In pictures: Award for Mary Kom, Metro trial runs, mango season and more news from Kolkata

(L-R) Prosanto Chandra, joint managing director, PC Chandra Jewellers; A.K. Chandra, director, PC Chandra Group; MC Mary Kom, Olympic-winning boxer; Geet Sethi, billiards champion; and Prosenjit Chandra, director, PC Chandra Jewellers at the 30th edition of the annual PC Chandra Puraskaar. The award was conferred on Mary Kom at a ceremony at Science City this year. PC Chandra Puraskaar carries an honorarium of Rs. 20 lakh. Our annual awards ceremony, in remembrance of our founding father Purna Chandra Chandra, gives us the opportunity to honour multifaceted legends of our country. This year we feel extremely honoured to be able to felicitate one of the favourite daughters of our nation. She has successfully fulfilled her passion for boxing, breaking many social barriers,’ Prosanto Chandra said

A man draws graffiti on a wall near Burrabazar on Monday

Clouds hover over the Howrah bridge on Monday afternoon. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast cloudy skies with possibility of thunder and lightning in Kolkata

It’s the season of mangoes and there seems to be a bounty this year

Trial runs were conducted today by Kolkata Metro on the Kavi Subhash to Hemanta Mukhopadhyay stretch to check all parameters before commercial services begin. These photographs of the trial runs were posted by Metro Railway Kolkata on their social media handles.