Father’s Day, Ganga Puja and more news from Kolkata in pictures
Father’s Day, Ganga Puja and more news from Kolkata in pictures
A quick look at the week that was for Kolkata
My Kolkata Web Desk
Published 16.06.24, 08:16 PM
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Craft-making, quizzing, public demonstration and more kept children and their parents engaged at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum on Father’s Day
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Ganga Puja was performed on the banks of river Hooghly at Bagbazar Ghat and Babu Ghat on Sunday. Several devotees were seen offering prayers in the morning
Ashim Paul and Suvendu Das
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Ganga Puja being performed at Belur Math
Ramakrishna Mission
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71 Palli Baishakhi Sarbojanin Durga committee began the countdown to Durga Puja 2024 with Khuti Puja. Khuti Puja formally marks the commencement of Durga Puja
Ashim Paul
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Bengal Tourism Fest is being held at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra from June 16 to 19 to promote state tourism
Ashim Paul
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Local residents help pull out a car that fell into the Hooghly river with a boy inside on Sunday morning. The boy had allegedly fiddled with the steering wheel, causing the vehicle to roll into the river. Prompt action by onlookers helped save the child
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A fire broke out at 1 Camac Street on Tuesday morning. Just three days on, a fire broke out on the third floor of Acropolis Mall on the busy Rashbehari connector around Friday noon. The mall has been shut till further notice
Suvendu Das/My Kolkata
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Kolkata and several parts of south Bengal are once again reeling under a pre-monsoon heatwave. The weather on Sunday was hot and humid with the maximum temperature touching 36.4˚C. The condition is unlikely to improve in the next two days, IMD officials said on Sunday
