Kolkata: With 166 days to go for Durga Puja, several prominent Durga Puja committees in Kolkata initiated their festivities on ‘Poila Baishakh' by displaying their puja banners and revealing ...

Poila Baisakh Bengali releases are experiencing such demand that many theatres are withdrawing Hindi films to accommodate their additional screenings. The last time such an occurrence was ...

Charak Puja has been celebrated for hundreds of years in this region as part of the Gajan festival, a centuries-old observance in honour of Lord Shiva ...

On this day the weapons of Goddess Durga are worshiped and the celebration is known as ‘Astra Puja’. This day is also popularly referred as ‘Virashtami’ owing to the display of arms and other forms of ...

For Jaya, the Bengali New Year holds deep personal significance. “Pahela Baishakh is a special day for us — a day of celebration and joy,” she said. Thousands gather at Ramna Batamul to ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar until April 21. Khedkar is facing allegations of cheating and misusing OBC and ...

Pohela Boishakh, also known as Naba Barsha (নববর্ষ), is the first day of the Bengali calendar. The word Pohela means first, and Boishakh is the name of the first month of the Bengali year.

It had been sparked by the university administration’s decision to rebrand the iconic Mangal Shobhajatra procession, which is held on Bengali New Year on April 14, as the Borsho Boron Anondo ...

Pohela Boishakh, otherwise popularly known as Pahela Baisakhi or Poila Baisakh, is the celebration of the Bengali New Year or Nabo Barsho in West Bengal as well as Bangladesh. It celebrates the advent ...

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