Sun, 18 Oct, 2026, 07:22 pm
Reported by thehindu.com
left Devotees clicking photos at a Durga Puja pandal on Minto Road in New Delhi on October 16. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/76zjz9/article71601122.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/DURGA%20PUJA%2013.
JPG SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA NEW DELHI, 16/10/2026: Devotees offering prayer and clicking pictures at Minto Road Mandal during Durga Puja Celebration . New Delhi on Friday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma / The Hindu New Delhi Durga Puja pandal committee members in south Delhi’s C.
R. Park have accused the police of forcing them to shut by 10 p.m., two hours earlier than usual. They say the early deadline is disrupting celebrations and worsening crowd-control problems, even as large numbers of police and paramilitary personnel remain deployed around the venues.
The office of DCP (South) Anant Mittal denied the allegations, saying the intervention was aimed at ensuring compliance with court-mandated noise pollution rules. The development comes on the day the toll in the stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saturday climbed to 19, with four children and 11 women among the deceased.
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