The division bench has admitted the petition and the Chief Justice himself assured that the matter will be heard on a fast-track basis. The matter is likely to be hard on August 26, 2022.
Miss Banerjee further announced that government offices will remain closed from 30 September to 10 November. She said that a mega colourful rally would be organised on 1 September to welcome the goddess as well as thank United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) for including Durga Puja in the ‘Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity.
Clubs holding pujas for more than 10 years will be provided `50,000, Mamata Banerjee has said
According to Bipin Bihari Gupta, the former president and a member of the Sri Sri Lal Mohan Moulik Niranjan Ghat puja committee, rivers flowing in the town are not in a state of being worshipped anymore.
A BJP source said that more than 100 puja committees are in touch with the saffron party but the BJP leaders are now refusing to disclose the names of the committees, fearing that TMC will try to win them over.
"I took down their addresses as I have plans to visit their villages to do a story on the behind-the-scene people involved in sholapith art."
Mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Monday announced the name of Puja committees that have won the Kolkata Shree award 2018.
Over 1600 committees took part in Swastha Bandhab Sharod Samman 2018
With puja pandals sprouting up across Kolkata and the rest of the state, there is collective jubilation over Mamata Banerjee’s…
