Countdown to Durga Puja, rainfall update & more news from Kolkata in pictures

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A sneak peek into the puja pandal of Bagbazar Pally at Gouri Mata Uddyan. The theme for this year is ‘Magaj Dholai’ (Brainwashing). The organisers have tried to highlight how social media often wrongly influences people. While there are several advantages of social media, it also spreads fake news and leads to scams. We aim to address this issue through our theme,” said Ankush Choudhury, the theme ideator

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A glimpse of Kumartuli Sarbojanin Durgotsav pandal where the theme is 'Larhai' (Fight).The pandal will showcase artworks from various parts of Bengal such as patachitra, chhau masks and more. Debasish Bhattacharjee, executive member of the committee, said, “Our theme is based on the fight to keep alive our traditional handicrafts in a mechanised world.”

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The first anniversary celebration of Wheels- Lotus TMT Medical Bus was celebrated at JW Marriott, Kolkata, by BDG Ramesh Goyal Seva Sansthan (BDGRGSS), in association with FACES. The bus is equipped with all primary healthcare services such as eye, dental and ENT check-up and treatment, general check-up, pathological laboratory, general OPD, ECG and X-ray facilities and more. Medicines and spectacles are also provided

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Mega Swachhata Shramdaan, a cleanliness drive, was conducted on October 1 at Gandhi Ghat, Barrackpore, by ETAA (Enterprising Travel Agents’ Association) and Yuva Tourism Clubs from JIS University

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Kolkata has been experiencing heavy rainfall for the past seven days. According to IMD, a well-marked low pressure in the Bay of Bengal is causing rainfall in parts of West Bengal and Jharkhand. The recorded rainfall on Sunday morning since Saturday was 57.4 mm

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) used a drone to spray medicine over Jadavpur's Krishna Glass Factory area to combat dengue

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The Birla Industrial and Technology Museum organised a Science Drama competition on Wednesday. It was inaugurated by Soumitra Basu, professor of drama, Rabindra Bharati University. The theme of the competition was Science and Technology for the Benefit Of Mankind

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The wooden stick used by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was unveiled at Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, on Tuesday on the occasion of Vidyasagar's birth anniversary. The stick, from the vault of Victoria Memorial Hall, has been displayed as the object of the month