But in a surprise move, the Muhammad Yunus-led interim govt announced on Saturday the approval of 3,000 tonnes of the prized hilsa fish for export to India just in time for Durga puja. The ...

CUTTACK: Apart from colourful pandals and crowds of revellers, Durga Puja in Cuttack city is also famous for offerings (bhoga or prasad) to the goddess on the five days of the festival. Most puja ...

For the first time since they came to the United States, approximately 100 students, many from Bengal (east India), were able to participate in Durga Puja, an autumn holiday, with the same fervor and ...

Durga Puja is a a part of the Navaratri festival held in many places of India. It is most religiously celebrated in North India, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Out of the the nine days of ...

At One Town, where the city’s oldest Durga Puja celebration is held every year in SP Naidu Memorial Hall, the mood is upbeat. Back in the make-shift workshop of the Bengali artisans at One Town ...