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Balurghat Municipality takes up post-idol immersion river clean-up drive
7 Oct 2025 11:52 PM ISTBALURGHAT: In a remarkable environmental initiative, the Balurghat Municipality has undertaken a large-scale drive to lift the remaining structures of...
Parents held for killing two-yr-old daughter
6 Oct 2025 12:05 AM ISTBALURGHAT: A shocking case of filicide has come to light in South Dinajpur district, where a couple has been arrested for allegedly murdering their...
Admission banned at Gangarampur nursing home; Balurghat hospital ‘under scanner’
6 Oct 2025 12:04 AM ISTBALURGHAT: South Dinajpur district health authorities have taken stern action against a Gangarampur nursing home following the tragic death of a young...
Panta bhaat and fish offered to Goddess at Balurghat Puja
3 Oct 2025 11:45 PM ISTBALURGHAT: Durga Puja in Bengal is steeped in centuries-old customs, many of which are unique to particular families and regions. Among them, the...
Puja brings hope & unity at correctional home
28 Sept 2025 11:49 PM ISTBALURGHAT: Within the high walls of Balurghat Central Correctional Home, life is monotonous. However, during the four days of Durga Puja, the...
In 300-yr-old tradition, Phulghara celebrates Durga Puja by honouring Goddess Manasa
28 Sept 2025 11:48 PM ISTBALURGHAT: At a time when the rest of Bengal is celebrating Durga Puja with grandeur, the residents of Phulghara village near Balurghat follow a...
Manohali Zamindar Puja lives on as community festival in South Dinajpur
26 Sept 2025 11:25 PM ISTBALURGHAT: The once-grand Durga Puja of the Manohali Zamindar (landlord) family in Tapan, South Dinajpur, has today become a community-led festival,...
Durga Puja carnival at new venue on October 4
26 Sept 2025 12:44 AM ISTBALURGHAT: The upcoming Durga Puja carnival in Balurghat will be held on October 4 at a new venue near the Chakbhavani Satsanga Temple. For the past...
Balurghat family’s 115-yr-old Puja continues gun-firing tradition
24 Sept 2025 10:44 PM ISTBALURGHAT: The Durga Puja of the Chowdhury family at Boydul has completed 115 years this year, yet its age-old tradition of firing guns during Sandhi...
Inadvertent border crossing: BSF reunites girl with kin
23 Sept 2025 11:25 PM ISTBALURGHAT: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday reunited a 20-year-old woman from Malda with her family after she accidentally crossed into...
Hili: Restrictions cast shadow over participation of B’deshi devotees in Durga Puja celebrations
23 Sept 2025 1:26 AM ISTBALURGHAT: The Durga Puja at Purba Gobindapur in South Dinajpur’s Hili Police Station area has long stood as a symbol of cross-border harmony. For...
‘Balurghat Durga Puja carnival likely to shift venue’
21 Sept 2025 11:32 PM ISTBALURGHAT: The South Dinajpur district administration is weighing a shift in the venue of Balurghat’s annual Durga Puja carnival to ease recurring...