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 ...

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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 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 ...

The holidays for the upcoming Durga Puja have been extended by a day, Mahfuj Alam, special assistant to the chief adviser, announced today. During a press conference held at the Dhakeshwari National ...

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) ...

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: 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 ...

An image of Durga with 11 hands in a Bengal government advertisement triggered a political controversy on Monday, with the Opposition accusing the BJP of distorting a deeply established religious and ...

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 ...