Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement of an increased grant of Rs 1.1 lakh to each registered Durga Puja ...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee increased the grant for Durga Puja organizers to Rs 1.1 lakh, urging them to support returning ...

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening rolled out her wish list for Durga Puja 2025. To the Durga Puja organisers ...

The dole was not limited to the cash grant. They included an 80 per cent waiver on power bills — up by 5 per cent from last year — and complete exemption on fees for fire and other licences ...

In Kolkata’s Hindustan Park Sarbojanin Durga Puja, visitors experience a world without war According to the organiser, the theme was inspired by the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine.

Jamshedpur's Kasidih Durga Puja pandal to be designed on Krishna love theme | Jamshedpur News | The Avenue Mail ...

Themes for Durga Pujas are being unveiled in the city as the Puja committees perform their Khunti Pujas. While one of the organisers is banking on the old-world charm of the yesteryears’ Kolkata ...

Preparations have begun in Kolkata for the festival that’s considered the biggest in the city after Durga Puja — the international book fair — that’s a little over three months away.

A research report titled Mapping the Creative Economy around Durga Puja was published in 2019 by the British Council and West Bengal government (see full report here). It looked at 10 creative ...

Bringing Technology together with Tradition on the occasion of Durga Puja, a Bullet-Train themed Puja Pandal has been set up in Kolkata. The Pandal has a miniature model of the proposed Bullet ...

A Kolkata model’s cleavage-baring crop top at a Durga Puja pandal in the city has sparked outrage on social media. Hemoshree Bhadra, who claims to be the winner of the Miss Kolkata 2016 title ...

Visitors flood the city; 100,000 dhakis (drummers) alone arrive from neighboring villages to play at the pandals.