Australian High Commissioner pays tribute to Tagore at Jorasanko Thakurbari
Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell AO, and Australian Consul-General in Kolkata, Ms Rowan Ainsworth, on Thursday (May 18, 2023) visited Jorasanko Thakurbari, the birthplace of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, and paid their tribute. Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
Top stars attend ICC's Pride of Bengal Awards
Top stars including Bollywood actor Abhishek Banerjee, veteran Rupa Ganguly, actor-MP Mimi Chakraborty, music composer Jeet Ganguli were among the attendees at the ICC's Pride of Bengal Awards held at a city hotel in Kolkata on Friday. (Photography: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Ishaa Saha becomes Senco Gold & Diamonds' brand ambassador
Tollywood Ishaa Saha has been roped by Senco Gold & Diamonds' to become its brand ambassador. (Photography: IBNS)
Ridhima Ghosh launches Infinix's HOT 30i
Tollywood actor Ridhima Ghosh recently launched Infinix's HOT 30i in Kolkata. (Photography: IBNS)
CEO Tim Cook officially opens India's 2nd Apple store in Delhi's Saket
New Delhi: Apple opened India's second retail store called 'Apple Saket' in New Delhi on Thursady, amid loud cheers and applause. CEO Tim Cook welcomed customers to Apple retail store in Saket at the famous Select Citywalk Mall.Image Credit: tweeted by @tim_cook
Lopamudra Mitra inaugurates jewellery, saree exhibition in Kolkata
Popular Bengali singer Lopamudra Mitra has recently inaugurated Senco Gold & Diamond's four-day exhibition showcasing a new range of handcrafted ‘Padaboli’ jewellery collection along with a range of handwoven sarees. (Photography: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Nusrat Jahan attends ORDI's World Rare Disease event
Tollywood actor-MP Nusrat Jahan along with singer Anupam Roy, cricketer-politician Manoj Tiwari and others recently attended a press conference held by the Organisation for Rare Diseases India or ORDI on World Rare Disease. Besides Bengaluru, the event is being held in 13 other cities nationally including Davangere, Mysore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kochi, Pune, Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Kolkata's iconic trams mark 150th anniversary of service
KOLKATA, FEB 24 (UNI):- Trams, which started rolling in Kolkata streets in 1873 and intertwined with city life for so long, is celebrating its 150 years of journey in Kolkata on Friday.(Image credit:UNI)
Arjun Chakrabarty, Bonny Sengupta, Saurav Das launch Ethnix by Raymond in Kolkata
Bengali actors Arjun Chakrabarty, Bonny Sengupta and Saurav Das have recently launched Ethnix by Raymond's first flagship store in Kolkata. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
In Images: Jugal's hosts Literature Festival on Mishti
US Consul General to Kolkata Melinda Pavek last week inaugurated Jugal's Literature Festival on Mishti (sweetmeats), which went on for two days from Feb 11, at the Town Hall in Kolkata. The event was hosted by Lahana Ghosh, the grandchild of popular sweetmeat-making shop Jugal's owner on the occasion of the shop's completion of its 100th year. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Glimpses of International Kolkata Book Fair 2023
IBNS lensman Avishek Mitra brings glimpses of the 46th International Kolkata Book Fair which is being held at Boi Mela Prangan at Central Park in Salt Lake, Kolkata.
Kolkata: Vivekananda Mission School Alumni Association, VMS celebrate Saraswati Puja
Vivekananda Mission School Alumni Association, in association with south Kolkata's Vivekananda Mission School, organized the fifth edition of Bani Bandana on Thursday (January 26, 2023). Teachers and students joined the celebration this year without COVID-19 fears as the school conducted its first Saraswati Puja event after the pandemic.
Kolkata celebrates New Year 2023
People in Kolkata are in the mood of celebration as they embrace the New Year 2023. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Kolkata: Shashi Tharoor at Oxford Bookstore's celebration of 100 years
Congress MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor was present at an interactive session held at Kolkata's Oxford Bookstore, which has completed its 100 years. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
In Images: Kolkata soaks in Christmas spirit
Kolkata is on a high as Christmas spirit sweeps the city. While churches hold midnight mass, the brightly illuminated Park Street is the centre of attraction for the young. The city’s Anglo-Indian hub Bow Barracks in central part is also celebrating Christmas like every year. IBNS lensman Avishek Mitra captures the moods.