SSC scraps 'tainted teachers' appl'; issues 5.8L provisional admit cards

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has cancelled the applications of terminated teachers identified as "tainted" in the 2016 selection process, even as it released n... Read More

HC declines urgent hearing plea against EC's BLA directive

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined the urgent hearing plea of a Trinamool Congress leader against the decision of the Election Commission of India (EC) seeking names of Boo... Read More

Study findings: 'Sunderbans saltwater crocodile population shows steady growth'

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The saltwater crocodile population in the Indian Sunderbans is estimated to be between 220 and 242, according to a new Forest department study released at Sajnekhali on Monday. Th... Read More

Academics object to members in Bengal V-C selection panels

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- A section of Bengal's academic community has raised objections over the inclusion of certain members in the search-cum-selection committees tasked with appointing vice-chancellors ... Read More

Elderly man suffering from cancer 'kills self'

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- An elderly man suffering from cancer committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of an apartment inside a luxurious housing complex in Pragati Maidan on Sunday night. Accord... Read More

'Disgraceful assault on honour of every soldier'

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh after an Army man was allegedly beaten up badly by some miscreants in Meerut. Calling the incident "... Read More

Weatherman forecasts heavy rain in 9 South Bengal districts all week

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- A fresh low-pressure trough that has formed over Bay of Bengal will intensify into a depression bringing heavy rainfall in nine South Bengal districts throughout the week. Accord... Read More

Durga Puja art preview at Alipore Museum to attract int'l visitors

KOLKATA, Aug. 18 -- For those looking to have an exclusive look of Durga Puja art before the beats of the dhaks resonate the pandals across Bengal, can do so by visiting the fourth edition of massArt,... Read More

North Kolkata: Swami Vivekananda's neighbourhood Puja turns 100

KOLKATA, Aug. 18 -- In 1926, Atindra Nath Bose with the support of Swami Vivekananda's brother, Mahendranath Dutta, started Durga Puja at Simla Byayam Samity. Bose was the first to introduce 'Sarbojan... Read More

Buniadpur-Kaliyaganj Rly link: Land acquisition process begins

Raiganj, Aug. 18 -- The Bengal government has officially initiated the land acquisition process for the much-anticipated Kaliyaganj-Buniadpur Railway link, reviving a project stalled for over 10 years... Read More

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