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Saturday, October 8, 2022

Durga Puja 2022 is over and the mega carnival will bring down the curtains

All the action will happen on the Red Road. There will be a mega rally of around 99 Durga Puja organizers. They will display their skills and thrill the crowds with their performances. The selection to this elite club is based on winners of the Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman 2022. UNESCO has bestowed a cultural heritage tag on the festival and the organizers have worked round-the-clock to showcase their idols for the big-ticket event. Last month, the government of West Bengal organized a mega rally to felicitate a delegate from UNESCO. In order to ensure smooth operation of the program, the Kolkata Police have issued guidelines. The Kolkata Police have also imposed certain restrictions on the traffic movement for the gala show. With 99 Pujas and 3 minutes allotted for each, it will be a long duration event. It would go on for nearly 300 minutes or 5 hours. Red Road readied for Carnival on Saturday. This importance of this performance stems from the fact that not only will Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee be present, but also that the entire world will be watching.

As per the guidelines of the Police, each committee can bring in three tableaus. The maximum height of the idol (while on the trailer) should be less than 16 feet to avoid collision with electric and telephone wires. Clubs with taller idols can opt for alternate routes. All participants must reach Red Road by 11am on Saturday and the carnival would start at 4pm. Obviously, there would be traffic diversion around the Red Road and movement of goods vehicles will be restricted within the city after 3pm on Saturday.

Monday, March 21, 2022

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings - top two teams of TATA IPL 2022

Mumbai Indians MI has made public the list of its players. In view of guidelines of IPL and restrictions on the number of overseas players, the team for TATA IPL 2022 has a mix of the old and the new. Rohit Sharma continues to be the captain. With him are Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tim David, Daniel Sams, Riley Meredith, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Anmolpreet Singh and Murugan Ashwin. Apart from them, MI has in its fold a bunch of promising Indians apart from a few overseas players like Fabian Allen and Tymal Mills who could be making their debut.

Chennai Super Kings CSK has announced the list of players in the team. Some well-known faces are missing. MS Dhoni remains at the helm. Along with him are those who have been with CSK. They are Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Robin Uthappa, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner and KM Asif. Others are newcomers to CSK. Most of them are promising Indians with a few overseas players like Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Devon Conway and Adam Milne.

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