Kolkata rain live updates: As heavy rainfall triggered severe waterlogging, flight cancellations, and tragic electrocution deaths in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ...

Durga Puja 2025 brought a welcome windfall for Kolkata’s malls and food and beverage sector, as footfall surged despite persistent rain throughout the festivities. Kolkata’s Puja economy, pegged at ...

Kolkata: The number of foreign tourists in Kolkata this Durga Puja is up by nearly 20% over last year, reflecting the festival's ever-growing appeal among foreigners since it won the Unesco heritage ...

The carnival, organised under the initiative of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, will showcase the city's top 100 Durga idols in a grand cultural parade A man offers prayers to an idol of ...

Kolkata: As the city prepares for Kali Puja, artisans at Kumartuli are working against the clock to craft and deliver idols on time. Several of them are reusing the wood-and-straw frames of Durga ...

From a Rs 32,000 crore creative economy in 2019 to nearly Rs 84,000 crore in 2023 and growing, Durga Puja is more than a festival in Bengal—it is an engine of economic growth Durga Puja has long ...

Durga Puja brings back memories other childhood in Kolkata for Konkona Sensharma, who can’t help but get child-like excitement for the festivities. “It has been a part of my childhood and my ...

While the rest of India celebrates Diwali, West Bengal worships Kali. Yes, Durga Puja — the 10-day festival that precedes Kali Puja by a few weeks — has UNESCO’s intangible heritage status; it gets ...