The emphasis that the Trinamool Congress chairperson placed on her caste assumes significance in the wake of recent developments. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership has been urging all Hindus ...

Celebrate Poila Baisakh 2025 in Kolkata with this guide to festive events, traditional food, and top spots like Park Street ...

The conspicuous absence of caste in the public consciousness of Bengal is accompanied by an equally noticeable lack of a ...

practiced in a rural pocket of West Bengal for nearly three centuries, representatives of 130 Dalit families for the first time set foot inside the Gidheshwar Shiv Temple in Purba Bardhaman ...

Dalit families in a West Bengal village have been allowed to worship at the Gidheshwar Shiv Temple for the first time in nearly 300 years, breaking a significant caste barrier. Despite initial ...

This year, apart from the Opposition BJP, which has been leading the Ram Navami processions in the state, the ruling TMC ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): Hundreds of devotees thronged Kalighat temple in Kolkata to offer prayers on the first day of the Bengali New Year or 'Poila Boishakh'. People from ...

an officer of the West Bengal Government posted in Murshidabad and a seasoned traveller herself, agreed that there was a noticeable surge in Bengali tourists visiting Kashmir in the recent times ...

With an eye on the 2026 Assembly election, the BJP’s top brass is strategising how to leverage upcoming religious events — ...

One person said the upper caste individuals who do not allow them to enter the temple do collect money from them for puja every year. DH Web Desk Last Updated : 08 March 2025, 07:12 IST ...