Mamata kicks off procession on Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday kicked off a grand procession in Kolkata to pay tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary. Before the commencement of the procession from Syambazar area in the northern part of the city, Banerjee blew a conch shell and a siren was sounded at 12.15 pm, the time when Bose was born on this day in 1897.