
A clergyman was arrested from West Bengal's Darjeeling district for allegedly duping a woman of Dimapur in Nagaland by convincing her to buy a 'mystery box' for Rs 3.5 crore that would bring her fortune, police said.
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"Mamata Banerjee Is Like A God We Worship: West Bengal Minister
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee can do no wrong as she is like a god, West Bengal minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said on Sunday, asserting that even priests sometimes turn out to be thieves, but not gods.
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Durga Puja 2020: COVID-19 Forces Bengalis Abroad Learn Puja Rituals Online
Durga Puja 2020: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Durga Puja will be different this year. In the 'new normal', Bengalis living outside India are busy taking online lessons to perform Durga Puja themselves. COVID-19 has forced the priests from West Bengal to cancel their international travel plans. For decades, priests from the state used to travel to...
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"Don't Look For Any Other Meaning": Mamata Banerjee On Aid For Priests
Under frequent attack by opposition parties for "minority appeasement", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 and free housing for over 8,000 Hindu priests of the state, ahead of the assembly election which is likely to be held in April-May next year.
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"We Could Be Next": Christian Priests Protest Citizenship Act In Kolkata
Christians have protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens before, but for the first time on Monday, priests took to the streets of Kolkata in their cassocks to voice their condemnation. They claim that while Muslims have been excluded from the ambit of the amended citizenship law now, it could be the turn...
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Bengal Police Takes To Twitter Over Murshidabad Murders As BJP Ups Attack
The police in West Bengal posted a rare status update on Twitter on Friday as a political row triggered by the horrific murder of a family of three in Murshidabad scaled up following the death of a priest in in the Nadia district.
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"8 Killed In Last 4 Days": BJP Ups Attack After Bengal Priest's Murder
After the horrific murder of a family of three, including a child, the death of a priest in West Bengal's Nadia district has become a new flashpoint in the ruling BJP's attack on the state's Mamata Banerjee government.
