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  • bonedi barir cuisine to be served this puja

    'Bonedi Barir' cuisine to be served this puja

    India | Sep 14, 2013, 08:10 AM IST

    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

  • bengal government to restore major city roads before durga

    Bengal Government to restore major city roads before Durga Puja

    India | Sep 02, 2013, 08:45 PM IST

    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 metro commuters can use mobile phones soon

    Kolkata Metro commuters can use mobile phones soon

    India | Aug 19, 2013, 06:57 AM IST

    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

  • andhra to hold durga puja to draw bengalis

    Andhra to hold Durga Puja to draw Bengalis

    India | Jul 06, 2013, 02:20 PM IST

    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

  • know why we celebrate navratri twice in a year

    Know why we celebrate Navratri twice in a Year

    India | Apr 01, 2014, 07:29 AM IST

    New Delhi: Observed over a period of nine nights, the Navratri festival is famous throughout India  for its religious and social importance. It is devoted to the worship of Maa Durga  in various forms .It

  • durga puja ends in bengal with idol immersion

    Durga Puja ends in Bengal with idol immersion

    India | Oct 24, 2012, 09:00 PM IST

    Kolkata, Oct 24 : Devotees across West Bengal tearfully bade goodbye to their beloved mother goddess Durga as her idols were immersed in ponds, lakes and rivers on Vijaya Dashami Wednesday.The banks of the Ganga

  • where muslims help hindus celebrate durga puja

    Where Muslims help Hindus celebrate Durga Puja

    India | Oct 24, 2012, 07:05 PM IST

    Patna, Oct 24: In a rare show of brotherhood, Muslims in a village in Bihar's Purnia district joined hands with Hindus to celebrate the Durga Puja.Only four Hindu families live in Saguuniya, a Muslim-dominated village

  • 11 important facts you should know about ravana

    11 important facts you should know about Ravana

    India | Oct 16, 2015, 10:57 AM IST

    New Delhi: Though demon king Ravana is the prime  antagonist character in the epic Ramayana, yet most of the people are not aware of his background, his conquests  and his erudite knowledge.To put it in

  • feasts pandal hopping mark maha navami

    Feasts, pandal-hopping mark Maha Navami

    India | Oct 23, 2012, 08:24 PM IST

    Kolkata, Oct 23: People relished community feasts, visited friends and relatives and went pandal-hopping Tuesday on Maha Navami, the fourth day of Bengal's biggest religious festival, Durga Puja.After a whole night of revelry on Maha

  • eateries in kolkata come out with gorgeous fare on durga

    Eateries in Kolkata come out with gorgeous fare on Durga Puja

    India | Oct 21, 2012, 08:24 AM IST

    Kolkata, Oct 20:  From the multifarious Bengali cuisine to the Oriental to the Continental, the world is your oyster when it comes to food this Durga puja - an opportunity for people here to gorge

  • pranab to perform durga puja at ancestral home as a chief

    Pranab to perform Durga Puja at ancestral home as a chief priest

    India | Oct 20, 2012, 04:27 PM IST

    New Delhi, Oct 20 :  In a nostalgia-filled trip, President Pranab Mukherjee heads to his ancestral village in West Bengal's Birbhum district Saturday for the Durga puja celebrations.This will be the first time after taking

  • belurmath s unique durga puja now live on internet

    Belurmath's unique Durga Puja now live on Internet

    India | Oct 19, 2012, 12:48 PM IST

    Belur, West Bengal, Oct 19: Devotees all over the world will now be able to watch the unique Durga Puja of Belurmath, where a young girl is worshipped along with the Goddess, as the Ramakrishna

  • mumbai bengalis all set to celebrate durga puja

    Mumbai Bengalis all set to celebrate Durga Puja

    India | Oct 17, 2012, 03:28 PM IST

    Mumbai/Thane, Oct 17: Mumbai's 1.25 million Bengalis are all set to celebrate Durga Puja, starting Oct 20, with a liberal dose of Bollywood glamour with celebrities and commoners converging for the community's biggest religious festival

  • tradition embraces modernity this durga puja

    Tradition embraces modernity this Durga Puja

    India | Oct 13, 2012, 08:34 AM IST

    Kolkata, Oct 12: Goddess Durga is all set to transcend on earth to wipe out evil and this time the deity will sport the traditional 'taana chokh' (wide godly eyes), signifying a return to the

  • buddhadeb dasgupta beginning new film this durga puja

    Buddhadeb Dasgupta Beginning New Film This Durga Puja

    Bollywood | Mar 19, 2012, 05:11 PM IST

    Kolkata, Mar 19: Buddhadeb Dasgupta, known for films like “Tahader Katha” and “Kaalpurush”, is all set to begin shooting his new film “Anwarer Aschorjo Kahini” this Durga Puja with Chandrachur Singh in a lead.  The

  • durga puja begins on mahashasti

    Durga Puja Begins On Mahashasti

    India | Oct 02, 2011, 11:09 PM IST

    Kolkata, Oct 2: Bengal's biggest festival Durga Puja began today with the rituals of'Mahashasti,'in which the Goddess is welcomed to her earthly abode.Neighbourhoods woke up to the roll of'dhak'(drums) under a clear autumn sky as

  • john abraham to celebrate durga puja in kolkata

    John Abraham To Celebrate Durga Puja In Kolkata

    Bollywood | Oct 12, 2010, 12:37 PM IST

    New Delhi, Oct 12 : He has been dating Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu for the past seven years and it looks like Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham is a 'Bong' at heart as he will be

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