Navratri and Durga Puja festivities will soon begin in different parts of the country. While the Hindu festival of Navratri begins on September 22, it will end with Vijayadashami on October 2. It ...

The 82-year-old Monty Python star said the incident escalated rapidly, with officers eventually allowing him to go free for an unexpected reason. In an interview with The Telegraph, Palin explained ...

The special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bengal is likely to stretch over 45 to 50 days as the office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) will propose additional time for the ...

Sir — Durga Puja is a festival of all things gastronomic. But the stomach needs a strategy to survive. The first rule is pace. One egg roll at noon is wise, but a second before evening will guarantee ...

The Election Commission of India is set to conduct a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, mirroring the exercise recently held in Bihar. Scheduled to begin soon, this ...

Durga Puja is just around the corner, and Kolkata’s Chaltabagan Sarbojanin Puja committee is creating a unique pandal on the theme ‘Aami Bangla Bolchi’ (I Speak Bengali). The pandal traces the journey ...

The Meteorological Department has forecast spells of rain in Kolkata and several districts of south Bengal in the run-up to Durga Puja, the state's biggest festival. Officials said a cyclonic ...

The Supreme Court on Monday flagged a growing “trust deficit” between the Election Commission and political parties and asked the latter group to “activate” themselves in the Bihar special intensive ...

Kolkata markets brace for a hilsa surge post Vishwa Karma Puja, with over 300 tonnes of locally caught fish from the Bay of Bengal poised to meet Durga Puja's high demand. While local catches are ...

This live blog is closed. The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to include Aadhaar as a valid proof for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in ...

Medak: The gates of the Edupayala Sri Vana Durga Bhavani temple in Medak district were reopened on Thursday after being closed for 28 days due to heavy flooding in the Manjeera river. Priests ...

As the Supreme Court continues to hear a case against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, here is a series of data-driven articles from The Hindu on what the exercise ...