A group of artistes yesterday staged a protest through Pala Gaan, the traditional Bangla folk music, condemning ongoing attacks on Baul artistes and mazars across the country and demanding the ...

Kolkata: The Left Front on Thursday announced a fortnight-long "Bangla Bachao Jatra" (Save Bengal Rally) to stop "vote chori" and protect the "rights of the voter", beginning on Nov 29. The rally will ...

The BJP unit in Assam has slammed the Congress over a video of a district-level leader singing Amar Sonar Bangla, Bangladesh's national anthem, at a party event in Sribhumi district. The BJP has ...

A masked dancer performs during an event in celebration of the Sikali Jatra festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Sept. 27, 2025. The festival, also called the festival of Rudrayani, is celebrated here on ...

Flashes of light, deafening music, a flourish of drums and then, silence. Next, half a dozen men and women enter with candles in hand. They punch the air even as the sound boxes begin to play the ...

TIMES ARE tough for Tesla. Lately sales of the firm’s pricey electric vehicles (EVs) have fallen around the world. Yet in Bangladeshi cities, a humbler namesake is flourishing. Battery-powered ...

Longmont’s annual Nepali Jatra festival is set to happen from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Kimbark Street. The free event will showcase traditional Nepali clothing and ...

Organisers are putting final touches to this year’s Mongol Shobhajatra to be held at Dhaka University’s Faculty of Fine Arts amid a swirl of controversy and criticism. Event insiders say the ...

A historic 203rd Sharanabasaveshwar Jatra Mahotsava and famed Sharanabasaveshwar Rathotsava will be organised on Wednesday commemorating the 203rd death anniversary of the saint and social reformer ...

Hyderabad: The Mini-Medaram Jatra has commenced in Mulugu district. The Telangana government has allocated Rs 5.30 crore for the smooth conduct of the festival. The Road Transport Corporation (RTC) ...

BHUBANESWAR : Despite two years having passed since the state government prohibited obscenity in jatra shows and Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan’s announcement five months back to bring in new ...

KENDRAPARA: At least 12 people suffered injuries in a clash that broke out between two groups over alleged obscene dance during a Jatra show at Kudanagari village here on Sunday evening. Police said ...