Durga Puja

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP and actress Nusrat Jahan has been accused of contempt of court for defying a Calcutta High Court order and visiting a Durga Puja pandal. Advocate Sabyasachi Chatterjee, representing a petitioner who sought…

Kolkata: Durga puja is a month away but preparations have already begun although differently. Although the annual extravaganza in West Bengal will be at a much lower scale, the organisers are having to work like every year. This time, they…

Come Durga Puja and Odias living abroad go all nostalgic, missing the celebrations, family gatherings and feasts back home. So it’s with Odias living in Seattle, US. Separated by the long distance from their motherland in Odisha, these…

Bhubaneswar: Nothing was put of place at the Durga Puja in Singapore except of course the location. The festival was celebrated by the Indian community including Odias, Bengalis and Bangladeshis. Just like in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and…

The Durga Puja revelries are over and the immersion of idols has also concluded. Now, it’s time to head back to work, from the corporate office employee to the roadside shopkeeper. And most of them are naturally unhappy given that the Puja…

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has issued a traffic advisory for Durga idols immersion ceremony in Odisha capital. All the deities of padals erected in the city will congregate at the three Bhasani committees - Bhubaneswara…

Cuttack: The fanfare and festivities of five-day Durga Puja will end on Tuesday and the Goddess will be taken in a procession here for the immersion ceremony the following day. The city reverberates with the sound of cymbals, dholaks, bada…

Bhubaneswar: The Twin City Commissionerate Police on Tuesday issued traffic advisory for Ravana Podi Utsav scheduled at five locations in the Odisha capital. The Restrictions The restrictions will apply from 4 pm to 1 am All vehicles…