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Covid-19 on mind, Durga Puja celebrations low key sans idols, pandals, bhog
By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi | New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 20, 2020 03:04 PM IST
While individuals will be allowed to attend rituals physically, for those not keen to come to the pandal, especially the elderly and other vulnerable communities, celebrations will be telecast online on the committee website and its social media handles.
Muted Durga Puja in Delhi this year as Covid-19 pandemic hits festivities
By Sweta Goswami | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 20, 2020 05:41 AM IST
In Chittaranjan Park (CR Park) -- the heart of Durga Puja celebrations in Delhi that attract tens of thousands of visitors every year -- all the major committees have decided not to allow the entry of people and limit physical darshan to members only.
Durga Puja: No pandals this year at CR Park, other areas in south Delhi
By Sweta Goswami | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 19, 2020 02:14 PM IST
To ensure citizens do not crowd outside the temple, police will also place barricades
Businessman, son held for assaulting cops
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 26, 2020 12:45 AM IST
The three persons were booked for rash driving and assaulting policemen on duty, a case regarding which was registered under Sections 279, 186, 353, 332 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Delhi cinematographer provides free masks stiched by his mother to the needy
By Press Trust of India | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury | Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON JUN 14, 2020 12:17 PM IST
Reduce, reuse and recycle is new Durga Puja mantra
By Adrija Roychowdhury | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 06, 2019 02:22 AM IST
Saving the environment is a recurring theme of Durga Puja in Delhi this year, with most pandals placing a strict ban on the use of plastic and thermocol.
Chronicling CR Park’s tryst with Durga Puja
By Adrija Roychowdhury | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 06, 2019 08:34 AM IST
The first Durga Puja in Delhi’s CR Park was held in 1970 opposite Market 1. In the course of the next few years, it was felt necessary to organise more pandals because of the increase in population. At present CR Park hosts close to 12-13 puja pandals.
Woman journalist injured as snatchers target her in Delhi’s CR Park
By Karn Pratap Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 24, 2019 07:11 AM IST
The woman, Joymala Bagchi, 26-year-old journalist who works with a news agency, fractured her jawbone and suffered multiple injuries to her face, elbow and other areas after she fell out of the moving auto-rickshaw while trying to save the cellphone from the snatchers.
Land agency to auction 366 plots in June
By Risha Chitlangia | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUN 01, 2019 05:24 AM IST
The list of 366 plots includes 100 sites for installation of mobile towers, 80 residential plots in Chittaranjan Park, Dwarka, Kondli among others, 50 plots each for industrial and institutional purpose and 37 shops.
After temple denial, Muslim husband finally performs final rites for Hindu wife
By Indo Asian News Service | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 14, 2018 08:20 AM IST
The man was able to hold the ceremony in Delhi with the help of the members of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Memorial Society
‘She was not Hindu after marrying Muslim’: Delhi temple refuses last rites to woman
By Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 10, 2018 01:51 PM IST
The temple head believed the woman was no longer a Hindu after her marriage