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From installing lead-free idols to using recyclable materials in the pandal, Durga Pujas are truly going ‘green’

Faceless artists, ‘para’ spirit, climate change & water conservation in final leg of Serader Sera Nirmal Puja Puroskar 2024

Fifteen jury members tour six prominent Durga pujas on Sashthi to pick Green Puja toppers

Motilal Sil, or Mutty Lall Seal, and his ‘devalaya’ in Belghoria

The tale of an inclusive and exceptional Durga Puja in colonial Calcutta

From food wastage, old-age homes to abolition of Sati, theme pujas do their best to intrigue pandal-hoppers
Foil colour change for goddess and mud play must for Ranaghat Pal family Durga Puja every year

Year of changes

The apparently beleaguered Netanyahu has shown that the present US administration no longer has the capacity to shape the course of events in another corner of the world

SWAPAN DASGUPTA

Middle East muddle

Tel Aviv doesn’t seem to have any political endgame beyond the destruction of its adversaries. But without a political strategy, battlefield gains won’t amount to much

HARSH V. PANT

An irreparable loss

Yechury was a true modern communist, a communist of our times, sensitive to the change that had occurred in the world but aware of the dangers it posed to his praxis as a communist

PRABHAT PATNAIK

New tone

India must draw the right lessons from this shift. Amid tensions between New Delhi & Malé, many influencers with Mr Modi’s govt had pushed for an informal economic boycott of Maldives

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Once again

So Centre has not moved from its original position even after recognising marital rape as illegal and criminalised. The focus, as before, is on the unshakeable institution of marriage

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Shastri: Mithun Chakraborty leads from the front in Pathikrit Basu’s faith-vs-science drama

The MLA Fatakeshto actor reunites with Debasree Roy on the big screen after a 14-year hiatus

Ratan Tata: The boy shy about his Rolls-Royce, the man who turned a sleeping giant into a colossus

For four decades, Ratan Tata was the gentle colossus of India's corporate world

Junior doctors, protesting over RG Kar horror, continue fast amid Durga Puja festivities

Sensex jumps 309 points to 81,776 in early trade, Nifty climbs 90 points to 25,072

Haryana humbling: INDIA bloc allies blame ‘arrogance and overconfidence’ of Congress

Turkey's navy starts to evacuate its citizens from Beirut as Israel battles Hezbollah

Hurricane Milton marches across central Florida, destroying homes

Maa Durga, sex workers and a message loud and clear...

What is biomedical waste trafficking — rampant in hospitals, clinics across India

Hathras, Unnao, Kathua, RG Kar – grim reminder of India failing its women again and again

Tawaifs — The Rise And Fall of A Rich Artistic Legacy

SHORTS

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Group, Passes Away at 86

Protesters March Through Central Calcutta Before Visiting Durga Puja Pandals

BJP Beats Congress to Secure Third Historic Mandate in Haryana

National Conference-Congress Alliance Set to Form Govt in Jammu and Kashmir

50 Senior Doctors Resign from RG Kar Hospital to Join Junior Doctor’s Protest

“Just Like Underworld Ruled Mumbai, Delhi is Facing a Similar Situation”: Arvind Kejriwal

“There Should be Transparency in a Democracy” : Omar Abdullah

Sweltering Heat Kills 5 After Indian Air Force’s Show in Tamil Nadu

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Addresses “Janta Ki Adalat” in North Delhi

“We Want to Work on Issues Including Employment, Women Security”: Vinesh Phogat

TOP PICKS

The Other Durga Dynamic: Bengal's most celebrated carnival a great economy booster

You should know everything, or else you can’t do theatre, says Raghubir Yadav

To pause to listen: Migration Sounds with 120 sounds and stories from across 51 countries

Under the Goodword Tree: The role of Gandhi Ashram in Bangladesh's peace pursuit

TRENDING

From PM Modi to Mukesh Ambani, how the world reacted to Ratan Tata's death

RG Kar spotlights rape capitals with no reform: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

SP twists knife in Congress wound: Akhilesh names candidates for UP Assembly bypolls

Puri-Delhi Purushottam Express halted for over three hours in UP's Tundla after bomb scare

Our Earth is sick: 25 of 35 'vital signs' awry with deadly cocktail of climate crisis

Monitored wildlife populations decline 73% in just 50 years: World Wide Fund for Nature report

Unprecedented: EC on Congress poser over veracity of Haryana Assembly election results

Faceless artists, ‘para’ spirit, climate change & water conservation in final leg of Serader Sera Nirmal Puja Puroskar 2024

The tale of an inclusive and exceptional Durga Puja in colonial Calcutta

From food wastage, old-age homes to abolition of Sati, theme pujas do their best to intrigue pandal-hoppers

Foil colour change for goddess and mud play must for Ranaghat Pal family Durga Puja every year

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Year of changes

Middle East muddle

An irreparable loss

New tone

Once again

INDIA

Ratan Tata no more: Emperor emeritus of Tata empire breathes his last in Mumbai

Tomorrow, if not today, NC-Congress govt will talk 370, seek something for J&K: Omar Abdullah

Haryana humbling: INDIA bloc allies blame ‘arrogance and overconfidence’ of Congress

Our Earth is sick: 25 of 35 'vital signs' awry with deadly cocktail of climate crisis

RG Kar spotlights rape capitals with no reform: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

SP twists knife in Congress wound: Akhilesh names candidates for UP Assembly bypolls

59 senior doctors at two medical colleges in north Bengal ‘resign’ en masse

Sukanta lauds Assam CM over bonus: Bengal BJP chief mocks Didi as brew belt simmers

Supreme Court upholds tenancy rights under West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act 1956

BJP to keep off Puja launches in solidarity with doctors’ call for justice in RG Kar incident

Highway blocked by workers of Totapara tea estate in Jalpaiguri district over unpaid dues

Defence minister Rajnath Singh to attend two-day army commanders' conference in Gangtok

Ratan Tata: The boy shy about his Rolls-Royce, the man who turned a sleeping giant into a colossus

Darjeeling: Four tea gardens suspend work, owners flag role of political parties and unions

US Justice Department considers breakup of Google to eliminate its monopoly in search

Door opens for future cuts: RBI keeps repo rate at 6.50%, but changes stance to neutral

RBI exempts micro, small enterprises from paying foreclosure charges on floating rate loans

Warner Bros. Discovery aims to deliver over 3,000 hrs of fresh content in India by year-end

Nepal’s 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa is youngest climber to scale all 14 tall peaks

Nasrallah's successors 'taken out': Hezbollah is weaker now, says Netanyahu

Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida: US state prepares for massive evacuations

Russia, Iran behind rise in crimes on UK soil: MI5 director general Ken McCallum

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

Thailand: Floods ravage Chiang Mai known for elephants, female jumbo deaths spark outrage

Israel fights on two fronts: Barrage on South Lebanon, retaliatory attack on Gaza

Wider war: As diplomats eyed Israel-Hezbollah truce, assassination upended bid

Nasrallah's cousin and presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine targeted by Israel

Bangladesh go from bad to worse as Surya’s men make merry to win series with one to go

'Genius' breaks another record: Joe Roots becomes England’s highest run-scorer in Tests

Women’s T20 World Cup: India stay in the hunt with net run-rate boost by defeating Sri Lanka