Minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay Kolkata: After chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s social media post on ‘anti-national’ graffiti and drawings at Jadavpur University, state higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay made an appeal on Tuesday to the stakeholders of the institution, including students, professors and researchers, to maintain peace and restore normalcy on campus.“Normalcy must return so that JU…
CCTV footage showing ‘outsiders’ on campus Kolkata: Jadavpur University students from both sides of the political and ideological divide have started lodging their complaints along with video and CCTV footage as evidence at the designated email address ahead of the inquiry committee’s first meeting on Thursday. The probe panel has been constituted to investigate the…
Tarakeswar: BJP’s Arambagh vice-president Ganesh Chakraborty was allegedly assaulted by workers of his own party on Tuesday.According to sources, Chakraborty had raised his voice against activities of Uttam Kundu, Arambagh president of the Ritabrata faction of Trinamool Congress and former Tarakeswar municipality chairperson, leading to the alleged assault.Chakraborty alleged: “Some followers of the former chairperson…
Forest department and KMC workers visit Mitra Institution on Tuesday Kolkata: A multi-agency inspection was conducted at Mitra Institution following a snakebite incident involving a class 1 student. However, the snake has not been found yet. The school has sent a detailed report to the school education department on the measures taken after the incident.Dipra…
Bapi Pramanik, a long-time BJP worker, was attacked in North Tangarberia on Sunday night Kolkata: Police have arrested four BJP members in connection with the murder of party worker Bapi Pramanik in Baruipur, with investigators identifying Sujan Mondal as the alleged mastermind. Local BJP functionaries, however, claimed Mondal had already been expelled from the party.The…
Kolkata: City-based digital engineering and technology services company Capital Numbers has completed the acquisition of Epitome Cloud Inc, a New Jersey-headquartered Salesforce and enterprise transformation company with a presence in the US market. The transaction was valued at Rs 40 crore.Epitome Cloud brings specialised capabilities across Salesforce, Revenue Cloud, CPQ, CLM and enterprise workflow platforms,…
. Members of Leftist students union taking out a rally from Sealdah to College Street to condemn JU violence among other issues — Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: Members of Leftist student unions took to streets in central Kolkata on Monday in protest against the recent violence, vandalism and entry of outsiders to the campus…
The order said that decision was taken in the interest of better patient care Kolkata: The state health department has decided to debar faculty members and other govt doctors from private practice for 72 hours from the admission day.Admission day is when a faculty member or a doctor attends to patients in OPD, admits patients,…
Kolkata: Karaya Police has launched a probe after a female fashion designing student alleged that she was verbally abused and intimidated by an app-based biker in south Kolkata on Thursday evening.The biker managed to escape. The student, a resident of Salt Lake, was travelling from Golpark toward her institute when the incident occurred.The student alleged…
Kolkata: A low-pressure system over Bay of Bengal brought a couple of spells of light-moderate rain to the city and suburbs on Monday. While the system is on its way to Jharkhand, the Met office expects similar rain on Tuesday, too. The rain, along with the cloud cover, kept the mercury under control with the…
