A couple of weeks ago, when Kolkata was waiting for Durga Puja festivities, there was widespread apprehension that the protests over the rape and murder of a doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College ...

Kheyal loosely translates into the happy whimsies of the mind. A kheyal can make many beautiful things, including Durga Puja in Chicago. Eight Phd students from Bengal at the University of Chicago and ...

Since 2009, the Bengal Heritage Foundation (BHF), a UK-based charity, has been celebrating Durga Puja among the Bengali community in London. With each passing year, the celebration, called the London ...

Kolkata: Theme artistes with the big-budget puja committees have already finalised deals for next year’s Durga Puja. Most major puja organisers have wasted no time in retaining or pursuing ...

For Durga Puja 2024, it combines digital content with on-ground initiatives to engage its audience. Advertisment Central to ABP Digital’s Puja coverage is Ananda Utsav, a digital platform ...

In Part I of our photo essay from Kolkata, we showcased some of the outstanding design, art and craftworks at the Durga Puja pandals. In addition to home celebrations with idols and pujas ...

Uncertainly has again blocked the path of the Kolkata tram — already headed for closure unless the court decides otherwise — with orders yet to be issued for resumption of services that were ...

Kolkata: India received around 577 tonnes of hilsa from Bangladesh this Durga Puja. This is almost a fifth of the 2,420-tonne export to India that had been permitted for trade by the country’s ...

The main accused in the Durga puja related violence in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested from near Nepal border. Sarfaraz was trying to flee and was caught after an encounter with the ...