Kolkata: Two days before the entire India celebrates the festival of colors, the West Bengal Government had issued a notice ...

Bengal imposes ban on Holi celebrations in Santiniketan's Sonajhuri Haat to protect green cover in forest The Sonajhuri Haat is located near Visva Bharati's Santiniketan campus, a UNESCO heritage ...

Citing possible damage to the greeneries in the forest belt, the West Bengal government on Thursday imposed a ban on celebrations at the popular Sonajhuri Haat in Birbhum district's Santiniketan ...

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BJP claimed that Birbhum's additional superintendent of police directed that Holi celebrations in Santiniketan should end at 10 am due to it being a Friday. West Bengal minister of state Birbaha ...

However, West Bengal Minister of State Birbaha Hansda clarified on Thursday that the government did not ban Holi celebrations in Santiniketan but rather made a request. Speaking to ANI ...

West Bengal’s Minister of State for Forests Birbaha Hansda on Thursday (March 13, 2025) said there was no ban on Holi festivities in Sonajhuri Haat of Santiniketan in Birbhum district after a ...

“The district police have directed that Holi celebrations must be over by 10 am on March 14 at Santiniketan since it is a Friday,” Adhikari told the media. Birbaha Hansda, West Bengal’s ...

Hansda told PTI that the forest department’s hoardings and banners were only requests to "save the environment," and that those who wish to play with colours will not be prevented.

West Bengal government has reportedly imposed a ban on Holi celebrations in Santiniketan Sonajhuri Haat to preserve greenery. Visuals from the area show a banner stating that the region is a ...