Category: Durgapuja 2019

The team has come forward with an idea of cleaning the Dashamighat area which undergoes severe pollution during the entire process of immersion of Durga idols on 12th October 2019.

But, as the time passed, a steady shift was observed. Gradually, number of big ticket Puja organizers increased up to manifold and the idol immersion process, lost its glory, as it was earlier.

The BJP-led government in Tripura on Friday organised the state's first-ever Durga Puja carnival, titled 'Mayer Biday-2019' (farewell to mother goddess Durga).

Women dressed in white and red saris indulged in 'sindoor khela' or the playful smearing of vermilion on each other's face inside the marquees, before the idols were taken away for immersion.

There would be no sacrifice of animals during Durga Puja in the famous Durga Bari temple here for the first time in 525 years as the Tripura High Court has banned the centuries-old tradition of animal sacrifice in religious places.

The puja rituals, however, began on Thursday itself, with Panchami - the fifth day of the lunar calendar - the puja eve - making way for Shashthi (the sixth day of the lunar calendar) in the evening, as per the Hindu almanac.

Meanwhile, security arrangements have been in place in the capital and CCTV cameras installed at prime locations. Additional Policemen have been deployed at the spot to maintain the crowd.

চোখের জল মুছে শক্তিরূপিনী হও । জ্যান্ত দুর্গাদের রুখে দাঁড়াতে হবে নিজের সন্তান টিকে প্রকৃত শিক্ষা দিয়ে মানুষ করার জন্য । যে ছেলের জন্য মায়ের প্রতি নিয়ত অবমাননা তার জন্য মায়ের দিকে আঙুল উঠে । জ্যান্ত দুর্গারা অন্তরের শক্তি নিয়ে রুখে না দাঁড়ালে সমাজ কি সুস্থ থাকবে ? 

Mahalaya is the occasion where devotees invoke Goddess Durga, who is treated as a daughter in Bengali community, by chanting mantras to welcome her from her husband Lord Shiva's abode, Kailash.

Like every year, the special attraction of the Puja remained Bharat Ratna Sangha, located at Ushabazar. They maintained their grandeur but revealed nothing about their theme or pandal model.

The firing on Tuesday came during raucous protests to demand better crop prices in the drought-ravaged region that saw one farmer suicide every five hours in the past two years.

The farmers agitation entered its eighth day on Thursday. The peasants have been on strike since June 1, demanding loan waiver and fair price for their produce.

He continued on to earn a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from the US Naval Test Pilot School.

The institute said the remains of the Homo sapiens, which were found in a remote village called Jbel Irhoud, date back to over 300,000 years ago, Xinhua reported.

The Hindu Sena activists entered the CPI-M office premises in Gole Market area of central Delhi chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and slogans against Yechury, a police official said.

Besides, the bank authority felicitated Rakesh Goldar who passed Madhyamik this year by scoring 82 percent marks.

Among others Prabhari of State BJP Sunil Deodhar, Asset Manager of ONGC, Tripura Satya Prakash Soni and Woman leader of BJP Pratima Bhowmik were present in the meeting.

In this regard all the club representatives along with the TFA officials will discuss about the start of the tournament with 7 teams.

Tripura Sports school once again played with lots of dominance and continued their good record in this tournament as previously they won the title for three times.

The tournament which was started from June 4 ended today at Lottery International School where 350 chess players from across the country took part.

Minister Bijita Nath said that despite equal rights are being dispatched for both man and women in the society, the male dominated society has come up raising the violence against women in the country.

"The date on which polling will be held, if required, is July 17. Counting, if required, will be done on July 20," Zaidi said.

They also pointed out that crime against women in Tripura has crossed previous records of the country and the Left Front government has not taken adequate measures for providing security to women.

In a major incident on June 2 at Longdu area under Rangamati district of CHT, the criminals among plain landers launched unprovoked attacks on Chakma tribals, burning a seventy yearold tribal lady alive and killing five others besides displacing hundreds of tribals from their homes. 

The Islamic State, a Sunni jihadist group, claimed responsibility for both attacks in the Shia majority nation, Efe news reported.