Kolkata

In 2019 the number of 'Shakhas' were around 1400 which then decreased to around 1050. Presently the number of ‘Shakhas’ in Bengal came down to nearly 700.

TMC supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that her party is ready to support anyone who wants to take the lead for the sake of farmers.

Vice Chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee said that the students will be mailed/WhatsApped the questions just before the start of the exams by the institution concerned and they have to finish answering their papers in two hours.

Deputy Commissioner of South East Division of Kolkata Police Debasmita Das was taken to the hospital on Thursday where she is undergoing treatment.

NEET aspirants, many accompanied by their guardians,queued up in front of metro stations to reach their examination centres well before 10 am when the first trains started.

The Congress had earlier attacked the government over a sharp decline in the GDP numbers and alleged that the NDA dispensation ignored its warnings and took no preventive steps to cushion the fall.

An institute source said that net connection in five hostels lodging 65 research scholars and several BTech, MTech students was discontinued on September 1 after the inmates informed the authorities they cannot leave the campus till the situation normalis...

Banerjee said after inquiry she found out that of the 4,652 JEE aspirants in the state, only 1,167 attended and the rest could not make it due to COVID-19 and the travelling restrictions.

It is curious to witness how the state BJP is reaching out to him seemingly desperately ever since news surfaced that he may go back to the Trinamool Congress.

The toll reached 2,689 after 55 people succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours, the bulletin said.

He said a sense of panic is prevailing at Santiniketan and the officials of the central university are feeling insecure.

This month alone, 17 women have been rescued from Bihar by the West Bengal Police and brought back to North and South 24 Parganas. Some had been sold off to dance groups that were actually prostitution rackets while others were bonded labourers in factori...

Dhankhar expressed displeasure over the TMC government not implementing the Centre's PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, which, he said, would have benefited at least 70 lakh farmers in the state.

On the usage of drugs to treat COVID-19, the guidelines said hydroxychloroquine has no effect on clinical recovery, and it has been clinically beneficial in select cases, but with significant limitations.

The deceased's co-workers alleged that he was killed by goons of the ruling Trinamool Congress as he had refused to join them.

Ghosh was the CEO of Saradha Media, an arm of the Saradha Group which was busted in 2013 for its illegal operations.