Baul Fakiri Mela, Navy Day celebrations and more Kolkata news in pictures

A three-day Baul Fakiri Mela was held at Bananabagarm, nearly 150km from Kolkata. Baul performers from several parts of West Bengal took part in the fair that ended on November 24

Satyajit Shaw

INS Savitri, an offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Navy, has arrived at the Kidderpore docks as part of Navy Day celebrations 2024. Citizens will be able to take a tour of the vessel from 9am to 4pm till November 26

Suvendu Das

Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession 2024 was held on November 24 at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. The procession is co-organised by the Archdiocese of Calcutta and the Catholic Association of Bengal

Suvendu Das

Winter sets in at Rabindra Sarobar

Karo Christine Kumar

Vignettes from the Kolkata Travel Mart 2024 being held at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra in Salt Lake. The three-day festival ends on November 25

Arnab Dutta

Students of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Deoghar, Jharkhand, made the most of the mobile science exhibition vehicle ‘Machine in Everyday Life’ and ‘Measurement’ of Birla Industrial and Technological Museum on November 21 and 22. It was a part of BITM’s Biennial Educational Exhibition at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith

BITM

The forest department started the annual tiger census by fixing trap cameras in South 24-Parganas on November 21. The census will be completed simultaneously across the Indian part of the Sunderbans this year

Pintu Mondal

Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) organised an open-air science show for Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ballygunge, students on November 20

BITM

Bharat Dev Varma, a member of the former ruling family of the princely state of Tripura, husband of actress Moon Moon Sen and father of actresses Raima and Riya Sen, passed away at his Ballygunge Circular Road home in south Kolkata on November 19. (In photo) Moon Moon Sen and Raima address the media and (right) chief minister Mamata Banerjee and actress Rituparna Sengupta step out after offering condolences to the bereaved family on Tuesday evening

Ashim Paul

A fire broke out in the food court of Acropolis Mall on November 18. ‘A minor fire incident occurred in the frying equipment at the Wow Momo counter in Acropolis Mall at 10.40 am. Our mall team promptly used fire extinguishers to control the situation,’ said Subhadip Basu, corporate general manager, hospitality and mall (Merlin Group). On June 14, a fire was reported at the Crossword store in Kasba mall after which it was shut down for one-and-a-half months. The mall reopened on August 3

Soumyajit Dey