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Kolkatans watch Union Budget, eve of Saraswati Puja and more news in pictures

A quick look at the day that was for Kolkata

My Kolkata Web Desk Published 01.02.25, 07:09 PM
Students of Bethune Collegiate School in north Kolkata busy in preparations on the eve of Saraswati Puja. The timing of the puja starts on Sunday afternoon and ends on Monday morning this year
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Students of Bethune Collegiate School in north Kolkata busy in preparations on the eve of Saraswati Puja. The timing of the puja starts on Sunday afternoon and ends on Monday morning this year

Arnab Dutta
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Even as Kolkatans remained glued to TV screens watching finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman present the Union Budget 2025, the wholesale price of yellow marigold garlands surged to Rs 350 for 20 pieces. By the time the garlands reached markets across Kolkata, they sell for Rs 40-45 per piece
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Even as Kolkatans remained glued to TV screens watching finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman present the Union Budget 2025, the wholesale price of yellow marigold garlands surged to Rs 350 for 20 pieces. By the time the garlands reached markets across Kolkata, they sell for Rs 40-45 per piece

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(Top) Schoolgirls watch sold Saraswati idols being taken away at Krishnanagar and (above) a woman chooses idols at Dum Dum Nagerbazar
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(Top) Schoolgirls watch sold Saraswati idols being taken away at Krishnanagar and (above) a woman chooses idols at Dum Dum Nagerbazar

Ramit Sarkar and Amit Datta
Passers-by look at a gutted shop near the Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters in New Market area on Saturday. No injuries were reported
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Passers-by look at a gutted shop near the Kolkata Municipal Corporation headquarters in New Market area on Saturday. No injuries were reported

Soumyajit Dey
(Clockwise from left) A Saraswati idol towers 111 feet above the ground at at Batanagar Newland Ground in Maheshtala Municipality, idols crafted according to Motchuri art are ready for worship at Mitra Bari in Bansdroni and (above) Sanskrit Collegiate School students draw ‘alpona’ on their school premises
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(Clockwise from left) A Saraswati idol towers 111 feet above the ground at at Batanagar Newland Ground in Maheshtala Municipality, idols crafted according to Motchuri art are ready for worship at Mitra Bari in Bansdroni and (above) Sanskrit Collegiate School students draw ‘alpona’ on their school premises

Pintu Mondal, Sannidh Raychaudhuri & Arnab Dutta

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