In pics: Constitution Day, exhibition on Bengal’s craft and more news from Kolkata

(FROM TOP) As part of the Constitution Day celebrations at the state legislative Assembly in Kolkata, West Bengal legislative Assembly speaker, Biman Banerjee, and BJP MLAs pay tribute to BR Ambedkar, chairperson of the drafting committee of the Constitution; deputy marshall, West Bengal legislative Assembly, Bholanath Mukherjee, takes a close look at a photolithographic copy of the original Constitution at the event. Constitution Day is celebrated on November 26 to mark the date of adoption of the Indian Constitution in 1949. It came into effect on January 26, 1950

K.K. Patro, principal chief electrical engineer, Metro Railway, reads out the Preamble of the Indian Constitution in the presence of officers and staffers at the Metro Railway Bhavan to mark the Constitution Day on Saturday

Artefacts on display at an interactive, multi-media exhibition titled ‘Parted Crafts’ which showcased the impact of the Partition of Bengal on the handicraft culture. The 10-day exhibition was inaugurated on Friday at the Bengal Gallery, ICCR, Kolkata. It will remain open to visitors between 3pm and 8pm. The project, supported through a Mead Fellowship award, granted to curator Archi Banerjee by the University of the Arts, London, is in collaboration with the Kolkata Partition Museum Trust. (Clockwise from top) A ‘shola’ mask; ‘Lakkhir shora’, a painting by Munshiganj’s artist Abalarani Pal; clay toys from Shekarnagar Mela Munshiganj; a man takes a close look at ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s portrait on ‘pati’ created by second-generation migrant ‘pati’ weavers from Cooch Behar; ‘Tana-Poren’, a local magazine, started by Balaram Basak and Haripada Basak in the 1980s to document the history of Phulia’s weaver community. The exhibition aims to take a fresh look at marginalised artisanal communities

Water sprinkling vehicles and mechanical sweepers to suppress road dust were flagged off by Kolkata mayor, Firhad Hakim, and Debashis Kumar, member, mayor-in-council on Saturday. The project has been undertaken by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, department of environment

A pavement dweller sleeps inside a mosquito net while another person sleeps in the open in north Kolkata. Dengue awareness and cleanliness drives have been arranged at several wards in Kolkata

An official helps a young boy at a special camp organised for the enrolment of persons with disabilities in the electoral rolls at the Calcutta Blind School on Saturday