Kolkata: Around 30,000 people from across Bengal gathered at Rani Rashmoni Avenue in Kolkata on Wednesday to mark the 51st death anniversary of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, founding general secretary of the SUCI (Communist). Addressing the rally, general secretary Provash Ghosh praised recent student and youth movements in Delhi and accused BJP of promising a “Sonar…
Kolkata: The state govt has allowed administrative departments to release up to 50% of the annual budget provision under several expenditure heads for the 2026-27 financial year following the passage of the West Bengal Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2026 by the assembly and the governor’s assent.A finance department order said departments can release up to…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea to travel abroad for his eye treatment, remarking, “India is not lagging in medical science, even Supreme Court judges get treated here.”Following Supreme Court’s order on Monday to hear Banerjee’s application within seven days, the matter was taken up for hearing by Justice…
Tata Motors won the arbitration award for Singur Kolkata: The state govt has begun talks with Tata Group to reach an out-of-court settlement in the pending Tata Motors arbitration case linked to the Singur land dispute. The move comes following Calcutta High Court’s refusal to stay the arbitration award in Tata Motors’ favour in May.HC…
BY: Oishi GooptuKOLKATA: St. Xavier’s University inaugurated its first BTech batch under the Xavier School of Engineering and Technology (XSET) on Tuesday, at the Fr. Albert Huart Hall, Arrupe Building. The inaugural batch has filled all 240 seats across four programmes offered by XSET — Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning, Electronics…
The Calcutta High Court denied Abhishek Banerjee permission to travel abroad for treatment (File Photo). KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee was on Wednesday denied permission by the Calcutta High Court to travel abroad for eye treatment after he declined to appear before a medical board at the state-run SSKM Hospital.The single-judge bench of Justice…
Kolkata: Traffic police are not limiting their road safety checks for commercial drivers to eyesight, blood pressure and blood sugar. They are also focusing on mental health, saying a driver’s state of mind often affects how safely they drive.As part of Road Safety Week, the Thakurpukur traffic guard, with support from Lalbazar, organized a meditation…
Kolkata: The school education department on Monday issued guidelines for the serving of midday meals by the Annamitra Foundation under PM-POSHAN. The SOP said that meals should be delivered to the institutions by 8.30 am for morning schools and by 1.30 pm for day schools.After reports from some schools about not receiving food on time…
Author Taslima Nasrin pays tribute to Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain at Panihati Balika Vidyalaya on Tuesday Kolkata: Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin on Tuesday reiterated her demand for lifting the ban on former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, calling the move “undemocratic” and saying the party should be allowed to contest elections.Speaking at a…
Kolkata: The new school syllabus-cum-curriculum committee held its first meeting on Tuesday with a vision to implement overall changes by 2028, making the syllabus contemporary and aligned with the National Education Policy, 2020.After the BJP govt came to power, a restructured syllabus-cum-curricular committee was formed with new members for each subject, from the primary level…
