Overview

• Agra rescue operations continued with NDRF, PAC divers and paramilitary support after five bodies were recovered from the Utangan river and seven people remained missing, according to district and police officials.
• Cuttack saw late-night violence linked to objections over high-decibel music, leaving DCP Rishikesh Khilari and others injured; six suspects were arrested using CCTV leads, CAPF units were deployed, and processions resumed under tight security.
• Kolkata police tightened controls at 28 ghats with drones, extra CCTV, river traffic patrols and disaster teams, while DJs were barred and municipal-port cleanups targeted idol debris in the Hooghly.
• The West Bengal government’s Immersion Carnival on Red Road will feature 113 award‑winning pujas on Sunday, with extensive road closures, diversions and access plans announced by Kolkata Police.
• Outside the flashpoints, many immersions concluded peacefully under large deployments and environmental safeguards, though Bengal reported separate accidents including a woman crushed during a Kolkata procession and multiple drownings in district water bodies.