Overview

• Kolkata’s Immersion Carnival features 113 award‑winning Puja committees on Red Road today, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attending, foreign envoys invited, and extensive traffic restrictions issued by Kolkata Police.
• A High Court‑permitted BJP protest march in central Kolkata is scheduled shortly before the carnival, and police have drawn up parallel crowd and traffic management plans.
• In Cuttack, six people including DCP Rishikesh Khillari were injured in an overnight clash linked to loud music; police made six arrests, called in CAPF, and said processions resumed under tight security.
• In Agra’s Kheragarh, a visarjan turned tragic as 13 youths were swept into the Utangan river; four bodies were recovered and nine remain missing as SDRF, NDRF, police and Army units continue searches.
• Authorities ran anti‑pollution and cleanup drives, with Kolkata’s port and civic teams retrieving idol materials from the Hooghly and Odisha using temporary immersion ponds, while Tripura and Ranchi reported peaceful, well‑policed ceremonies.