The project is estimated to cost Rs 7.5 crore and expected to become operational by August, ahead of Durga Puja, he added. "Andrew Yule has offered the land under a commercial arrangement," Kapoor ...

CUTTACK: Discontentment brewed among the Basanti Durga Puja organisers in the city over the alleged mismanagement by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) in providing adequate and clean water ...

The ritual often includes chanting of mantras, lighting of 108 lamps, and recitation of Durga Saptashati. Some devotees also perform Kumari Puja, where young girls are worshipped as embodiments of ...