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Kajol slips and falls from the stage at the Durga Puja celebrations, sister Tanishaa Mukerji comes to rescue
Fp Staff •The actress was seen donning a pink saree and had the company of her younger sister, when she suddenly tripped and fell, also dropping her phone in the process
Ronaldinho in Kolkata: Football legend inaugurates Durga Puja pandal, meets aspiring footballers
Trendingdesk •Ronaldinho landed in Kolkata two days ago and was greeted by an exuberant crowd gathered at the airport.
Navaratri and Durga Puja: Festivity amid collective amnesia
Bibek Debroy •We are increasingly forgetting the meaning behind Devi’s account in Puranas and other ancient texts, even if we celebrate Navaratri
Weather Alert: After Durga Puja, now shadow of rain on Dhanteras, Diwali; know IMD forecast
Fp Staff •The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast snowfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand for the next few days
Chhattisgarh: Civic employee suspended as 10 heads of Ravana's effigy remains unburnt on Dussehra
•Dussehra or Vijayadashami marks the end of the annual Durga Puja festival, wherein the effigies of Ravana are burnt across the country to symbolise the victory of good over evil
Happy Dussehra 2022: Movies that incorporated celebrations of festival
Trendingdesk •Time and again filmmakers have incorporated the festivities of Dussehra while storytelling or exhibited it as the crucial backdrop to symbolise something.
Lucknow: 136 feet Durga Puja pandal to make way into Guinness Book as world's tallest
•The pandal is a replica of the under-construction Chandrodaya temple of Vrindavan, which is being built to be one of the tallest religious monuments in the world with a height of above 700-ft and spread over 5,40,000 sq feet area
Weather Forecast: Monsoon rain may disturb Vijayadashami celebrations, IMD issues warning
Fp Staff •There will be a change in the weather due to the cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal due to Super Cyclone Noru. According to the IMD forecast, due to this monsoon rain, Durga Puja celebrations may also be disturbed in these areas
Happy Durga Puja: Here's how B-town celebs are celebrating the festival
Trendingdesk •Several Bollywood celebs were spotted pandal hopping. Bollywood stars like Jaya Bachchan, Kajol and family, Rani Mukerji and Brahmastra team including Ranbir Kapoor, Mouni Roy, and filmmaker Ayan Mukerji were seen in attendance.
Explained: How Navratri celebrations have been marred by controversies
Fp Explainers •A controversy erupted after the 'asura' at the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha Durga Puja pandal depicted a bespectacled, dhoti-clad bald man with a walking stick, appearing similar to Mahatma Gandhi. This isn't the first such row that has broken out over the Navratri festivities