News / Topic / Saraswati Puja / News

saraswati puja news

Latest from saraswati puja

4 BJP MLAs suspended from West Bengal Assembly for 30 days

The BJP MLAs allegedly tore official documents and threw them at the Speaker while staging a protest in the House against alleged attempts to stall Saraswati Puja in various educational institutions in the state

West Bengal BJP MLAs led by leader of Opposition Suvendhu Adhikari stage a protest against the state government over the Saraswati Puja issue in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI Photo)

cities

Published on Feb 17, 2025 05:20 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Happy Saraswati Puja 2025: 20+ Basant Panchami wishes, greetings, images, GIFs

Happy Saraswati Puja 2025: Celebrate the auspicious festival of Saraswati Puja with these 20+ wishes, images and greetings.

Happy Saraswati Puja 2025: Check out these wishes, greetings and images to share with your loved ones. (Image by Canva)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 03, 2025 10:55 AM IST

ByKrishna Priya Pallavi

Row over Saraswati Puja continues in Kolkata law college, edu min faces protest

Education Minister Bratya Basu faced protest by students who alleged outsiders led by a TMCP threatened them for organising Saraswati Puja.

education

Updated on Feb 03, 2025 07:56 AM IST

PTI | , Kolkata

Saraswati Puja 2025: Calcutta HC orders police security at law college

Students had accused that an outsider, Mohammed Shabbir Ali, threatened them and attempting to prevent the celebration.

Justice Joy Sengupta instructed that a Joint Commissioner-level officer monitor the situation to maintain law and order at Jogesh Chandra Law College in Kolkata during Saraswati Puja celebrations.

education

Updated on Feb 02, 2025 02:32 PM IST

ANI | , Kolkata

Asha Bhosle: Whatever I am today is because of Saraswati Maa’s blessings

In an exclusive chat with us on Saraswati Puja, music legend Asha Bhosle explains her love for the deity and how she feels on being compared to her.

htcity

Updated on Feb 02, 2025 03:12 AM IST

BySoumya Vajpayee

Happy Basant Panchami 2025 wishes: 40+ wishes, images to share on Saraswati Puja

Happy Basant Panchami 2025 wishes: Celebrate Saraswati Puja on February 2 by sharing these heartfelt messages, images, and greetings with your loved ones.

Happy Basant Panchami 2025 wishes: Celebrate Basant Panchami 2025 on February 2, honouring Goddess Saraswati. (Freepik)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 02, 2025 12:30 PM IST

ByAkanksha Agnihotri

Basant Panchami 2025: Know Saraswati Puja muhurat, prasad, puja vidhi

Basant Panchami 2025: Saraswati Puja will be celebrated on February 2. Know the muhurat, dos and don'ts, puja vidhi, and more.

Basant Panchami 2025: The auspicious festival of Saraswati Puja falls on February 2, 2025. (Image by Canva)

lifestyle

Updated on Jan 30, 2025 10:43 AM IST

ByKrishna Priya Pallavi

Lakshmi Panchami 2024: Date, rituals, significance, celebration

Lakshmi Panchami 2024: From rituals to significance, here's all that you need to know about the auspicious day.

This year, Lakshmi Panchami will be observed on April 12.

lifestyle

Published on Apr 11, 2024 03:56 PM IST

ByTapatrisha Das, Delhi

Spectator by Seema Goswami: It’s a blooming miracle

The birds are singing, the flowers are flowering and this spring season is giving rebirth, rejuvenation and renewal

Spring marks the time for winter feet to undergo the rigours of a pedicure after months spent encased in boots. (Adobe Stock)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 05:16 PM IST

BySeema Goswami

Vanishing V-Day to Basant baggage

This year, February 14 was not only about Tweeple’s triple sensory overload, but also about Vanishing Valentine’s Day narratives

For one, it was a day thrice blessed. It lived up to the saying, “Three’s a crowd”, by hosting three festivals - two desi and one a videshi hybrid. This jolly well made it a classic case of the sensory overload we Tweeple have to live with. Or are learning to live with. (HT File)

cities

Updated on Feb 18, 2024 08:18 AM IST

ByChetna Keer

Mamata blames RSS for Sandeshkhali violence, says ‘there were other plans’

Violence-hit Sandeshkhali village in West Bengal has been at the centre of a political storm for nearly a month.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in assembly.

india news

Published on Feb 15, 2024 04:39 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Basant Panchami 2024: Saraswati Puja vidhi, shubh muhurat, rituals and samagri

Happy Basant Panchami 2024: Know all about the Saraswati Puja vidhi, shubh muhurat, important rituals and samagri needed to do the puja inside.

Basant Panchami 2024: Know the Saraswati Puja vidhi, shubh muhurat, important rituals, samagri(HT Photo)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 14, 2024 01:57 PM IST

ByKrishna Priya Pallavi, New Delhi

Happy Basant Panchami 2024: Wishes, images, quotes, WhatsApp and Facebook status

Basant Panchami 2024: Celebrate Basant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja, with these wishes, images, quotes, SMS, WhatsApp and Facebook status, and more.

Check out Basant Panchami 2024 wishes, images, quotes, SMS, WhatsApp and Facebook status to share on Saraswati Puja. (HT Photo)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 14, 2024 05:51 PM IST

ByKrishna Priya Pallavi, New Delhi

Basant Panchami 2024: When is Saraswati Puja? Know correct date, puja muhurat

Basant Panchami 2024: From date to muhurat, here's all that you need to know about Saraswati Puja.

Basant Panchami 2024 date and time: Is Saraswati Puja on February 14 or 15? Know correct date and puja muhurat(Twitter/redribbonmusik)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 09, 2024 05:18 PM IST

ByTapatrisha Das, Delhi

Basant Panchami 2023: Why Hindu devotees wear yellow clothes for Saraswati Puja

Basant Panchami celebration includes Saraswati Puja, as she is believed to bestow wisdom, knowledge and good fortune on her worshippers but ever wondered why people do it by wearing yellow colour clothes? Here's all you need to know

School girls prepare kites to fly as they celebrate the Hindu festival of Basant Panchami at a school in Amritsar. Here's why Hindu devotees wear yellow clothes for Saraswati Puja (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)

lifestyle

Updated on Jan 25, 2023 07:38 PM IST

ByZarafshan Shiraz, Delhi

Basant Panchami 2023: Date, history, significance, puja timings, celebrations

Basant Panchami 2023: Here's all you need to know about the date, history, significance, puja timings and celebrations of the Hindu festival of Basant Panchami in India

lifestyle

Updated on Jan 26, 2023 08:14 AM IST

ByHT Lifestyle Desk | Edited by Zarafshan Shiraz, Delhi

Aishwarya wishes Abhishek on birthday, he replies ‘Love you’. See pics

Aishwarya Rai shared two separate Instagram posts on Saturday, one for husband Abhishek Bachchan and one from her and daughter Aaradhya's Basant Panchami celebrations.

Aishwarya Rai shared two pictures on Instagram.

entertainment

Published on Feb 06, 2022 08:17 AM IST

ByHT Entertainment Desk

Basant Panchami 2020: How it is celebrated across India

Basant Panchami 2020: Held on the fifth day (Panchami) of the Magh month (according to the Hindu calendar), Basant Panchami is also celebrated as Saraswati Puja in some parts of the country.

Basant Panchami 2020: People celebrate the auspicious day across the country in various forms. This year it will be observed on January 29.(Shutterstock)

lifestyle

Updated on Jan 29, 2020 10:14 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Bengal students allegedly assaulted for demanding resumption of Saraswati Puja stopped since 2009

The protesting students included girls and many boys from the junior section of the co-educational Chauhata Adarsha Vidyapith under the Haroa police station area in Basirhat.

The assaulting crowd allegedly targeted an English teacher as well for supporting the students. He was saved by his colleagues.(ANI/ Representative Image)

india news

Updated on Jan 26, 2020 05:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByTanmay Chatterjee

Odisha girl raped by minor boy inside school toilet during Saraswati Puja

Police said the girl was inside the school bathroom when the minor boy, a Class 10 student of another school, allegedly jumped the fence and raped her there. The girl was taken for a medical examination later.

The latest incident comes amid rising cases of sexual assault of minor girls in the eastern state.(Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

india news

Updated on Feb 13, 2019 11:25 AM IST

Bhubaneswar | ByDebabrata Mohanty

40 students ill after eating prasad on Saraswati puja in Jharkhand

“The students had severe symptoms of food poisoning, following which they were rushed to Sadar hospital.”

Young victims of food poisoning being treated at Sadar hospital after in Lohardaga, India, on Sunday(HT Photo)

cities

Published on Feb 12, 2019 08:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ranchi | ByHT Correspondent, Ranchi

50 students fall sick after consuming Saraswati puja prasad in Jharkhand school

At least 50 school students fell ill after eating ‘prasad’ in Lohardaga district on Sunday, civil surgeon Dr Vijay Kumar said. The students of the school at Ita village in the age group of 6-7 year had ‘prasad’ after Saraswati puja.

The children started vomiting after taking ‘bundi’ and have been admitted to the Sadar hospital.(ANI/Twitter)

cities

Updated on Feb 11, 2019 09:02 AM IST

Lohardaga (Jharkhand) | ByPress Trust of India

Katrina Kaif welcomes fans into her colourful house, shares pics. See them here

Actor Katrina Kaif has shared pictures of her house on Instagram. Check out some of the other pictures of her house shared by her online.

Katrina Kaif shared pictures of her house on Instagram.

entertainment

Updated on Feb 10, 2019 04:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan, other stars attend Anurag Basu’s Saraswati puja. See inside pics

Katrina Kaif and Abhishek Bachchan led a host of Bollywood stars at director Anurag Basu’s annual Saraswati puja. See inside pictures here.

Katrina Kaif poses with her Jagga Jasoos director Anurag Basu at his Saraswati puja.

entertainment

Updated on Feb 10, 2019 04:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

After ban, Kerala college grants permission for ‘Saraswati puja’

The registrar of the Cochin University College of Engineering in Alappuzha on Thursday granted permission for students to conduct ‘Saraswati puja’, revoking a decision to ban all religious activities after it kicked off a controversy.

india news

Updated on Feb 07, 2019 09:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | ByHT Correspondent

Kerala engineering college denies permission to hold Saraswati Puja, says ‘we’re secular’

Students from north India have been denied permission by authorities to conduct Saraswati Puja in the Cochin University College of Engineering in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, news agency ANI reported on Thursday.

Last year, the Cochin University College of Engineering in Kerala’s Alappuzha, was shut down indefinitely on January 25 following a clash between two groups of students after beef cutlets were allegedly served during an event on its campus.(Sunil Ghosh/Picture for representation)

states

Updated on Feb 07, 2019 02:51 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

In a first, LU academic session to open with Saraswati puja

In a departure from convention, the new academic session of Lucknow University will begin with a grand Saraswati puja on July 10.

The LU VC insisted that one should not confuse Saraswati puja with saffronisation of education.(HT Photo)

cities

Published on Jul 03, 2018 05:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByRajeev Mullick, Lucknow

Copy

Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin

saraswati puja news

Latest from saraswati puja

The BJP MLAs allegedly tore official documents and threw them at the Speaker while staging a protest in the House against alleged attempts to stall Saraswati Puja in various educational institutions in the state

Happy Saraswati Puja 2025: Celebrate the auspicious festival of Saraswati Puja with these 20+ wishes, images and greetings.

Education Minister Bratya Basu faced protest by students who alleged outsiders led by a TMCP threatened them for organising Saraswati Puja.

Students had accused that an outsider, Mohammed Shabbir Ali, threatened them and attempting to prevent the celebration.

In an exclusive chat with us on Saraswati Puja, music legend Asha Bhosle explains her love for the deity and how she feels on being compared to her.

Happy Basant Panchami 2025 wishes: Celebrate Saraswati Puja on February 2 by sharing these heartfelt messages, images, and greetings with your loved ones.

Basant Panchami 2025: Saraswati Puja will be celebrated on February 2. Know the muhurat, dos and don'ts, puja vidhi, and more.

Lakshmi Panchami 2024: From rituals to significance, here's all that you need to know about the auspicious day.

The birds are singing, the flowers are flowering and this spring season is giving rebirth, rejuvenation and renewal

This year, February 14 was not only about Tweeple’s triple sensory overload, but also about Vanishing Valentine’s Day narratives

Violence-hit Sandeshkhali village in West Bengal has been at the centre of a political storm for nearly a month.

Happy Basant Panchami 2024: Know all about the Saraswati Puja vidhi, shubh muhurat, important rituals and samagri needed to do the puja inside.

Basant Panchami 2024: Celebrate Basant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja, with these wishes, images, quotes, SMS, WhatsApp and Facebook status, and more.

Basant Panchami 2024: From date to muhurat, here's all that you need to know about Saraswati Puja.

Basant Panchami celebration includes Saraswati Puja, as she is believed to bestow wisdom, knowledge and good fortune on her worshippers but ever wondered why people do it by wearing yellow colour clothes? Here's all you need to know

Basant Panchami 2023: Here's all you need to know about the date, history, significance, puja timings and celebrations of the Hindu festival of Basant Panchami in India

Aishwarya Rai shared two separate Instagram posts on Saturday, one for husband Abhishek Bachchan and one from her and daughter Aaradhya's Basant Panchami celebrations.

Basant Panchami 2020: Held on the fifth day (Panchami) of the Magh month (according to the Hindu calendar), Basant Panchami is also celebrated as Saraswati Puja in some parts of the country.

The protesting students included girls and many boys from the junior section of the co-educational Chauhata Adarsha Vidyapith under the Haroa police station area in Basirhat.

Police said the girl was inside the school bathroom when the minor boy, a Class 10 student of another school, allegedly jumped the fence and raped her there. The girl was taken for a medical examination later.

“The students had severe symptoms of food poisoning, following which they were rushed to Sadar hospital.”

At least 50 school students fell ill after eating ‘prasad’ in Lohardaga district on Sunday, civil surgeon Dr Vijay Kumar said. The students of the school at Ita village in the age group of 6-7 year had ‘prasad’ after Saraswati puja.

Actor Katrina Kaif has shared pictures of her house on Instagram. Check out some of the other pictures of her house shared by her online.

Katrina Kaif and Abhishek Bachchan led a host of Bollywood stars at director Anurag Basu’s annual Saraswati puja. See inside pictures here.

The registrar of the Cochin University College of Engineering in Alappuzha on Thursday granted permission for students to conduct ‘Saraswati puja’, revoking a decision to ban all religious activities after it kicked off a controversy.

Students from north India have been denied permission by authorities to conduct Saraswati Puja in the Cochin University College of Engineering in Kerala’s Alappuzha district, news agency ANI reported on Thursday.

In a departure from convention, the new academic session of Lucknow University will begin with a grand Saraswati puja on July 10.

Join Hindustan Times

Create free account and unlock exciting features like