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Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane AHMEDABAD: Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane on Sunday linked the attack on Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee to the ruling party’s governance in West Bengal, saying that people are the ultimate authority in a democracy.Rane said political leaders must act responsibly while in power and asserted that citizens have the right…

Experts detailed admission and verification processes, with NIC providing technical insights on the software and document checks for aspiring students. KOLKATA: A training programme for the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2026 counselling process was held on Friday at New Town, Kolkata.A total of 53 Verification Centres, including 31 National Institute of Technology (NIT), Indian…

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, on his first public foray outside Kalighat after the party’s ouster from office, was on Saturday KOLKATA: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, on his first public foray outside Kalighat after the party’s ouster from office, was on Saturday assaulted and abused by a crowd of protesters in Sonarpur as he tried to…

Kolkata: The state govt wants to give a push to e-transport, improve city connectivity and renewable energy under the Centre-assisted schemes.Speaking during the launch of Swachh App on Saturday, Adhikari said that the Prime Minister has repeatedly said that the way development should take place in Bengal, it did not happen.Adhikari said that he has…

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has unveiled a functional prototype retrofitted electric Ambassador taxi, demonstrating a practical pathway to accelerate India’s transition to electric mobility without forcing the premature scrapping of existing Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. In a country where millions depend on legacy vehicles for livelihood, the shift to new, custom-built EV platforms can impose…

KOLKATA: When the BJP began preparing for the West Bengal Assembly elections of 2026, it avoided “a generic national campaign pasted onto a difficult state.” The strategy was “focused and targeted,” built around specific public grievances against the incumbent government: corruption, women’s safety, the education recruitment scandal, extortion culture, farmer distress, fear in border areas,…

Kolkata: For unitary universities like Jadavpur University (JU) and Presidency University (PU), it is ‘zero year’ for postgraduate programmes in order to facilitate the shift from a two-year PG programme to a one-year PG programme as per NEP 2020.As the varsities are running a four-year undergraduate (UG) programme as per NEP 2020, where the current…

KOLKATA: A BJP functionary has lodged a complaint against former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and a TMC MLA alleging misuse of annual Eid congregations on Red Road in central Kolkata during her stint in office for political purposes in violation of Islamic principles.BJP’s Nazia Elahi Khan has claimed that Mamata’s participation in these events contravened…

Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) parks department is seeking urgent permission from the state forest department to cut dead trees and prune branches that are leaning dangerously, citing the risk of uprooting those during Norwesters.It has gained urgency after two people died in the city during a thunderstorm on May 29, that lasted for…

Kolkata: While Kolkata remained cloudy and windy on Saturday, it will now get warmer, said the Met office. The 88 km/hour nor’wester that lashed the city on Friday afternoon kept the maximum temperature nearly two degrees below normal at 33.3°C on Saturday. The minimum slid to 23°C, four degrees below normal.“Since no further system is…