Durga Puja celebrations were not safe even in Sheikh Hasina’s Bangladesh. Hardly a year passed without some attack on puja pandals or idols. For the radicals, whom Hasina failed to rein in, idol ...

Nine individuals arrested for protesting at a Durga Puja pandal have been granted bail by the Calcutta High Court, setting a precedent for freedom of expression during cultural festivities.

Calcutta High Court while hearing the petition over setting up of pandals during Durga Puja, has allowed 'dhakis' to be present outside the no-entry zone in each pandal.

Durga Puja celebrates the victory of the goddess Durga over a demon called Mahishasura (Image credit: Samir Jana/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) By The Week Staff published October 20, 2023 ...

More than a week has passed since Puja, pandals still continue to hog roads and pavements Structures pose health risk as city is set to get drenched later this week Debraj Mitra Published 21.10.24, 10 ...

In 2021, UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ...

A vivid Durga with a fierce pagan vibe is set against Picasso's Cubist-style black-and-white figures at a pandal during the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata on October 6, 2024.

As the Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal are slowly coming to an end, the government is preparing for its annual Durga Puja carnival where the top pandals participate in a long roadshow to ...

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi visited several Durga Puja pandals, and offered prayers to Maa Durga on the occasion of Navami in Cuttack district on Saturday. "Cuttack is a historical ...