Winter events, Christmas countdown and more news from Kolkata in pictures
A quick look at the week that was for Kolkata
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My Kolkata Web Desk |
Published 17.12.23, 09:28 PM
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A drone and light show was organised at Victoria Memorial on the occasion of Vijay Diwas
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Visitors enjoyed a sunny winter afternoon at Alipore Zoological Garden on Sunday
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Garden Reach Football Coaching Centre held ‘All Bengal Walking Competition’ with senior citizens on Sunday
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(Clockwise from top left) Lieutenant-General RP Kalita, general officer commanding-in-chief, Eastern Command and Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal salute at Vijay Smarak on Vijay Diwas on Saturday; a ‘mukti joddha’ from Bangladesh browses through photographs of the Bangladesh Liberation War at Fort William and an Indian Army Helicopter showers flower petals over the monument
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Shoppers at New Market in the run-up to Christmas
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People buying winter clothes from the Bhutia market on Wellington Street on Thursday
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Siouxsan Robinson (right) and her daughter Chokash Nanaiya Owns-Different-Horses Robinson of Native Pride Dancers from the USA perform the Ladies Fancy Shawl Dance on the lawns of Victoria Memorial Hall on the afternoon of December 13
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Kolkata International Film Festival ended with a grand closing ceremony at Nandan on Tuesday. The International Moving Images Special Jury Award was presented to ‘Chalchitro Akhon’ by Anjan Dutt while the Best Director award went to Karlos Aniel Malave and the film ‘Children of Nobody’ received the Best Film award
Suvendu Das and Ashim Paul
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To commemorate the platinum jubilee Year of South Point School and High School, India Post (Govt. of India), Philatelic Department, Kolkata, released a special postal stamp under the “My Stamp” programme on Tuesday to commemorate the school’s platinum jubilee year
