Author and International Booker Prize recipient Geetanjali Shree at the Saraswati Puja organised by the Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) at its Balaram Bose Ghat Road office in Bhowanipore on January 26. (Right) Doyen of Indian classical music Ustad Rashid Khan was also present at the puja and presented a bhajan recital. Anindita Chatterjee, executive trustee of PKF, helped organise the event on the auspicious occasion of Vasant Panchami. Following the festive rituals and ‘anjali’, a sumptuous ‘bhog’ was served to all present
Prabha Khaitan FoundationDevotees immerse an idol of Goddess Saraswati at Nimtala Ghat on Friday
Arnab DuttaMany devotees flocked to Babughat for immersion of Saraswati idols
Suvendu DasA littered Leslie Claudius Sarani, opposite the Eden Gardens and near Babughat, a day after the Republic Day parade and Saraswati Puja. The tableaux for the parade are kept on this street and this is where they get the finishing touches
Barnini Maitra ChakrabortySchool students and visitors check out the stalls at the Bengal Global Trade Expo on Friday. The event will continue till January 29
Soumyajit DeyGOC-in-C, Eastern Command, Lt Gen R P Kalita (second from left) during a ‘Meet the Press Programme’ at Press Club on Friday. The situation along the eastern border with China is “stable” but “unpredictable” due to undefined perceptions about the boundary, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, Lt Gen R P Kalita said. The Eastern Command takes care of the LAC in the Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim sectors. "The whole problem stems from the fact that the border between India and China is undefined. There are different perceptions about the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which lead to problems. As of now the situation in the eastern side of the border is stable but unpredictable due to different perceptions about the border, " he said at a Meet the Press programme at the Press Club, Kolkata
Suvendu Das