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 hub of the festival of Durga Puja, it is greatly celebrated here with supreme grandeur and cultural richness. Here in the city, during the festival, tourists can see numerous show-stopping ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the month of August concludes, it's time to take note of all festivals in September and corresponding holidays. According to holidays listed in the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) calendar, banks ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) held a conference of Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union Territories to assess the preparedness for rolling out a ...

Teachers’ Day 2025 is being celebrated in India on Friday, i.e. September 5, 2025, to honour the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. On this special day, students across the country ...