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French Film Festival, KMDA initiatives and more Kolkata news in pictures

A quick look at the week that was for Kolkata

My Kolkata Web Desk Published 23.02.25, 07:05 PM
Filmmaker Goutam Ghose, actors Naseeruddin Shah, and Rituparna Sengupta and director of Alliance française du Bengale Nicolas Facino inaugurated the second edition of the French Film Festival on February 22. It will continue till March 1 at Alliance Française du Bengale on Park Street
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Filmmaker Goutam Ghose, actors Naseeruddin Shah, and Rituparna Sengupta and director of Alliance française du Bengale Nicolas Facino inaugurated the second edition of the French Film Festival on February 22. It will continue till March 1 at Alliance Française du Bengale on Park Street

Amit Datta
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Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is naming more trees with QR codes at Rabindra Sarobar to educate people about the flora. Scanning the QR code will give one all the information on the tree
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Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is naming more trees with QR codes at Rabindra Sarobar to educate people about the flora. Scanning the QR code will give one all the information on the tree

Suvendu Das
Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centre, Kolkata, in collaboration with Khelo Rugby, Future Hope, and Make Calcutta Relevant Again, organised the Fit India Morning Maidan Olympics on Kolkata’s Maidan on February 22. The event brought together over 300 young athletes, celebrating fitness, teamwork, and sportsmanship as part of the nationwide Fit India Movement
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Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centre, Kolkata, in collaboration with Khelo Rugby, Future Hope, and Make Calcutta Relevant Again, organised the Fit India Morning Maidan Olympics on Kolkata’s Maidan on February 22. The event brought together over 300 young athletes, celebrating fitness, teamwork, and sportsmanship as part of the nationwide Fit India Movement

My Kolkata
An artist paints a Shiva-Durga idol in Kolkata ahead of Shivaratri. The festival will be celebrated on February 26 this year
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An artist paints a Shiva-Durga idol in Kolkata ahead of Shivaratri. The festival will be celebrated on February 26 this year

My Kolkata
Students of Visva-Bharati take part in a march on International Mother Language Day in Santiniketan
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Students of Visva-Bharati take part in a march on International Mother Language Day in Santiniketan

Rupesh Bhakat
Early spring rain caught Kolkatans unawares on February 20 slowing down traffic and leading to congestion on roads, inconveniencing examinees and office commuters
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Early spring rain caught Kolkatans unawares on February 20 slowing down traffic and leading to congestion on roads, inconveniencing examinees and office commuters

Soumyajit Dey
(Top) Eastern Railway ran a special train carrying a statue of Swami Vivekananda from Budge Budge to Sealdah on February 19 to commemorate the 128th anniversary of his historic return to Kolkata from Chicago and (above) the statue then proceeded to Alambazar Ramakrishna Math in a horse carriage
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(Top) Eastern Railway ran a special train carrying a statue of Swami Vivekananda from Budge Budge to Sealdah on February 19 to commemorate the 128th anniversary of his historic return to Kolkata from Chicago and (above) the statue then proceeded to Alambazar Ramakrishna Math in a horse carriage

Soumyajit Dey and Suvendu Das
After New Market, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata police conducted a joint drive to evacuate hawkers from the pavement in front of Yogayog Bhavan on Chittaranjan Avenue on February 18
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After New Market, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata police conducted a joint drive to evacuate hawkers from the pavement in front of Yogayog Bhavan on Chittaranjan Avenue on February 18

My Kolkata
Construction work for extension of platform 15 at Howrah railway station is complete to help accommodate 24-coach trains
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Construction work for extension of platform 15 at Howrah railway station is complete to help accommodate 24-coach trains

Suvendu Das

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