Janmashtami prep picks up pace, National Space Day at BITM and more Kolkata news in pictures

An artist lends finishing touches to an idol of Gopal ahead of Janmashtami. It falls on August 26 this year

(Top) With the sun playing hide-and-seek for many days now, preparations for Durga Puja at Patua Para were on in full swing on Thursday afternoon and (above) Ahiritola Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal is being made using tin sheets painted to depict different subject. Only 48 days are remaining for Durga Puja

Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata, presented a popular talk ‘Life in Outer Space’ by Saikat Kumar Basu, research director, PFS, Lethbridge, Canada, for schoolchildren on Thursday as the nation celebrates the maiden National Space Day with the theme ‘Touching Lives while Touching the Moon: India's Space Saga’

Bandhan Bank celebrated its foundation day on Thursday with two new launches, Bandhan Bank Delights and Avni. Rajinder Kumar Babbar (left) executive director and chief business officer Ratan Kumar Kesh (right) managing director and chief executive officer at a city hotel did the honours

Mamraj Jayatri Foundation distributed saplings for a plantation drive on Thursday at the National Library

A special Thika Cell has been established at Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Headquarters where citizens can avail all Thika related services like mutation, building NOC, Thika lease etc. at a single-window counter

Mobile toilets have been stationed at the Maidan for the convenience of fans coming to watch the Calcutta Football League 2024 matches