Candidate thrashed, crude bomb hurled, 41 held amid sporadic violence in ph-1 | Kolkata News

Naoda/Malda/Suri: Forty-one people were arrested as episodes of sporadic violence were reported across parts of Bengal in the first phase of polling.Five were held after BJP candidate Subhendu Sarkar alleged he was assaulted by villagers at Kumarganj. Sarkar first alleged BJP agents were denied entry at Banihari booth. Around noon, he reached the spot and…

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Mann lauds Finland tie-up, says Punjab schools moving beyond rote learning | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday appreciated the state’s partnership with Finland’s University of Turku, saying Finnish pedagogical expertise was being integrated into Punjab’s school system to replace rote learning with interactive methods.Mann, who visited the Kukulo-Moikoinen Early Childhood Education and Care Centre during his Finland tour, said the initiative was already yielding…

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