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…
Kolkata: A resident of Kolkata is among the 17 sailors being held aboard an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast more than a month ago. Tanviruzzaman (36), who works as a chef on the oil tanker Honour 25, has been in captivity since the vessel was seized by armed pirates near the…
Kolkata: Chief minister and Bhowanipore MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday evening visited two key public parks in former chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s neighbourhood, flagging what he described as a worrying pattern of encroachment and restricted access in city green spaces. The focus of his inspection was Harish Park, where he examined the condition of the…
Kolkata: Chief minister and Bhowanipore MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday evening visited two key public parks in former chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s neighbourhood, flagging what he described as a worrying pattern of encroachment and restricted access in city green spaces. The focus of his inspection was Harish Park, where he examined the condition of the…
Kolkata/Kalyani/Kharagpur: Police on Saturday arrested 12 persons associated with the Trinamool, including an Amdanga panchayat chief and three municipal councillors, in cases linked to post-poll violence, extortion, intimidation and alleged corruption, as the administration widened its crackdown on criminal complaints that surfaced after the elections.Among those held were Amdanga panchayat chief Anisur Rehman, Titagarh councillor…
Kolkata: NITI Aayog is working on a long-term economic and industrial blueprint for Bengal, identifying key growth sectors and structural reforms for the new state govt to prioritise. The think tank is expected to stress balanced regional industrialisation to reduce disparities between districts.The exercise is being driven in part by Ashok Lahiri, former Balurghat MLA…
Kolkata: Private hospitals in Bengal that have acquired land from the govt at a nominal cost for building the health facility will have to keep 15% of their beds for free treatment of poor patients. This was among the slew of announcements Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari made on Saturday to improve patient care services in…
