Around 45,000 Durga Puja committees are registered across the state and will benefit from the increased grant, pushing the total estimated expenditure to over Rs 400 crore this year — a significant ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a one-time honorarium of Rs 1.1 lakh to each Durga Puja committee this year. This will entail an expenditure of over Rs 450 crore from the ...

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday combined an enhanced handout for Durga Puja organisers this year with an appeal to the.

Kolkata: Ahead of the Assembly election next year, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced grant of Rs. 1lakh 10 ...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee faces criticism for increasing Durga Puja clubs' honorarium, seen as pre-election "bribe".

West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and veteran BJP leader, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday, appealed to the community D ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hiked the grant for each community Durga Puja committee to Rs 1.10 lak ...

Kolkata: Riding the sentiment of Bangaliana amid attacks on Bengali speaking migrant workers outside West Bengal ahead of the ...

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening rolled out her wish list for Durga Puja 2025. To the Durga Puja organisers ...

Addressing a huge gathering, Mamata Banerjee said, "Each Durga Puja committee in West Bengal will now receive Rs 1 lakh 10 thousand as a grant fund from the West Bengal government. We organise this ...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee raises Durga Puja honorarium to ₹1.10 lakhs, sparking controversy ahead of Assembly polls.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee increased Durga Puja grants to ₹1.10 lakh for 40,000 committees, waiving taxes.