CM at iftar party, sizzling Wednesday & more news from Kolkata in pictures

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As the Met department announced a heatwave spell between April 12 and 16, people were spotted wearing sunglasses and caps and some even used umbrellas as sunscreens to protect themselves from the sizzling summer

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The country’s oldest and iconic football club, Mohun Bagan’s main gate is set to be named after legendary footballer Chuni Goswami. Goswami passed away in 2020. The gate will be officially renamed and inaugurated at 10.30 am on April 15 by another sporting icon, Sunil Gavaskar. It may be noted that Goswami had captained both India and Mohun Bagan and had scored nine goals in 30 international appearances. His major achievements with the club were winning the Calcutta football league six times, the IFA Shield and Durand Cup four times as skipper. He also played first-class cricket for Bengal. Goswami’s wife Basanti will grace the occasion

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A press conference was held at Kolkata Press Club regarding the Nabo Borsho Boi Utsav which is scheduled to be held between April 16 and April 25 at Taltola ground. Dignitaries present were (from left) Sribindu Bhattacharya, vice-president, Guild; Debasish Kumar, MMIC and MLA; Tridib Kr Chatterjee, general secretary, Guild; Sudhangshu Sekhar Dey, president, Guild; Mousumi Das, councillor Ward no 93 and Tapas Saha, treasurer, Guild

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Spencer’s on Wednesday announced its Fish Festival (with the biggest-ever offer) Spencer’s MEEN Mangal in Kolkata from April 12-16 to usher in the Bengali New Year, 1430. The major attraction at the Quest Mall was a giant-sized (28 kg) katla which reached Kolkata after “undertaking” a non-stop 1,500 km journey from the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in a refrigerated van. The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across Krishna river at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh