How the Grinch stole Durga Pujo!How a dastardly plan to rob the festival that kicks off today was foiled just in time
27 Sep, 2025, 11.04 PM IST
From mutton biryani to chicken curry, West Bengal jails to serve prisoners special meals for Durga Puja. Check menuAuthorities in West Bengal correctional homes will serve special Bengali dishes like mutton biryani and basanti pulao to inmates during Dur...
05 Oct, 2024, 12.36 PM IST
Rallies, meetings inseparable part of Bengal's culture just as luchi, mishti doi: HC Chief JusticeCalcutta High Court allowed State Coordination Committee's march by government employees, emphasizing Bengal's culture with 'mishti doi', '...
14 Mar, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
FMCG companies localise items to tap into local food preferencesMajor FMCG players in India are looking to tap into the potential of localised food item preferences, driving hyper-localisation and are ex...
10 Apr, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Howrah-NJP Vande Bharat: Tickets flying off shelf; 'kosha mangso', fish fillet on menuThe train, the seventh such train so far, has a fare of Rs 1,565 for AC Chair Car (CC) between Howrah and NJP. The Executive Chair Car tick...
30 Dec, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
IRCTC offers Durga Puja special menu for passengers travelling in eastern regionPassengers can call on 1323 to book their meals and get them delivered to their seats, officials said. This is the latest offering from the...
26 Sep, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
- Bengal and Britain And, Um, Business
'Britain and business' doesn't trip off the tongue as easily as 'bangers and mash', while, let's just say, 'luchi-alur dom' has delivered e...
22 Apr, 2022, 11.27 PM IST
Recipe: Give your taste buds a treat this Durga Pujo with Mangshor Jhuri BhajaDurga Puja begins today and go on till Tuesday.
04 Oct, 2019, 06.45 PM IST
How crispy, Mughlai porotas made its way from sweaty Kolkata, Delhi streets to premium eateriesFrom the Awadhi parantha to the cafe versions, the flatbread reinvents itself.
30 Sep, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
How festivities are bringing local cuisine to the cosmopolitan marketEven in cities such as Delhi, hitherto regarded as conservative foodwise, growing culinary cosmopolitanism is evident in the "buzz" surroun...
24 Sep, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
How Navratri celebrations are bringing different communities together in BengaluruNavratri celebrations in Bengaluru have their roots in Mysuru, where the Kings made Dasara the most elaborately celebrated.
19 Oct, 2015, 10.23 AM IST
Delhi: The diversity of the Capital’s food is a reflection of the many kinds of people who call it their homeDespite its entirely undeserved reputation as cultural backwaters, Delhi perhaps has the most evolved palate in India. People travel and ar...
11 Oct, 2015, 06.49 AM IST
The great rosogolla revolt: When a bengal CM banned bengali sweetsMilk sweets were banned under the West Bengal Channa Sweets Control Order imposed by Congress chief minister Prafulla Chandra Sen.
25 Jul, 2015, 03.53 AM IST
Notorious tiger poachers among 9 arrested in PuneA team of Melghat forest officials netted nine tiger poachers from Pune in the wee hours of Sunday.
13 Aug, 2013, 01.42 AM IST
- Experts want CBI to probe tiger poaching case
Poachers killed 10 tigers between 2002 and 2004 in Sariska in Rajasthan wiping out the entire population of big cats in the tiger reserve.
19 Jun, 2013, 02.16 AM IST
- Mangroves mystique
The tiger is a constant presence even as the sea challenges the very existance of the magnificent mangroves of Sundarbans and the resilient...
24 May, 2007, 02.10 AM IST
- Star of the east
Bengalis have always been the most intrepid travellers. Their cuisine, however, stayed at home. Finally, Bengali food is stepping out.
07 Sep, 2006, 12.00 AM IST