In pics: CISCE results, Mother’s Day and more news from Kolkata

Scenes at Ram Mohan Mission School soon after the results for this year’s Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Class X and Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class XII exams were announced on Sunday afternoon. Both exams are conducted by the Council For The Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)

Mother and child? A woman and a cuckoo share a moment on Mother’s Day

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Saturday, ahead of his concert at the East Bengal Club ground. The meeting took place at the CM’s residence in Kalighat

Acting Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam was sworn in as the chief justice of Calcutta High Court on Thursday. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee later greeted him at court number one

A Missile Park was inaugurated at Science City on National Technology Day. The park has been designed and developed to showcase the (missile) development programme of the country through life-size replicas of missiles

Saraf House near Raj Bhavan caught fire on Wednesday morning. Governor C.V. Ananda Bose rushed to the site to oversee the fire-fighting operation. He was later joined by chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Seven fire-tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames

A British-era cannon was finally excavated from Strand Road near Eastern Railway building on Wednesday

Union minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal, receives the first Indian cargo ship at the Sittwe Port on Tuesday. This port will reduce 50% cost and time of transportation of goods between Kolkata and Agartala and Aizwal

Sister Nivedita University (SNU) on Monday awarded an honorary D'Litt degree to sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan. Author Manishankar Mukherjee aka Shankar and industry doyen Ratan Tata also received the honour. Amjad Ali Khan and Shankar received the awards from West Bengal governor C.V. Ananda Bose, the chief guest on the occasion. Ratan Tata, however, could not be present