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Makar Sankranti 2025: Date, time, significance, why we celebrate, and rituals. Here are allMakar Sankranti 2025 will be celebrated on January 14 with various regional rituals across India. It marks the Sun's transition into Capric...10 Jan, 2025, 11.03 AM IST- Gangasagar Mela, 'bigger than Kumbh', should be given national fair status: MamataWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the Centre to grant national fair status to Gangasagar Mela, claiming it is bigger and mor...09 Jan, 2025, 10.02 PM IST
- No HMPV cases detected in West Bengal so far: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that no Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases have been detected in the state so far. HMPV c...06 Jan, 2025, 06.51 PM IST
- Ferry with 350 pilgrims returning from Gangasagar stuck in sandbar; Navy, Coastguard rescue pilgrimsNearly one crore pilgrims from across the country attended the Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island and took a holy dip at the confluence of the...16 Jan, 2024, 05.00 PM IST
- Around 65 lakh pilgrims visit Gangasagar: Bengal ministerAccording to Hrishikesh Panjika, the auspicious timing for 'punya snan' or holy bath on Makar Sankranti will begin at 12.13 am on Monday an...14 Jan, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
- Thousands of pilgrims assemble at Sagar Islands to take a holy dip in the Ganges before Makar SankrantiThe pilgrims also took a dip in the Hooghly river as well as the Bay of Bengal.14 Jan, 2023, 12.56 PM IST
- Give national status and funds for Gangasagar Mela: Mamata to CentreBanerjee inaugurated three helipads at Sagar Island on Wednesday. "I come here every year ahead of the mela to monitor the preparations. A ...05 Jan, 2023, 12.07 AM IST
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee demands national status for Gangasagar Mela"The central government has been providing huge funds to the Kumbh Mela. But it is not providing anything to Gangasagar Mela. That is the r...04 Jan, 2023, 06.34 PM IST
- Strictly follow COVID-19 norms: Mamata Banerjee to Gangasagar pilgrimsA Calcutta High Court division bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Kesong Doma Bhutia allowed the annual fair to...12 Jan, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
- Can't impose COVID restrictions everywhere as it may impact economy: Mamata"Most omicron cases are being detected among people coming on flights from the UK. It's a fact that the omicron carriers are coming via int...30 Dec, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
- Amit Shah promises to put Gangasagar on international tourist mapShah said, he feels sad about the facilities here since lakhs of pilgrims visit the site annually, and when the BJP comes to power in Benga...18 Feb, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
- ‘Clean Ganga’ model for other rivers: Shah14 Mar, 2020, 07.16 AM IST
- Over 20 lakh devotees take holy dip on Makar SankrantiWith prayers on their lips, the devotees jostled for space since early hours to take a dip in the holy water at Ganga Sagar, also known as ...14 Jan, 2018, 10.13 AM IST
- Setback for Mamata Banerjee as Calcutta High Court allows BJYM rally in West BengalJustice Debangshu Basak observed that the right of a political party to hold rallies cannot be denied after the state authorities refused p...10 Jan, 2018, 06.34 PM IST
- West Bengal government to make Sagar Island 'no-plastic zone'"We have been working all round the year trying to make the area a no-plastic zone. But this will take some time," the official told PTI.27 Dec, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
- Death penalty will not end rapes: Puri ShankaracharyaJagadguru Shankaracharya Swamy Shri Nischalananda Saraswati of Puri today said death penalty will not end incidents of rape in the country ...13 Jan, 2013, 06.10 PM IST
- Gangasagar: Half-a-million dips and an island drowning in wasteOn Makar Sankranti, the last day of the month of Poush (mid-January), nearly 5lakh pilgrims converge on an island in the Sunderbans archipe...05 Jun, 2012, 07.19 AM IST
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