Martinez receives East Bengal membership, clear sky & more news in pictures from Kolkata

Nigel Huddleston MP, United Kingdom minister of state for International Trade at the Department for Business and Trade, visited the Rabindra Bharati Museum, Jorasanko to learn about Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's life, family, legacy and historical connect with the United Kingdom, a country Tagore visited so many times. Minister Huddleston was accompanied by Nick Low, British deputy high commissioner, Kolkata and Anna Shotbolt, deputy trade commissioner, South Asia at British High Commission, New Delhi. Minister Huddleston is on a two-day visit to Kolkata to promote UK-India trade and investment

FIFA World Cup 2022 winning team member Argentinian Emiliano Martinez was presented the lifetime membership of East Bengal FC by the club's officials during the 'Tahader Kotha' event in Kolkata on Tuesday

Kolkata has been experiencing hot and humid weather for the past few days. On Tuesday, the sky was more or less clear with patches of cloud. However, there was no rain respite

Vegetable prices have skyrocketed in West Bengal with chillies and tomatoes seeing a steep increase of more than 200 per cent in the past fortnight. The West Bengal government has already taken cognisance of the issue and directed its own retailing network, Sufal Bangla, to deliver fair-price vegetables in the city. The price rise has come at a time when the country was expecting an ease in inflation. The consumer price index-based inflation stood at 4.25% in May against 4.7 per cent in April