College Street publishers still recovering from sight of never-before deluge that dampened their Durga Puja

College Street publishers still recovering from sight of never-before deluge that dampened their Durga Puja

People stand against a book store after the College Street area gets waterlogged due to rainfall, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Publishers and booksellers in College Street, often considered the world’s biggest book market, are still recovering from the shock of seeing their wares submerged in water, no longer retrievable, … Read more

Durga Puja is over, but Bengal colleges yet to complete undergraduate admissions

Durga Puja is over, but Bengal colleges yet to complete undergraduate admissions

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The year 2025 will not go down well for academics in West Bengal with admissions to colleges run or aided by the State Government still not having ended even though Class 12 results were declared way back in early May. The State Government will be finally closing the … Read more

Ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister’s wife claims assault by Puja committee members

Ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister’s wife claims assault by Puja committee members

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and BJP state president Babulal Marandi’s wife and daughter-in-law were allegedly assaulted by members of the Amrit Nagar Puja Committee in Hazaribagh on Thursday evening. According to an FIR filed by Preeti Kisku, daughter-in-law of Marandi, she was traveling from Giridih to Ranchi with her mother-in-law around 7:15 pm when the … Read more

Pournami Thiruvilakku puja in 25 temples now

Pournami Thiruvilakku puja in 25 temples now

Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P K Sekarbabu on Thursday launched Pournami Thiruvilakku puja by 108 women at five more temples including Kapaleeswarar temple in Mylapore. With this, the facility of women devotees being able to take part in this puja will be available in 25 temples. Till now a total of 65,400 … Read more

Akhanda Godavari project bhumi puja scheduled for June 19 postponed, says Minister

Akhanda Godavari project bhumi puja scheduled for June 19 postponed, says Minister

Minister for Culture and Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh and East Godavari Collector P. Prasanthi inspecting Havelock Bridge, which is proposed to be developed under Akhanda Godavari project, in Rajamahendravaram on June 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The bhumi puja for the Akhanda Godavari project scheduled to be performed on June 19 has been … Read more

1.2 kg ganja, 5 gm MDMA found inside puja room at Kerala house

1.2 kg ganja, 5 gm MDMA found inside puja room at Kerala house

As much as 1.2 kilograms of ganja and five grams of MDMA were found hidden at the puja room of a house in this north Kerala district during a raid, police said on Sunday. The police allegedly seized the drugs from a house owned by one Renil in Thalassery. However, the man managed to flee … Read more

SC extends protection from arrest to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in cheating case

SC extends protection from arrest to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in cheating case

Former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar speaks to the media. File.  | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 15, 2025) extended till April 21 the protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. A Bench … Read more

Kolkata tram, suspended during Durga Puja, yet to resume; tram lovers feel it may never come back

Kolkata tram, suspended during Durga Puja, yet to resume; tram lovers feel it may never come back

The tram helped people pandal-hop and the tramway ran special services during Durga Puja. This year, for the first time, the tram was completely kept off the roads during the festival because they were seen as an impediment to traffic movement.  | Photo Credit: PTI Uncertainly has again blocked the path of the Kolkata tram … Read more