Kolkata: The year 2025 may ... organised by students on campuses, the puja turned into a mid-scale, commercially-driven spectacle, with big Durga Puja committees, hawkers, and even political ...

Devotees conduct a small puja or prayer ceremony dedicated to Goddess Durga on this day. The puja involves chanting hymns, reciting mantras, and offering flowers, incense, and lighted diyas to the ...

On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...

The Indian calendar is filled with many festivals big and small. Diwali, Durga Puja, Holi. All are celebrated with gusto. This is Sandip Roy in Kolkata But only one was celebrated at our home without ...

“But this year with so many Saraswati Puja processions, such clashes and disorderly conduct by local clubs were waiting to happen,” said an assistant commissioner of Kolkata Police. Small, low-key ...

A new address — Imagine’s Apple Premium Partner Store — for all things Apple opened at South City Mall on Friday. “All headlines are for the manufacturing of iPhones in India. It’s a boon for ...

Asia/Kolkata is a UTC +05:30 timezone offset where as South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is a UTC +2:0 timezone offset. Time difference between Asia/Kolkata and South Africa Standard Time (SAST) is ...

Former chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam has been arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). DB chief DMP ...

Story continues below this ad The case of the tilted buildings first made headlines on January 11, when one such structure in Vidyasagar Colony in south Kolkata’s Bagha Jatin tipped into a ...

Story continues below this ad Traditionally, the Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Day College and Law College, which share a campus, celebrate Saraswati Puja separately within it. However, this year, ...

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