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Offering and consuming non-vegetarian food during Durga Puja has long been a tradition in West Bengal. Before it became a community event, or Sarbojanin, many Bonedi Bari (aristocratic households) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kolkata: Durga Puja 2026 is set to bring a long stretch of festive holidays in October, with banks remaining closed on key Puja days in West Bengal and several other states. The main celebrations will ...

Bengal's Durga Puja is as much religious as it is social. Durga Puja just weeks away, is it possible that Bengal this time is heading for another version of pujo - a more kosher, Sanatani version that ...

NEW DELHI: The draft Delhi electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was published on Monday, excluding over 47 lakh out of 1.45 crore voters. A month-long window has opened for claims ...

KOLKATA: Days after Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) issued a diktat against serving non-vegetarian food in and around Durga Puja mandaps in West Bengal this year, a major controversy broke out over the ...