Transfer worry among vacancies Kolkata: A wide gulf exists between the number of sanctioned teaching positions and vacancies across eight established state-run universities and that at the 23 universities established after 2011. A majority of them were set up after 2017.Contrary to the perception that vacant posts are few in older institutes, such as Calcutta…
Inter-University Transfer Bill, 2026 Kolkata: The Inter-University Transfer Bill, 2026 passed at the Assembly on Thursday reignited debates over the state power to transfer college professors, a contentious practice with deep roots in the Left Front regime and which continued in the Trinamool times as well.University professors fear this transfer policy will be heavily weaponised…
The pump crashed at Thanthania pumping station Kolkata: One of the two pumps at the KMC-run Thanthania drainage station has crashed, leaving officials worried as the pumping station is responsible for draining out rainwater from large swathes of north and central Kolkata, including flooding-prone Amherst Street and Thanthania.Sources said KMC shifted one of the pumps…
The higher education department on Wednesday wrote to JU VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, saying the state would provide Rs 250 crore as part of its share. It mentioned JU should write to the ministry of education for Rs 1,000 crore under the ‘Institute of Eminence’ tag. CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday also announced that Centre would…
CM Suvendu Adhikari recently asked Durga Puja committees across Bengal not to allow CPM bookstalls outside pandals if they use the term ‘Sharadotsab’ instead of ‘Durga Puja’ Kolkata: CPM netas said on Friday that their Durga Puja bookstalls are not branded as ‘Sharadotsab’ stalls but as ‘Pragatishil Pustak Bikray Kendra’ or ‘Marxiya Sahitya Pustak Bipani’….
Kolkata: Prisoners charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) or under various sections of the anti-terror laws or for waging war against the state are no longer able to make phone calls to their family members, friends, lawyers and human rights activists after the govt issued a circular that curbed their right to make…
Students perform aarti with incense sticks in Mohammadi Tarannum’s office Mohammadi Tarannum being escorted out of the college by police Students perform aarti with incense sticks in Mohammadi Tarannum’s office Mohammadi Tarannum being escorted out of the college by police Students perform aarti with incense sticks in Mohammadi Tarannum’s office Kolkata: ‘Gangajal’ made its debut…
Adhikari at the event organised by a fashion retail chain on Friday Kolkata: Bengal govt will hand over land parcels to 33 industries before Durga Puja and the cabinet has already cleared their proposals, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday. He added that he will also meet Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai…
Kolkata: More than 5,700 alumni, students, teachers, researchers and well-wishers of Jadavpur University have submitted a letter to governor R N Ravi, also the university’s chancellor, demanding immediate action to safeguard the institute’s autonomy, freedom of education and research, and its overall excellence.They demanded effective measures to stop all external political programmes and interference on…
Kolkata: Several single-screen cinema halls across the city have been served urgent notices by the police commissioner under the West Bengal Cinemas (Regulation of Public Exhibitions) Rules, 1956. The directives mandate that halls submit valid fire safety and electrical installation inspection certificates within seven days, failing which they face immediate closure. Two prominent single screens…
