रोहतास जिले की नई पहचान, 3.39 लाख पेंशनधारियों को बढ़ी पेंशन, दुर्गापूजा अलर्ट और 12 फीट अजगर की खबर. जानें 11 अक्टूबर 2026 ...

From a crab apparently brandishing a blade to a man driving through a locked grocery store because he needed a bathroom, the ...

Durga Puja in Kolkata is not just a festival — it is a city-wide act of imagination, and one that reverberates with the Bengali and Indian diaspora globally. Every year it transforms West Bengal and ...

A strange Durga Puja looms ahead as the human collective in power seeks a costly correction to the Bengali Hindu symbolism of Shakti. Calls to avoid eating and selling non-vegetarian food near Puja ...

Durga Puja in Bengal emphasises family, hospitality, and celebration. In most parts of India, Navratri means fasting, vegetarian food, and avoiding ingredients such as onion and garlic. In Bengal, ...

Bengal is set to witness a new-style inauguration of Durga Puja festivities this year, with a grand inauguration ceremony planned at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on the day of Mahalaya, October 10, which ...

Several Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata including a few patronised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders until last year will forgo the ₹1 lakh festival-related state grant following an appeal made by ...

Mahalaya marks Durga Puja's beginning and Goddess Durga's arrival. Combined divine energy manifested Durga to defeat demon Mahishasura. Goddess Durga powerfully defeated Mahishasura, restoring cosmic ...

Offering and consuming non-vegetarian food during Durga Puja has long been a tradition in West Bengal. Before it became a community event, or Sarbojanin, many Bonedi Bari (aristocratic households) ...

In a recent update, West Bengal has introduced some new rules for Durga Puja 2026. As per the latest announcements made by the West Bengal government at a coordination meeting with Durga Puja ...

An image of Durga with 11 hands in a Bengal government advertisement triggered a political controversy on Monday, with the Opposition accusing the BJP of distorting a deeply established religious and ...

If goddess Durga has always arrived in Bengal as 'dashabhuja', or the 10-armed one, the state's new BJP government has apparently decided that 2026 deserves a little extra firepower. A government ...