News for 'Durga Puja'

Organisers of a Durga Puja committee in Ranchi, which built their marquee on the theme of 'Vatican City', the centre of the Roman Catholic Church, took down the image of Jesus Christ from inside...

The heavy overnight rain in Kolkata forced Durga Puja organisers to defer the inauguration of the idols as the calamities wreaked serious damage to marquees that are complete or nearly so, and...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Damodar Valley Corporation of releasing water "recklessly and without prior intimation" to the state government, and slammed the...

Durga Puja has begun. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated a Durga Puja pandal that replicates garment shops ahead of Durga Puja in Kolkata on Sunday, October 10, 2021. Please...

West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver. IMAGE: People perform a street play during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee...

If the Puja as a brand can be marketed more effectively outside Bengal, even overseas, it might do wonders for the economy, says Atanu Biswas. IMAGE: Maha Panchami Puja at the Sarbojanin Durga...

Sari designs handpicked personally by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be available in the market here ahead of the Durga Puja festival. The range of saris will be sold under the...

After the Covid-19 pandemic that derailed the economy since 2019, the Durga Puja festival in West Bengal is back with an estimated 20-30 per cent jump in festive spending. Photograph: Amit...

Tata Motors' Nano the Rs 1 lakh car rollout from its Singur factory would coincide with the Durga Puja in October, said Tata Motors Managing Director Ravi Kant. Briefing the media after a...

Taking corporatisation of Durga Puja festival to a new height, a prominent puja committee in Kolkata has sold the rights of the celebrations to a US company and roped in a Bollywood superstar as...

IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly at the Durga Puja celebrations in Howrah. Photograph: ANI/X   Cricket legends Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara joined the Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata on Sunday,...

IMAGE: Ronaldinho said he will be gifting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a jersey and learn cricket from Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: Ronaldinho/Facebook Brazilian World Cup winner...

World champion shuttler PV Sindhu was mesmerised by the world famous Durga Puja festivities here and she promised on Wednesday to return to the city after achieving more laurels for the country....

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ANI/X Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho on Sunday arrived in Kolkata on a two-day visit. As he walked out of the terminal, a crowd of enthusiastic fans who had...

IMAGE: Former Cricketer and AAP MP Harbhajan Singh at the inauguration of the Sarbojonin Durgotsav Durga Puja pandal at Ashok Nagar in Kolkata, West Bengal on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy...