It is celebrated by the Hindu community with Saraswati Puja, dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the deity of wisdom, learning and arts. In 2025, Basant Panchami will be celebrated on Sunday ...

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Kolkata Police to ensure necessary security arrangements for the Saraswati Puja celebrations at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College. The single bench of ...

The lead singer of the popular band – which they describe as a ‘rock and roll jazz circus’ with ‘something for everybody’ – sits down with Metro to ... that I only crowd surf now ...

The Calcutta High Court directed police to ensure security for Saraswati Puja at Jogesh Chandra Law College, following student complaints of interference by outsiders. Listen to Story Calcutta HC ...

Made of bamboo, jute, thermocol, and paper, this Saraswati Puja in a small ... in Deshapriya Park of Kolkata as well as at Kalyani of Nadia district — administrations have forced organisers to stop ...

The enduring tradition of Saraswati Puja has encountered opposition at a Kolkata college, igniting a controversy that has drawn the attention of West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee. Known for his legal ...

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his condolences to the families of victims of a crowd surge at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Uttar Pradesh. Many are said to be injured ...

Every 12 years the festival carries the prefix “Maha,” which means great, as it’s the largest gathering of the Kumbh Mela that’s held every three years in one of four cities. This year ...

Devotee Sarojini questions what the police were doing when the crush happened Eyewitnesses are now telling the BBC about the crowd crush at the Kumbh Mela festival. Umesh Agrawal describes that ...

**Crowds were restricted to 50 per cent of overall capacity due to COVID-19. *Crowds were allowed to attend only on nine of the 14 days and were restricted to 30-50 per cent of overall capacity ...

Kolkata: After the successful completion of the first trial run through the West-bound tunnel between Sealdah and Esplanade, Metro Railway Kolkata on Wednesday announced that services on Green Line-2, ...