Kolkata: ‘Dhakis' are integral to almost all festivities in Bengal but the art of playing the huge barrel-shaped membranophone instrument is dying a slow death.Most of the ‘dhakis' or men who play the ‘dhak' hail
Kirnahar(WB): President Pranab Mukherjee today said Durga puja is not only a religious programme, it is also a social festival.“Durga puja is not only a religious programme, it is a social festival. On this occasion
New Delhi: Innovation is quite the USP for Durga Pujas this year as organisers look to reinvent the celebration of a festival steeped in tradition and age-old lore with everything contemporary, ranging from eco-friendly pavilions
Lucknow: If not devotion, traditions sure have changed with time in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state and unarguably the seat of Hindu faith. As the nation prepares to usher in the festival of Durga
Kolkata: Breaking away from the trend of Bollywood numbers and rock hits playing during the festive season, enthusiasts here are trying to preserve age-old devotional songs reminiscent of occasions like Durga Puja by digitising century-old
Kolkata: Stigmatised but not afraid to hone and sport their talents, a music band led by children of Sonagachi sex workers is here to reach out to the masses this Durga Puja, courtesy their maiden
Ahmedabad: Vishwa Hindu Parishad yesterday took strong objection to what it termed as “provocative” remarks on Navratri festival by Maulana Mehdi Hasan, saying it is a deliberate attempt to “malign” Hinduism and demanded his arrest.VHP
Kolkata: Sex workers in West Bengal's Sonagachi area, said to be the largest red light area in Asia, are a disappointed lot on being denied permission to scale up their Durga puja festivities this year,
Kolkata: Metro Railway Kolkata has arranged special Metro services this year during Durga Puja days with a total of 544 services on the festive days from October one for the convenience of revellers through day
Kolkata: Braving the downpour, people thronged Durga puja pandals to offer their tributes to the goddess on the last day of the five-day festivity.Teary eyed devotees bade an emotional farewell as idols of goddess Durga
Kolkata: Taking a day off from the ongoing India-Australia series, former India captain turned commentator Sourav Ganguly joined the Durga Puja festivitiesat the Barisha Players' Corner pnadal. "I've taken a break (from commentary in the
Kolkata: This Durga puja is a homecoming of sorts for 50 Bengali widows from Vrindavan and Mathura, for the first time in years after they had been abandoned by their families.The old women came back
Kolkata:Whether it's the trend-setting palazzo pants for youngsters or the evergreen sari, natural and organic fabrics adorned with prints in vegetable dyes will dominate the fashion scene this Puja, as the going-green mantra increases among
Kolkata: With over 700 CCTV cameras, eight mobile assistance squads, adequate women officers and plain clothed men keeping round the clock vigil, the city police have made elaborate security arrangements for its biggest socio-cultural carnival
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court today allowed the Durbar Mahila Samannoy Samiti, an organisation of sex workers, for Durga Puja in front of its office at Sonagachi in the metropolis.A division bench comprising Justice Asim
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court yesterday said ministers and politicians organising Durga Puja by blocking roads were behaving like goons and directed the city police to give a report on why a sex workers' organisation
Kolkata: Kolkatans will savour hundreds year old royal cuisine, extinct since the eclipse of the babu culture during British regime, in this puja as visiting ‘bonedi barir pujo' (traditional household) turns the flavour of the
Kolkata: The West Bengal Government is keen on restoration of major city roads well before the Durga Puja festival if there was no rains further, state's Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said here today. “We
Kolkata: Commuters in the Kolkata Metro railway - India's oldest underground tube rail - will at last be able to use their mobile phones when the trains run inside the tunnel. The authorities expect the
Kolkata, July 6: The Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corp (APTDC) plans to organise Durga Puja to draw tourists from West Bengal, its officials said here.In a repeat of the Durga Puja festivities it held last
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