Puja Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, while presiding over a 'Hatey Khori' event held in the state on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, said Bengali is the 2nd-largest spoken language in Asia and 5th in the world.

West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose performed 'Hate Khadi', a ritual to teach the Bengali alphabet to a child, on the occasion of Saraswati Puja on Thursday in presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other dignitaries.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state's new Governor CV Ananda Bose came together today at the Kolkata Raj Bhavan for the Governor's 'Hatey Khori' event -- held today on the auspicious occasion of Saraswati Puja.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that people would give a befitting reply to those who tried to malign Durga Puja and insulted Mahatma Gandhi by replacing Mahisasura with a crudely-crafted lookalike of the father of the nation.

In a video, Mamata Banerjee can be seen cutting the ribbon and then walking into the pandal with a 'dhak' slung around her left shoulder and playing it. Once inside the main pandal, she places the 'dhak' on the floor and continues playing it

After UNESCO's recognition to Durga Puja, West Bengal's biggest cultural event, Kolkata organisers are reaching out to foreign dignitaries and diplomats in the city to promote the festival among their countrymen.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday directed Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim to rename a road and a park in the city after former president Pranab Mukherjee.

Taking a dig at Mamata Banerjee, Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi said it was "horrendous" that a government which "banned" Durga Puja was taking credit for inclusion of the festival in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Bengal Chief Minister said mega procession will be organised in Kolkata on September 1 to thank UNESCO for the inclusion of Kolkata's Durga Puja on the List of 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.

Puja Banerjee and Kunal Verma had a registered wedding last year

Mouni Roy and other TV stars congratulated the couple

In Bengal, food forms a huge part of the cultural milieu, where fish and meat are both seen as essentials to be served to the Goddess, a part of the ritual that enforces her rites as a 'sawdhoba' or married woman, who is able to eat meat and fish with gusto.

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.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, while presiding over a 'Hatey Khori' event held in the state on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, said Bengali is the 2nd-largest spoken language in Asia and 5th in the world.

West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose performed 'Hate Khadi', a ritual to teach the Bengali alphabet to a child, on the occasion of Saraswati Puja on Thursday in presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other dignitaries.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state's new Governor CV Ananda Bose came together today at the Kolkata Raj Bhavan for the Governor's 'Hatey Khori' event -- held today on the auspicious occasion of Saraswati Puja.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that people would give a befitting reply to those who tried to malign Durga Puja and insulted Mahatma Gandhi by replacing Mahisasura with a crudely-crafted lookalike of the father of the nation.

In a video, Mamata Banerjee can be seen cutting the ribbon and then walking into the pandal with a 'dhak' slung around her left shoulder and playing it. Once inside the main pandal, she places the 'dhak' on the floor and continues playing it

After UNESCO's recognition to Durga Puja, West Bengal's biggest cultural event, Kolkata organisers are reaching out to foreign dignitaries and diplomats in the city to promote the festival among their countrymen.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday directed Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim to rename a road and a park in the city after former president Pranab Mukherjee.

Taking a dig at Mamata Banerjee, Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi said it was "horrendous" that a government which "banned" Durga Puja was taking credit for inclusion of the festival in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Bengal Chief Minister said mega procession will be organised in Kolkata on September 1 to thank UNESCO for the inclusion of Kolkata's Durga Puja on the List of 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.

Puja Banerjee and Kunal Verma had a registered wedding last year

Mouni Roy and other TV stars congratulated the couple

In Bengal, food forms a huge part of the cultural milieu, where fish and meat are both seen as essentials to be served to the Goddess, a part of the ritual that enforces her rites as a 'sawdhoba' or married woman, who is able to eat meat and fish with gusto.

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.