Darjeeling: Polling personnel in Darjeeling set out on a 16-hour journey to reach Samden, located 78 km from Darjeeling at an altitude of over 7,500 feet, to conduct polling at what is considered West Bengal’s last polling booth with 191 registered voters.The polling team began its movement from the district collection centre, combining a long…
Nandigram/Kolkata: Just 48 hours before polling in the high-stakes Nandigram assembly constituency on April 23, the EC replaced police observer Hitesh Choudhary, an IPS officer from Madhya Pradesh, with Akhilesh Singh of the Assam cadre.In its order directing Choudhary to leave East Midnapore and report to the CEO office in Kolkata, the EC did not…
Kolkata: A real estate developer narrowly escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt linked to an extortion demand. According to a victim’s complaint, the incident occurred on the evening of April 19 near a petrol pump on Karl Marx Sarani. The developer said that he had been called to the spot under the pretext of a business…
Kolkata: A real estate developer narrowly escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt linked to an extortion demand. According to a victim’s complaint, the incident occurred on the evening of April 19 near a petrol pump on Karl Marx Sarani. The developer said that he had been called to the spot under the pretext of a business…
Kolkata: Surgeries halted midway and patients inside operation theatres and wards were wheeled out on stretchers and wheelchairs after a fire broke out inside the second-floor cathlab of Anandalok Hospital on Tuesday morning, triggering panic and an emergency evacuation in the middle of critical procedures.The blaze, reported started around 10 am at the hospital near…
Kolkata: As Bengal prepares for its upcoming assembly elections, a quiet but crucial mission is unfolding at the Regional Braille Press in Narendrapur. Run by the Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy, the press is working double shifts to ensure thousands of blind voters exercise their franchise with dignity and accuracy.The press, which was established in…
Kolkata: A fresh wave of confusion swept through several housing complexes on Tuesday after the EC barred “outsiders” from staying on the premises that will host polling booths during the mandatory silence period.The restriction, announced by Bengal CEO Manoj Agarwal, will be in force from 6 pm on April 27 till the end of polling….
Kolkata: The anti-ragging committee of Jadavpur University has decided to issue a show-cause notice to the placement officer from whose office sensitive information of an RTI was leaked to some engineering students, who harassed another third-year engineering student. The third-year engineering student filed an RTI to know about the data related to the placement cell.“The…
Kolkata: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has introduced ayurveda and yoga as topics in environmental science for classes IX and X. The council has developed resource material for ICSE environmental science at the secondary level, making the subject more engaging and transformative.In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the…
