Festivals

Kolkata: Durga Puja in Kolkata will now be officially recognized across the globe after the annual festival was inscribed on Unesco’s ‘Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’. “Durga...

Bhubaneswar: New clothes, enduri pitha… Prathamashtami fervour can be felt across Odisha today when maternal uncles gift the family’s eldest child (podhuan) with new clothes and mothers pray for the...

Bhubaneswar: Prathamastami is one of the most popular festivals of Odisha celebrated on the eighth day of ‘Margasira’ month. On this occasion, special prayers are offered for the well being...

Indian lore and legend are replete with stories of the unique bond between a brother and sister. There are folk tales, mythological tales, songs and poems dedicated to this bitter-sweet...

Nowshera: Like every year since he became India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is celebrating Diwali with soldiers of Indian Army. This time, he’s visiting Nowshera in the border district of...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, which had last week banned entry of visitors in Durga Puja pandals in West Bengal, on Thursday relaxed some of the curbs during the ensuing...

Kolkata: For the second year in a row, visitors will not be allowed to enter Durga Puja pandals and the premises will be treated as containment zones in view of...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to minimise pollution of riverbeds due to idol immersion, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared three temporary ponds on the banks of River Kuakhai, Kushabhadra...

Dubai: Eleven-year-old Tisya Panigrahi and her father Priyadarshee Panigrahi, who hail from Odisha’s Sambalpur district, have done something innovative to mark Nuakhai festivities this year. The father-daughter duo has transmitted...

New Delhi: Ganapati Bappa has come home today bringing glad tidings. We're all rejoicing because the elephant-God brings with him an energy and an untold joy. Bappa loves eating Modaks...