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Durga Puja: Roads Crowded As Bengal Soaks In Festive Spirit On 'Mahasaptami'
West Bengal on Tuesday soaked in the festive spirit of Durga Puja on 'Mahasaptami', as devotees began the day with traditional rituals and revellers made a beeline for popular marquees across the state.
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Calcutta High Court Bars Visitors In Durga Puja Pandals For 2nd Year
Durga Puja 2021: The high court had in 2020 directed that all Durga Puja pandals be made no-entry zones for members of the public for that year's festival.
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Court's Bengal Pandals 'No-Entry' Order Partially Eased. What's Allowed
A day before Bengal's biggest festival begins, the Calcutta High Court today eased its order which declared Durga Puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. After 400 top Durga Puja organisers in the city appealed for a review of the order, the court today allowed entry of up to 45 people at a time.
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Kolkata Puja Organisers Seek Review Of 'Pandals No-Entry Zones' Order
400 top Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata asked the Calcutta High Court today to review its order declaring puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Bengal Puja Pandals No-Entry Zones For Visitors: Calcutta High Court
The Durga Puja pandals will be no-entry zones for visitors, the Calcutta High Court said today with only three days to go before Bengal's biggest festival. Only organisers will be allowed inside the pandals, the court said, limiting the number to 25 for big pandals and 15 for the smaller ones in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
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75% Of Bengal's Rs 50,000 Puja Grant To Be Used On COVID-19 Equipment: High Court
The Calcutta High Court has directed the community Durga Puja organisers in the state to spend 75 per cent of the Rs 50,000 grant given by the West Bengal government on the procurement of Covid protection equipment and the rest on strengthening public-police bonding.
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Court Questions Bengal Government Over Money Given To Puja Committees
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought to know from the West Bengal government its justification for doling out Rs 50,000 to community Durga pujas, amid the austerity measures being pursued by the state in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On Controversial Durga Puja Grant, Mamata Banerjee Has Good Day In Court
The Calcutta High Court has refused to accept petition challenging her government's grant for Durga puja organisers.
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"Court Can't Interfere...": Bengal Government On Durga Puja Grant
The Calcutta High Court is set to give its order tomorrow on the maintainability of the public interest litigation (PIL) that has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's grant for Durga puja organisers. If the court decides it is maintainable, the case will be slotted for further hearing. If not, the matter ends there unless a higher court is a...
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How Can We Take Money Back From Durga Puja Committees: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday wondered how the funds already distributed to Durga Puja committees would be taken back, after the Calcutta High Court asked her government to put on hold the allocation of money till Tuesday.
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Durga Puja: Roads Crowded As Bengal Soaks In Festive Spirit On 'Mahasaptami'
West Bengal on Tuesday soaked in the festive spirit of Durga Puja on 'Mahasaptami', as devotees began the day with traditional rituals and revellers made a beeline for popular marquees across the state.
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Calcutta High Court Bars Visitors In Durga Puja Pandals For 2nd Year
Durga Puja 2021: The high court had in 2020 directed that all Durga Puja pandals be made no-entry zones for members of the public for that year's festival.
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Court's Bengal Pandals 'No-Entry' Order Partially Eased. What's Allowed
A day before Bengal's biggest festival begins, the Calcutta High Court today eased its order which declared Durga Puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. After 400 top Durga Puja organisers in the city appealed for a review of the order, the court today allowed entry of up to 45 people at a time.
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Kolkata Puja Organisers Seek Review Of 'Pandals No-Entry Zones' Order
400 top Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata asked the Calcutta High Court today to review its order declaring puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Bengal Puja Pandals No-Entry Zones For Visitors: Calcutta High Court
The Durga Puja pandals will be no-entry zones for visitors, the Calcutta High Court said today with only three days to go before Bengal's biggest festival. Only organisers will be allowed inside the pandals, the court said, limiting the number to 25 for big pandals and 15 for the smaller ones in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
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75% Of Bengal's Rs 50,000 Puja Grant To Be Used On COVID-19 Equipment: High Court
The Calcutta High Court has directed the community Durga Puja organisers in the state to spend 75 per cent of the Rs 50,000 grant given by the West Bengal government on the procurement of Covid protection equipment and the rest on strengthening public-police bonding.
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Court Questions Bengal Government Over Money Given To Puja Committees
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought to know from the West Bengal government its justification for doling out Rs 50,000 to community Durga pujas, amid the austerity measures being pursued by the state in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On Controversial Durga Puja Grant, Mamata Banerjee Has Good Day In Court
The Calcutta High Court has refused to accept petition challenging her government's grant for Durga puja organisers.
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"Court Can't Interfere...": Bengal Government On Durga Puja Grant
The Calcutta High Court is set to give its order tomorrow on the maintainability of the public interest litigation (PIL) that has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's grant for Durga puja organisers. If the court decides it is maintainable, the case will be slotted for further hearing. If not, the matter ends there unless a higher court is a...
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How Can We Take Money Back From Durga Puja Committees: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday wondered how the funds already distributed to Durga Puja committees would be taken back, after the Calcutta High Court asked her government to put on hold the allocation of money till Tuesday.
