Durga Puja preparations, Sealdah-Ranaghat train services and more Kolkata news in pictures

Hues of magenta lit up the dawn sky around 5.30am on Sunday

Idols from Kumartuli have started heading for pandals across the city with just 11 days to go before Durga Puja begins

Sealdah to Ranaghat train services completed 162 years. To commemorate the occasion, celebrations were held at Sealdah station on Sunday. School students put up various performances while the EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) train making its journey from Sealdah to Ranaghat was decorated

BM Birla Heart Hospital (BMB), part of CK Birla Hospitals, has launched a report on India’s cardiac health – ‘Every Beat Counts’. The report sheds light on the cardiac health crisis and offers valuable insights and actionable strategies to address the growing prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) across the country

Princeton Club organised the Calcutta Classic Challenger 18 - 2024 Open General Quiz on September 28. Over 20 teams participated in the event. Teams joined not only from Kolkata but also from Hyderabad. The quiz was conducted by the quizmaster Abhijit Banerjee

Costume artist Karthik Sarkar of Krishnanagar crafts jewellery from pith, sequins and other colourful embellishments for Durga and her children. ‘This year, the goddess of a ‘baroari’ puja in Howrah will dress up in this finery.’ Krishnanagar is renowned for its arts and besides pottery, commands considerable reputation for artificial jewellery-making. The produce from this industry which spreads across Nadia district is sent to different places across West Bengal

Around 2,420 tonnes of Bangladeshi hilsa arrived in West Bengal via Petrapole-Benapole India-Bangladesh border in North 24-Parganas on September 27 before they were spotted being sold in Kolkata markets

(Top) Acropolis Mall in Kasba’s Rajdanga celebrated its 9th birthday in style on September 25. Sushil Mohta, chairman of Merlin Group and developer of the leading state-of-the-art shopping destination, distributed new clothes among children from Pathchala in presence of Rukmini Paul, president, Pathchala, and Subhadip Basu, general manager of the mall and (above) shoppers made the most of a rainy day at the mall)

As a part of the Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign 2024 a drama titled 'Mission Swachhata' was put up by Hridaypur Naba Sopanat at the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum on September 24

This year, the Alipore Zoological Garden is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Besides several events, the zoo is also getting a makeover. In picture, workers giving finishing touches to the new gate