Durga Puja in Kolkata is not just a religious celebration - it’s an experience that brings the city of joy alive with colours, sounds, and stories. In 2025, the celebration is expected to be bigger ...

Deepavali has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, announced during ...

India currently has 15 elements inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, including the Kumbh Mela, Kolkata’s ...

Swastika Dutta and her family ordered four Kolkata-style mutton biryanis from the Behala outlet of a popular Awadhi restaurant on September 29 to celebrate Saptami. But undercooked rice and stiff, ...

However, in 2026, government staff will lose six festival holidays that fall on a Sunday. These include Shivaratri (February ...

Kolkata: A joint team of officials from the state fire services department, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), and cops ...

Durga Puja in Kolkata is not just a festival—it is a celebration of art, culture, and devotion. This year, pandals across the city bring diverse themes and traditions to life. The Mudiali Durga Utsav ...

Despite heavy rains and uncertainty over the GST 2.0 rollout, the Durga Puja economy in West Bengal has touched an estimated Rs 65,000 crore this year, with Kolkata contributing nearly 70% of the ...

Kolkata: As the city prepares for Kali Puja, artisans at Kumartuli are working against the clock to craft and deliver idols on time. Several of them are reusing the wood-and-straw frames of Durga ...

From a Rs 32,000 crore creative economy in 2019 to nearly Rs 84,000 crore in 2023 and growing, Durga Puja is more than a festival in Bengal—it is an engine of economic growth Durga Puja has long ...

The tale of the Mitra family’s puja dates back more than two centuries, beginning with Kali Puja, first observed in the household 232 years ago, and followed 13 years later by Durga Puja, now in its ...