Friendship Day celebrations this year are taking inspiration from one of the most familiar parts of modern friendships, the WhatsApp group chat. Marking the occasion, SOCIAL is hosting an initiative that invites friend groups to share the names of their group chats, often inspired by inside jokes, college memories, travel plans or shared experiences. Groups…
Hamid Mondal (face covered) had been staying in the flat for the past two to three months, allegedly to evade detection by law enforcement agencies. BURDWAN: A suspected member of the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has been arrested in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, news agency PTI reported on Friday.The Special Task Force (STF)…
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged a Rs 15,000 crore revenue leak in Birbhum over the past 15 years, claiming the alleged corruption could not have taken place without the support of the previous government.Speaking to media, Adhikari alleged that several government departments were either involved in the alleged irregularities or…
Sangeetacharya Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay Kolkata: Bengal lost a definitive pillar of its classical music heritage with the passing of Sangeetacharya Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay on Guru Purnima. The city is left mourning the centenarian maestro whose life was measured not just in years, but in unyielding devotion to the Bishnupur gharana.The khayalist was admitted to SSKM…
Prof Deepak Reddy Pullaguram : The post-mortem of Deepak Reddy Pullaguram, the deceased assistant professor at IIT Kharagpur, was concluded under strict videography at the Midnapore Medical College Hospital on Thursday. Following a magisterial inquest and the autopsy, police collected samples for a viscera test to help ascertain the exact circumstances of his sudden death.The…
Kolkata: The state may appeal to the SC for an extension of the deadline if it fails to complete the recruitment of assistant teachers for classes 9 to 12, according to the apex court order.School education minister Dipak Barman on Thursday said the department was still trying to complete the recruitment by the SC-set deadline….
Kolkata: The state higher education department on Thursday issued a notification, appointing its nominees to ECs and courts of 14 state-run universities. The nominees to these universities are WBCS and IAS officers from the department and their tenure is four years or until further order. The 14 universities include JU, RBU, MAKAUT and the University…
Kolkata: The govt would procure eggs for midday meals at state schools but the logistics would be decided later, school education minister Dipak Barman indicated on Thursday at Bikash Bhavan.Barman declined to elaborate on the logistics as chief minister Suvendu Adhikari had already declared that an egg would be served to schoolchildren, along with the…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University students on Thursday met vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, asking for an investigation into CM Suvendu Adhikari’s claim that hostel boarders were forced to take part in the protest against the NEET paper leak and make the report public. The CM said he spoke to the JU VC.Following the students’ demand, the administration spoke…
Kolkata: The CBI’s investigating officer in the RG Kar rape-murder case has been changed, with Sandeepani Garg being appointed as the new IO. On Thursday, the RG Kar victim’s mother demanded custodial interrogation of the students who were seen or reported to have had dinner with the victim on Aug 8. “Those who had dinner…
