Rashbehari MLA Debasish Kumar, also a member of Forum for Durgotsab, told PTI: “We have assembled here to celebrate the Unesco honour to West Bengal's soul Durga Puja. This is an acknowledge...

Rich taste Sir — The Bloody Mary — not the Tudor queen but the famous cocktail — allegedly turned 100 this December. There is much debate about the actual origin of this cocktail, ...

At a time when religion divides rather than unites, the placing of Calcutta’s Durga Puja festival on Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list is perhaps the most telling indi...

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday exulted over the Unesco recognition to Calcutta’s Durga Puja, staking claim to credit for initiatives her government took to bring global attention to the festival, j...

If there is a time when Kolkata really comes alive, it is during Durga Puja. The city’s favourite festival is also celebrated in other parts of India and the world, but nowhere with as much hear...

Durga Puja in Kolkata is now “inscribed on Unesco’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”, a tag that formally takes the city’s much loved carnival t...

The chief minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee also shared the news on Twitter and wrote: “…To every #Bengali across the world, Durga Puja is much more than a festival, it is an emotion th...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while sharing UNESCO's tweet, lauded the achievement. He tweeted, "A matter of great pride and joy for every Indian."  ...

Do you visit Kolkata now? I did attend the Kolkata International Film Festival in 2013 with my film Zinda Bhaag but I never went back for a proper visit. My buddies have been making plans every year ...

A Durga Puja committee in Nadia’s Kalyani has pooled funds to procure and donate a hi-tech cardiac ICU ambulance to a local non-profit, responding to a need for emergency medical support service...