Prez Droupadi Murmu visits Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata
KOLKATA, MAR 27 (UNI):- President Droupadi Murmu visits Netaji Bhawan, in West Bengal on Monday.
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)
Moments from 28th Kolkata International Film Festival
India Blooms lensman Avishek Mitra brings some candid moments from West Bengal film centre Nandan, which was the epicentre of the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), which went on from Dec 15 to 22.
Mithun Chakraborty attends BJP meeting in Bengal's Purulia
Caption: Mithun Chakraborty attends a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal's Purulia and later has lunch at a party leader's house.
BJP protests against Mamata govt, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim over Dengue
The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members protested against the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim over the increase in cases of Dengue in Kolkata. The protest was held near Hakim's residence at Chetla in south Kolkata. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Left Front rallies in protest against Mamata govt over SSC job issue
Left Front leaders including veteran politician Biman Bose held a rally in downtown Kolkata on Friday demanding recruitment of legitimate School Service Commission (SSC) candidates by the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
BJP’s Nabanna Abhiyan in West Bengal
BJP workers and leaders clashed with police in Howrah district of West Bengal during the state’s primary opposition party’s march to state secretariat Nabanna Tuesday.
KOLKATA, JUL 23 (UNI):- West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee being produced at a court after he was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with its investigation into the teacher recruitment scam, in Kolkata on Saturday.
West Bengal's Sundarban celebrates World Turtle Day
A technical workshop was held at the Mangrove Interpretation Centre in Sajnekhali, Sunderban Tiger Reserve of West Bengal on the occasion of World Turtle Day Monday. Efforts are being made to increase the number of endangered turtles. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Union Home Minister and BJP top leader Amit Shah reaches West Bengal. He was welcomed by BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, junior Union Home Minister Nisith Pramanik and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari at the airport.
West Bengal: Vel Vel festival in Bandel
Glimpses of Vel Vel festival in West Bengal's Bandel. The festival is an annual celebration by a Tamil population in the region. (Image Credit: Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Bengal govt starts 'Parae Shikhalaya' for classes 5 to 7
Students of classes 5 to 7 attending "Parae Shikhalaya" or "Schools at your doorstep" in Kolkata initiated by the West Bengal government. Schools were closed indefinitely owing to the third wave of the ongoing COVID-19 driven pandemic. Images by Avishek MItra/IBNS
Bengal: Mamata holds administrative meeting in Sagar
SAGAR ISLAND, DEC 29 (UNI):- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visiting Sagar Island on Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee holds administrative review in West Bengal
KARNOJHOR, DEC 7 (UNI):- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressing during administrative review meeting of Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur districts, in Karnojhor on Tuesday.
Where men cross-dress to welcome goddess Jagadhatri in West Bengal
In a unique tradition that dates back to over 200 years, men (read straight men) in a West Bengal town near Kolkata ritually bid farewell to goddess Jagadhatri dressed up as women in sari. Tetultala Jagadhatri Maa Puja in Bhadreswar in Hooghly district this year stepped into 229 years of worshipping Jagadharti, another reincarnation of Goddess Durga. Here the men cross-dress since the British period to hail the goddess with Barandala (the bamboo tray). The tradition began when women were supposedly advised not to go out. IBNS Images by Avishek Mitra