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Kolkata Diary: ‘IIEST should introduce AI, robotics programmes’
Courses on non-conventional energy and robotics have to be brought in,” he said, appealing to the alumni to extend help and give direction in launching advanced programmes.
Director of Indian Institute of Engineering Science and…
CPI(M) gives clarion call, asks supporters to join fight against TMC’s corruption
Thousands of CPI(M) supporters turned up at the rally venue spilling over the arterial thoroughfares of the state capital.
Enforcement Directorate issues lookout notice against TMC’s Shahjahan Sheikh after attack on…
The complaint alleging that Shahjahan may have “crossed the border” and “liaison with terrorists” may be inquired into immediately, the statement added.
West Bengal: Trinamool Congress leader Shankar Adhya arrested by ED in ration scam case
The arrest comes a day after an ED team was attacked during raids related to the case.
Horror as mob attack leaves ED team bleeding
4 officials assaulted while raiding TMC leader’s house in West Bengal; Guv warns Mamata govt
Two cops killed, three injured as car rams into patrolling van in Bengal’s Howrah
A Howrah city-bound vehicle rammed into the rear of the police patrolling van which was parked by the roadside and fled the spot, the police said.
CBI, ED file reports to Calcutta High Court on probe into primary school jobs scam
Submitting a report on the alleged irregularities in the recruitment, the CBI counsel stated that the stages involved in it showed how corruption was converted into a form of art.
Nandini Chakrabarty, JNU alumni, becomes second woman home secy of Bengal
“In an incident in 2012, the CM was unhappy with Nandini. In the middle of an event where Nandini was sharing stage with the CM,
UGC directive to stop admission to MPhil will not be implemented in Bengal: Minister
West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said to the media that the state " will not follow the diktat of UGC."
1 lakh join Gita chant, PM says good for harmony
In his message, Modi described the Hindu scripture as a practical guide providing a path to lead a meaningful life.
Bengal Guv removes Jadavpur VC ahead of ‘unauthorised convocation’
The problem surfaced when the governor, as a chancellor, refused to allow the authorities to hold the court meeting to ratify decisions to go ahead with the convocation.
ED questions Bengal’s magician PC Sorcar in chit-fund scam
It was not the first time the magician came under the scanner of a central agency. In 2021, the CBI searched his Ballygunge residence in connection with the same case.
ED reply on Trinamool MLA’s bail plea sought in teachers’ job scam
Bhattacharya is currently in custody in connection to a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in teacher’s recruitment in West Bengal.
EC to identify ‘expenditure sensitive’ booths in Bengal
Sources in the Election Commission said chief electoral officer Aariz Aftab recently met officials of income tax, customs and port trust authorities to identify Bengal’s expenditure sensitive booths.
Nearly half of Bengal’s new voters reluctant to vote in 2024 Lok Sabha elecions
During the survey, the booth-level officers (BLO) came across scores of new voters who were not interested in participating in the next year’s general elections.
Three youths hit, killed by train while making social media reels in West Bengal
Two other companions of them jumped into a river below at the last moment and saved themselves.
Suspension of Opposition MPs ‘mockery of democracy’: Mamata Banerjee
Seventy-eight members from opposition parties, including the Congress, the TMC, the DMK and the JD(U), were suspended on Monday from the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.
Delhi HC to hear Mahua Moitra’s plea challenging move to oust her from official residence on…
Moitra has in her petition pleaded to the HC to issue directions that would allow her to continue to reside at her current residence till the results of the 2024 general elections are declared.
‘Parliament security breach serious matter, there was great lapse,’ says CM Mamata
Rubbishing reports that Lalit Mohan Jha, one of the accused in the Parliament security breach case, has links to the state, she said it was a ploy of the BJP to malign Bengal.
Parliament security breach: Police grill friend of key accused in Bengal
Jha, accompanied by a man, reached the Kartavya Path Police station in the national capital where he was handed over to the Special Cell.