Durga Puja 2025, Sept. 28 -- As West Bengal gears up for the five-day Durga Puja festival, the celebrations may face interruptions due to heavy rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that a new low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal on October 1, bringing rain across many districts over the next week, including isolated downpours in south Bengal.

Durga Puja is set to commence on September 29 (Saptami) and conclude on October 2 (Vijaya Dashami), with idol immersion in several locations scheduled later.

The IMD said the existing depression will move across south Odisha and Chhattisgarh, gradually weakening into a well-marked low-pressure area by Sunday.

This system is expected to bring light to mod...