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Progressive initiative: State to mentor colleges for improved NIRF rankings

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The Higher Education Department will shortly roll out a mentorship programme aimed at increasing the number of colleges from West Bengal featuring in the National Institutional Ran... Read More


SIR protest fallout: Central forces to guard Bengal CEO's office

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Central armed forces will be deployed at the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office after the Union Home Ministry approved an Election Commission (EC) proposal, followi... Read More


Bengal to add class V in 2,338 more primary schools

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The state School Education Department has decided to introduce Class V in 2,338 additional primary schools from the academic year 2026, as part of its phased plan to align primary ... Read More


Abhishek postpones Sunali Khatun meet, assures all help

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has postponed his meeting with Sunali Khatun, which was earlier scheduled for December 19, as she is in an adv... Read More


Bengal allows conversion of one-time motor vehicle tax to lifetime tax

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The state Transport Department has issued a notification allowing owners of certain motor vehicles who have paid a one-time tax to convert it into a lifetime tax by paying the resi... Read More


Presidency Univ begins review of 2026-27 admission process

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Presidency University has begun reviewing its undergraduate and postgraduate admission process for the 2026-27 academic session, with the admission committee holding a meeting on T... Read More


False marriage promise invalidates consent, says Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man for rape, holding that consent obtained on the basis of a false promise of marriage amounts to consent given... Read More


Modi's 'Bankim Da' remark sparks row in KMC meet

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Heated scenes unfolded in the KMC House on Thursday after a BJP councillor accused Mayor Firhad Hakim of having once referred to a part of the city as "Mini Pakistan", triggering s... Read More


Mamata opens Christmas Festival, calls for 'harmony & compassion'

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- At the inauguration of the 15th Kolkata Christmas Festival in Park Street's Allen Park, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for harmony and compassion, saying "humanity is... Read More


'BJP making a script': TMC over Malviya's 'sponsored fire' claim on New Town slum inferno

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shashi Panja on Thursday slammed the BJP leader and Bengal co-in-charge Amit Malviya after he alleged that the massive fire at Ghuni slum in ... Read More