Kolkata Durga Puja

A war of words has erupted between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the inclusion of "Durga Puja in Kolkata" in UNESCO's "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".

A day after UNESCO accorded a heritage tag to Durga puja in Kolkata, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said those who had accused her dispensation of causing hindrance during the observation of the festival should hang their heads in shame.

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee Wednesday mocked the BJP over the city's Durga Puja bagging the UNESCO heritage tag, saying the party's "hoax" and "bigotry" during the assembly polls have been busted.

The UNESCO on Wednesday accorded heritage status to West Bengal's Durga puja festival, a move that has been hailed by the people of the state.

The centre has pulled up the West Bengal government for the rise in number of COVID-19 cases in Kolkata following huge crowds on the streets during the Durga Puja celebrations earlier this month.

The COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in Kolkata since the end of Durga Puja festivities and now the graph is rising so sharply, civic authorities are reopening safe houses and quarantine centres on Monday for patients who need to isolate.

Durga Puja 2021: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted rain or thundershowers in southern West Bengal over the two days that Maha Navami and Vijaya Dashami are celebrated.

Actor Sonu Sood, who had helped the flood victims of the Cyclone Yaas affected residents of the Sundarbans, has been included in a Durga Puja pandal of Kolkata's Kestopur Prafulla Kanan Durga Puja Committee.

A laser light show at a Kolkata Durga Puja pandal modelled on Dubai's Burj Khalifa was stopped today after the pandal started drawing huge crowds.

West Bengal on Tuesday soaked in the festive spirit of Durga Puja on 'Mahasaptami', as devotees began the day with traditional rituals and revellers made a beeline for popular marquees across the state.

A Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, highlights the plight of those excluded from the National Register of Citizens.

As the countdown begins for the Durga Puja festival, Trinamool supporters have put up a hoarding in Kolkata of Mamata Banerjee with a caption that reads "ModiShahsurmardini" - a wordplay on "Mahisasuramardini", an apparent dig at PM and Amit Shah.

A local club in north Kolkata is celebrating the Durga Puja by honouring the struggle of farmers protesting against the farm laws for nearly a year while criticising the violence in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri that left eight dead, including four farmers.

West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi today announced Rs 50,000 each to the state's 36,000-odd Durga Puja Pandals, almost 2,500 of which are in capital Kolkata alone. Although Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee avoided announcing it, the BJP cried foul.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is to share the spotlight with Goddess Durga at a Durga Puja pandal - one located near the Kolkata airport - next month

A war of words has erupted between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the inclusion of "Durga Puja in Kolkata" in UNESCO's "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".

A day after UNESCO accorded a heritage tag to Durga puja in Kolkata, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said those who had accused her dispensation of causing hindrance during the observation of the festival should hang their heads in shame.

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee Wednesday mocked the BJP over the city's Durga Puja bagging the UNESCO heritage tag, saying the party's "hoax" and "bigotry" during the assembly polls have been busted.

The UNESCO on Wednesday accorded heritage status to West Bengal's Durga puja festival, a move that has been hailed by the people of the state.

The centre has pulled up the West Bengal government for the rise in number of COVID-19 cases in Kolkata following huge crowds on the streets during the Durga Puja celebrations earlier this month.

The COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in Kolkata since the end of Durga Puja festivities and now the graph is rising so sharply, civic authorities are reopening safe houses and quarantine centres on Monday for patients who need to isolate.

Durga Puja 2021: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted rain or thundershowers in southern West Bengal over the two days that Maha Navami and Vijaya Dashami are celebrated.

Actor Sonu Sood, who had helped the flood victims of the Cyclone Yaas affected residents of the Sundarbans, has been included in a Durga Puja pandal of Kolkata's Kestopur Prafulla Kanan Durga Puja Committee.

A laser light show at a Kolkata Durga Puja pandal modelled on Dubai's Burj Khalifa was stopped today after the pandal started drawing huge crowds.

West Bengal on Tuesday soaked in the festive spirit of Durga Puja on 'Mahasaptami', as devotees began the day with traditional rituals and revellers made a beeline for popular marquees across the state.

A Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, highlights the plight of those excluded from the National Register of Citizens.

As the countdown begins for the Durga Puja festival, Trinamool supporters have put up a hoarding in Kolkata of Mamata Banerjee with a caption that reads "ModiShahsurmardini" - a wordplay on "Mahisasuramardini", an apparent dig at PM and Amit Shah.

A local club in north Kolkata is celebrating the Durga Puja by honouring the struggle of farmers protesting against the farm laws for nearly a year while criticising the violence in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri that left eight dead, including four farmers.

West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi today announced Rs 50,000 each to the state's 36,000-odd Durga Puja Pandals, almost 2,500 of which are in capital Kolkata alone. Although Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee avoided announcing it, the BJP cried foul.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is to share the spotlight with Goddess Durga at a Durga Puja pandal - one located near the Kolkata airport - next month