National Space Day celebrations, Jhulan Yatra and more Kolkata news in pictures

Sourav Ganguly was at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre on Saturday morning at an event organised by Innoverv. The former Team India captain spoke about various aspects of leadership, including how the 2001 Test match at the Eden Gardens against Australia proved that true leadership emerges under pressure

Amit Pramanik

Birla Industrial and Technology Museum is celebrating the National Space Day with Space Fortnight from August 16 to 30, featuring exhibition of models from Isro, dark room presentation ‘A Slice of Space’, 3-D show ‘Group of Eight’, film show ‘Isro Space Missions’, interactive show ‘Space-tacular Science’ and a host of workshops and popular lectures this month

Birla Industrial and Technological Museum

Heavy rain lashed south Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, stranding commuters

Soumyajit Dey

(Top) Decorations ahead of Jhulan Utsab at Barda Basak Street close to Jhulantala crossing and (above) various aspects of Lord Krishna’s life have been highlighted in the fourth year of the Jhulan Yatra at Garai Bari, College Street, Krishnanagar, Nadia district

Suvendu Das and Ramit Sarkar