Durand Cup, Kargil Vijay Diwas and more Kolkata news in pictures

SHER—Society for Heritage and Ecological Researchers on Saturday felicitated forest employees and conservation champions to mark International Tiger Day, which falls on July 29. The event included a performance of Odisha’s folk dance ‘Bagha-Naacha’, a session on wildlife photography and screening of works by filmmaker Vijay Bedi

The inaugural ceremony of the Durand Cup was held at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Saturday

Amal Allana (left) in conversation with filmmaker Suman Mukhopadhyay about her new book, ‘Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive’ (Vintage Books), at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity on July 26. ‘He (Alkazi) was such an important figure in the history of Indian theatre that it was incumbent on me to write this book. I felt that it was my job, because if I wouldn't do it, who would?’ said Allana about the biography of her father

The Indian Museum received the Heritage Blue Plaque, a recognition of heritage status by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, on Friday evening

Lieutenant-general RC Tiwari UYSM, AVSM, SM, GOC-in-C Eastern Command offered floral tributes at Vijay Samarak on Kargil Vijay Diwas at Fort William. Floral tributes were offered by the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force on the occasion

An artist lends shape to a small Durga idol at Kumartuli. Only 73 days are left for Durga Puja

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee paid floral tributes to Uttam Kumar and handed over the Mahanayak Award to Nachiketa, and Uttam Kumar Award to Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ambarish Bhattacharya, Subhasis Mukhopadhyay and Rukmini Maitra at Dhana Dhanye auditorium in Alipore on Wednesday

Ujjal Biswas, minister-in-charge of the department of science & technology and biotechnology, handed over Gl-authorised users’ certiflcates to 56 registered Joynagar-er Moa shop owners, including Bablu Ghosh (orange shirt) of Shyamsundar Mistanna Bhandar, at Vigyan Chetana Bhavan, Salt Lake, on Tuesday. The popular Bengali sweet is a winter speciality