BALURGHAT, Sept. 28 -- Within the high walls of Balurghat Central Correctional Home, life is monotonous. However, during the four days of Durga Puja, the atmosphere transforms into one filled with dev... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 28 -- At a time when the rest of Bengal is celebrating Durga Puja with grandeur, the residents of Phulghara village near Balurghat follow a unique tradition that has continued for ove... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 26 -- The once-grand Durga Puja of the Manohali Zamindar (landlord) family in Tapan, South Dinajpur, has today become a community-led festival, continuing a tradition that began more ... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 25 -- The upcoming Durga Puja carnival in Balurghat will be held on October 4 at a new venue near the Chakbhavani Satsanga Temple. For the past three years, the event had taken place ... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 24 -- The Durga Puja of the Chowdhury family at Boydul has completed 115 years this year, yet its age-old tradition of firing guns during Sandhi Puja remains intact. The Puja was fir... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 23 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday reunited a 20-year-old woman from Malda with her family after she accidentally crossed into Bangladesh. According to BSF officials, th... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 22 -- The Durga Puja at Purba Gobindapur in South Dinajpur's Hili Police Station area has long stood as a symbol of cross-border harmony. For decades, Muslims from neighbouring Bangla... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 21 -- The South Dinajpur district administration is weighing a shift in the venue of Balurghat's annual Durga Puja carnival to ease recurring traffic snarls. Over the past years, the ... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 19 -- With lotus cultivation steadily declining in North Bengal districts, cold storages in South Dinajpur have become the lifeline to ensure an uninterrupted supply of the flower dur... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 18 -- Continuous rainfall across South Dinajpur has disrupted Durga Puja preparations, leaving organisers and artisans deeply concerned just days before Mahalaya, which marks the begi... Read More