Nine towers, four contests, one winner. When cultural programmes got called off on account of state guidelines, Eastern High decided to go for contests instead and to heighten the excitement, made the...

Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to pass any order on a petition against display of shoes as part of theme at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata. A vacation bench of Justice Kausik Chanda directed...

The railways on Thursday cancelled 13 pairs of late-night suburban special trains from Howrah and Sealdah on Navami to prevent overcrowding at Kolkata’s Puja pandals.     Se...

“We had deployed many volunteers and there was a large police contingent to control traffic and pedestrian movement. But the sheer number of visitors overwhelmed us. We decided to shut down beca...

Crowds were spotted outside the barricades of the Baghbazar Sarbajanin Puja pandal, Chetla Agrani pandal, Naktala Udayan Sangha, to name a few, on Navami evening. “We are requesting all the vis...

The laser light and sound show at the Sreebhumi Durga Puja pandal modelled on Dubai’s Burj Khalifa that went viral on the internet has been shut down on grounds of aviation safety and to prevent...

“My father has been coming here for years. Seeing him, I, too, have become a devotee of Chitteswari and now my son is here as well,” says Amit Kumar Shaw, 41, with his son Shivansh, all of...

“This year also we are committed to helping the underprivileged and have donated water geysers and water heater kettles to the HIV+ children, donated tables and chairs to the marginalised c...

A group of Jadavpur University students is warning young pandal-hoppers against dropping their Covid guard. Along with a tableau, the students toured several parts of south and central Kolkata o...

About 1000 pieces of clothing had been distributed among the underprivileged before the Puja. The club also runs a free homoeopathic treatment camp, a subsidised gymnasium and a swimming pool. Ballyg...