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UG admission deadline extended to July 15

Kolkata, July 1 -- The Higher Education department has extended the deadline for registration and submission of undergraduate (UG) applications through the Centralised Admission Portal (WBCAP) to July... Read More


First look: TMC leaders star in film on CU official who vanished in Left era

KOLKATA, July 1 -- Back in 1997, Manisha Mukhopadhyay, then the assistant controller of examinations at Calcutta University, vanished without a trace, just like camphor. Her sudden disappearance spark... Read More


Kolkata Port to boost container handling with new mobile cranes

Kolkata, July 1 -- Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has announced a major capacity boost at its container terminal with the deployment of two new high-capacity mobile harbour cranes (MHCs) ... Read More


Disaster preparedness: Kolkata airport conducts emergency drill

Kolkata, July 1 -- A full-scale emergency drill simulating an aircraft crash was recently conducted at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, aiming to evaluate inter-agency coord... Read More


Swasthya Ingit: 6 cr brought under specialist telemedicine services

Kolkata, July 1 -- Bengal government has achieved another milestone as it has brought six crore people under specialist telemedicine service through 'Swasthya Ingit' initiative. Chief Minister Mamata... Read More


Jogesh Chandra Clg students' body declares 5-yr 'cooling-off' for alumni

Kolkata, July 1 -- In the backdrop of the alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old female student inside a law college in South Kolkata, the Students' Union of Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College has annou... Read More


Youth sentenced to 20 years rigorous jail for raping minor

Jalpaiguri, July 1 -- A youth has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl. The verdict was delivered on Monday by Judge Rintu Shur of the Speci... Read More


Min lays foundation stones for Rs 30 cr road projs in Malda

Malda, July 1 -- North Bengal Development minister Udayan Guha laid the foundation stone for several key road and infrastructure projects across Chanchal-I and Harishchandrapur blocks in Malda distric... Read More


Digital India bridged divide, democratised opportunity: PM Modi

New Delhi, July 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Tuesday that the Digital India initiative launched a decade ago bridged the digital divide between haves and have-nots, and democratised o... Read More


'Unfulfilled promises, digital exclusion of marginalised'

New Delhi, July 1 -- With the Modi government hailing Digital India as a people's movement that democratised technology in 10 years, the Congress on Tuesday claimed the fine print of its "lofty claims... Read More