In pics: Kolkata Book Fair, Salt Lake flower show and more news from the city

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School students visit the Annual Flower Show at Banabitan Biodiversity Park, Salt Lake, on Friday February 3. The show is organised by the West Bengal Forest Department and the West Bengal Forest Development Corporation Limited every year. West Bengal minister for forest affairs and non-conventional and renewable energy sources, Jyoti Priya Mallick, inaugurated the flower show. The four-day flower show will end on February 6

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To commemorate the distinguished services rendered by General KS Thimayya, Padma Bhushan, DSO, a commemorative postage stamp and the first day cover were issued by the Department of Posts and Army Postal Service Corps at Fort William, Kolkata on February 4. Lt General RP Kalita, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command, and Col of the Kumaon & Naga Regiments and Kumaon Scouts unveiled the stamp and signed the First Day Cover in the presence of prominent dignitaries, veterans, senior serving army officers and the present and Ex-Commanding Officers of 4 & 8 Kumaon, the battalions where General KS Thimayya had served

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Children take a look at different birds at the Foreign Bird Fair organised by Baguiati Sports Council on February 3

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A rally by women members of various Durga puja committees to express their gratitude to the Unesco for according it the cultural heritage tag. Women ‘dhakis’ and women Chhau dancers participated in the rally that began from Rabindra Sadan and ended at Dorina crossing

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The Royal Calcutta Turf Club races were held on Thursday at the Kolkata Race Course. Lt Gen RP Kalita, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, presented The Eastern Command Cup. Nisha Kalita, regional president, Army Wives’ Welfare Association, presented the Lt Gen Jameel Mahmood Memorial Cup to the winners

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A man watches live telecast of the Union Budget 2023 at a TV repairing shop on Wednesday, February 1. The budget was presented by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman. This is the last full-fledged budget before the 2024 Lok Sabha election

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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee prepares tea at a stall run by a tribal woman in Santiniketan on Wednesday, February 1. The chief minister was on a three-day visit to Bolpur to review administrative work between January 30 and February 1

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Twenty-year-old Moumita Ghosh from Kolkata won the gold medal in Equipped Powerlifting 84+ kg and a silver medal in Classic Powerlifting 84+ kg at Commonwealth Classic and Equipped Sub-Junior Open & Powerlifting & Benchpress Championship held at Auckland, New Zealand in 2022. On February 1, she received a financial grant of Rs 2 lakh from Aroop Biswas, minister of Youth Services and Sports. Sports secretary Rajesh Kumar Sinha was present on the occasion