Kolkata: Durga Puja economy is estimated to have touched Rs 65,000 crore in Bengal this year — Kolkata contributing 65%-70% — despite record rainfall in the run-up to the festival and sales hitting a ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written the lyrics of the theme song of a Durga Puja committee in Kolkata, which was sung by a state minister.

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 ...

Swastika Dutta and her family ordered four Kolkata-style mutton biryanis from the Behala outlet of a popular Awadhi restaurant on September 29 to celebrate Saptami. But undercooked rice and stiff, ...

Kolkata, The beats of 'dhak' , the aroma of incense and the glow of artistic pandals filled the air across West Bengal on Wednesday as Maha Navami, the penultimate day of the Durga Puja, unfolded in ...

After the culmination of a week-long Durga Puja festival, the immersion of idols began on Bijaya Dashami/ Dasara in West Bengal on Thursday (October 2, 2025). Amid overcast skies, idols made it to the ...