A four-day puppet-making workshop and exhibition began at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala on Thursday. It will conclude on September 17
Arnab DuttaPuja organisers carry an idol of Vishwakarma at Kumartuli on Thursday. Vishwakarma Puja will be celebrated on September 18
Arnab DuttaPeople purchase kites from a Sealdah outlet ahead of Vishwakarma Puja. There is a tradition of kite flying associated with Vishwakarma Puja. Vishwakarma Puja is celebrated on ‘kanya sankranti’ according to the Hindu almanac. It is primarily observed in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha and Tripura
Soumyajit DeyKolkata Municipal Corporation workers held a vector control drive across the city on Thursday amid rising cases of dengue
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