First-timers at the protest Kolkata: For many young students, Friday’s protest was their first experience of taking to the streets. Samuel Lee (19) and Karine Jane (19), both second-year students of Scottish Church College, called it their “first brush with protest on the roads”. It was the same for Areena Roshan (18), Tasneem Saba (19)…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday tried to allay fears by assuring that investigations into the paper leak case will be done thoroughly, terming PM Narendra Modi’s decision to set up fast-track courts for such trials an action “for every youth”. At the same time, Adhikari stressed that “anti-national elements” behind these protests would be…
Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee will travel to New Delhi on July 27 to join the movement led by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar against the NEET-UG paper leak.TMC sources said Banerjee was likely to reach the venue by Monday noon and address protesters. “Didi has been in direct touch with CJP founder…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Bengal govt is likely to table proposed changes in the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, in the assembly on Saturday. The proposed changes strip elected panchayat pradhans of their financial powers and vest them in govt officials, enabling the uninterrupted functioning of panchayats in the absence of elected…
According to police sources, the deceased was identified as Shubhangi Maheshwari Kharagpur: Body of a 31-year-old woman teacher from a Kendriya Vidyalaya was recovered from a lodge in Golbazar area of Kharagpur city on Thursday night. Her male companion was rescued from the scene in an unconscious state and rushed to Kharagpur Sub-Divisional Hospital, where…
Kolkata: State parliamentary affairs Shankar Ghosh on Friday moved a breach of privilege notice against Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh, accusing him of causing disturbance in the assembly and showing disrespect to the speaker’s chair.The notice comes two days after Kunal was suspended from the assembly and escorted out by marshals following a confrontation during a…
Kolkata: The West Bengal govt will review the curriculum at primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels to align it with the national, National Education Policy 2020, standards and introduce advanced teaching practices. In this regard, the education department has formed a syllabus-cum-curriculum committee. The matter was raised in a recent review meeting held at Bikash…
KOLKATA: Environmental activist Subhas Datta wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking urgent intervention over the prolonged absence of a regular Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal in Kolkata, warning that the vacuum is delaying adjudication of critical ecological disputes across eastern India, the Northeast and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.In his letter,…
KOLKATA: Tension erupted in central Kolkata on Friday after Left student organisations clashed with police during a protest over the alleged NEET paper leak, with police using batons and firing tear gas shells to disperse the protesters after the situation turned violent.According to police, protesters blocked the Dorina Crossing at Esplanade, disrupting traffic during working…
Kolkata: Facing criticism from flyers over the lack of duty-free shopping and foreign exchange facilities, the Kolkata airport authorities have asked the new duty-free operator to open at least one store in the departure area by next month. They have also floated a fresh tender with reduced rent to attract a new forex operator.According to…
