Kolkata: Bengal CEO’s office has forwarded a letter from Election Commission to all district election officers (DEOs), who are also district magistrates, asking them to organise special drives to enrol “left-out” and first-time voters.The DEOs were informed that for a state like Bengal where SIR has ended, “a special drive shall be undertaken by the…
Cops have been posted at the site as work resumes on the Ajeya Sanghati Durga Puja pandal Kolkata: Ajeya Sanghati, one of south Kolkata’s top-draw Durga Pujas of the city, has decided to resume work on its pandal in Haridevpur after halting it for 48 hours following an attack on three club officials late on…
Kolkata: A club cannot organise Durga Puja on the premises of a residential building without permission from the flat owners’ association, Calcutta High Court said on Tuesday, directing Muchipara cops to not grant permission to Sarad Sangha Club for holding the puja this year.Five flat owners of a G+3 building at 133A, Raja Rammohan Sarani…
SRFTI campus on Wednesday Kolkata: Amid charges and counter-charges, the SRFTI campus remained tense on Wednesday.SRFTI students, bolstered by nationwide solidarity from the film fraternity, including acclaimed directors, like Anuparna Roy, Dibakar Banerjee and Rima Das, continued their academic boycott.But actor and BJP MLA Rudranil Ghosh raised questions about the functioning of the film school….
Howrah: Six people, including local BJP Minority Morcha president Sikandar Khan and his brother, Manoj, after a clash broke out between rival factions over the chanting of ‘Vande Mataram’ on Cows Ghat Road in Shibpur, Howrah, on Monday night. Allegations of Rs 19-lakh extortion demand cropped up, too.Nine people were injured in the clash.The violence…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA) has written to governor-chancellor R N Ravi, urging measures so that the state withdraws the policy of transfer of university teachers. The letter was signed by 401 teachers of Jadavpur University.The letter said every university had its specific laws and regulations governing its administration, corresponding to the specific act…
Kolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the clash at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) made significant headway on Wednesday, claiming to have completed recording statements of students and faculty members.The team – headed by additional CP (crime) Kunal Agarwal – visited the campus for several hours and spoke to student body…
‘Rewarding can motivate students’ Kolkata: Principals and faculty members of affiliated colleges welcomed Calcutta University’s decision to reintroduce marks for attendance in undergraduate classes, aimed at bringing truant students back to classrooms.Syndicate, CU’s highest decision-making body, on Tuesday gave the approval to award 25 marks for internal assessment to UG students, among which 5 marks…
After the World Cup, the buzz is back at Kolkata’s Brazilpara. picture by Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: Brazil fans in the city are divided in their loyalty as India face the Selecaos for the first time ever in a ‘friendly’ on Oct 3. Many will cheer for India even as they sport Brazil’s yellow jersey, with…
Kolkata: The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) has formally written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Shri Gyanesh Kumar be recommended for Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour.In a letter sent on Wednesday, NCPI national president Jyoti Prokash Chatterjee praised Election Commission of India (ECI), under Kumar’s leadership, for…
