A strange Durga Puja looms ahead as the human collective in power seeks a costly correction to the Bengali Hindu symbolism of Shakti. Calls to avoid eating and selling non-vegetarian food near Puja ...

Bengal is set to witness a new-style inauguration of Durga Puja festivities this year, with a grand inauguration ceremony planned at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on the day of Mahalaya, October 10, which ...

Several Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata including a few patronised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders until last year will forgo the ₹1 lakh festival-related state grant following an appeal made by ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday (September 7, 2026) urged big budget community Durga Pujas to voluntarily forgo financial aid from the State government, while announcing a grant ...

A print advertisement for a BJP programme on the occasion of Durga Puja has sparked a massive row in West Bengal, providing much ammunition to the opposition Trinamool Congress. In face of Trinamool ...

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday apologised for a newspaper advertisement by his government depicting Goddess Durga with 11 arms instead of 10. Speaking at a coordination meeting on Durga ...

A West Bengal government advertisement depicting Goddess Durga with 11 arms instead of the traditional 10 triggered a political row, with the TMC and CPM accusing the BJP of mocking Hindu traditions.

West Bengal Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari set out this year’s rules for Durga Puja at a meeting with Durga Puja organisers on Monday evening. Bengal’s biggest festival will be held between October ...

A controversy has erupted in Bengal with calls from various quarters for non-vegetarian food to be kept away from Durga Puja pandals. Hindutva organisations and religious preachers are now appealing ...

On August 26, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad told organisers of one of India’s biggest festivals how Durga Puja should be conducted: what the goddess should look like, who could be involved in the event ...