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KOLKATA: Bengal’s Durga Puja economy could well have touched the Rs 50,000-crore mark this year with puja organisers, advertisers, retailers and restaurants registering a 20% hike in businesses over 2022. Kolkata is expected to account for around 20% of the pie at Rs 10,000 crore. Last year, total transactions were estimated to be around Rs 40,000 crore, up from Rs 32,377 crore in 2019.The 2019 figure...

Delhiites had a dandiya outing with Harshdeep Kaur over the weekend as the singer performed in the city for a dandiya festival. Though it was not Harshdeep’s first time performing at a garba festival, she told us she was excited to perform with her band. “I had created a special set list for this occasion. It was a mix of my popular Bollywood songs, some traditional folk songs, and fusion music. But...

KALYAN: Ahead of the Navratri festival, the Public Works Department (PWD) has undertaken the repairing work of Durgadi fort in Kalyan.This year, cracks developed at many places on the platform of the temple. Therefore, in order to avoid any untoward incident, the repairing work has been initiated.Shiv Sena (Shinde camp) Kalyan city president Ravi Patil had urged the government that the damaged platform...

MUMBAI: Amid the beating of drums and chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya', various Ganesh mandals in Mumbai on Thursday started processions to immerse the idols of the deity, marking the culmination of the 10-day festival. By 6pm, a total of 7,950 idols had been immersed, comprising 7,513 household ones, 329 'sarvajanik' or public idols and 108 of goddess Gauri, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official...

MUMBAI: On the fifth day of the Ganpati festival in Mumbai, a total of 8,198 idols were immersed in beaches and artificial ponds, according to an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). This included 61 'Sarvjanik' Ganeshas, 7,398 household idols, and 739 Gauri idols. The immersions took place at designated beaches and artificial ponds organized by the civic body until 6pm, and...