Khunti Puja, Rath Yatra festival and more news from Kolkata in pictures

Bhawanipore 75 Palli held an interfaith khuti puja on Sunday, marking the beginning of its 60th year of Durga Puja celebrations. The event brought together religious leaders from different faiths in a ceremony aimed at promoting unity and mutual respect

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Shree Shree Jagannath Temple at the Hazrakali Temple complex in Rajarhat, Newtown, was inaugurated on Sunday

My Kolkata

School students celebrated Vanmahotsav 2024 on Sunday, planting trees at the Eden Gardens premises

Ashim Paul

Buyers queued up in front of a Sufal Bangla van on Sunday morning to escape the . With vegetable prices skyrocketing prices of vegetables in the market. Sufal Bangla is a government initiative to sell fresh vegetables and fruits at subsidised rates

Suvendu Das

(Top) Fishing boats on the Namkhana bank of Muriganga river. (Above) Hilsa remain scarce in the Bay of Bengal, forcing fishermen to travel up to 700km near the Bangladesh border for catch. Inadequate rain and oppressive heat are being blamed for the paucity in supply of hilsa

Satyajit Shaw

Iskcon monks take Lakshmi Devi on a palanquin to ‘Maasibari’ at the Brigade Parade Ground on Thursday

Soumyajit Dey

Construction of an L-shaped subway of East West Metro at Howrah. Once operational, commuters will no longer have to exit the Howrah Metro station premises to reach the railway station. Instead, they can traverse through the Metro station concourse, gaining direct access to the railway station for taking trains from the eastern and southeastern zones

Suvendu Das

Kolkata Municipal Corporation will start reconstructing the dilapidated Park Circus market after Durga Puja. The traders will be shifted to Park Circus Maidan. At present, iron safety nets have been put up by KMC to prevent injury of people moving inside the market

Suvendu Das

Dark clouds loomed over the Maidan last Monday morning. Monsoon showers have been erratic in Kolkata. On Sunday, the city received 15.8mm rain till evening after traces of rain were reported on Saturday

Soumyajit Dey