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Bengal begins FAWLOI process for 4,400 tea garden workers

Alipurduar, Sept. 24 -- Relief is finally in sight for around 4,400 workers of three closed tea gardens in Alipurduar ahead of the Puja festivities, with the state government initiating the process to... Read More


Gazole teachers take to streets over assault inside school

Malda, Sept. 24 -- Primary school teachers in Gazole took to the streets on Wednesday protesting the alleged assault on teachers following a sexual assault on a child. They demanded immediate action a... Read More


North Bengal tourism circuit plan revived after five years

Jalpaiguri, Sept. 24 -- A five-year-old plan to develop district-level tourism circuits by linking religious sites and historical structures across North Bengal has remained unimplemented despite a de... Read More


Building Cities That Endure

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Supreme Court's observations on Gurugram's recurring civic breakdown raise a question that goes far beyond one city: how much construction can urban India accommodate withou... Read More


Rethinking Caste, Merit and the IITs

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- In a shocking incident, Sahil Wakode, a second-year engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, died by suicide after being found hanging in his host... Read More


Human Side of Indian Railways

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Last year, I got an opportunity that I will remember for a long time. I was selected for a short film on Indian Railways and travelled to different railway locations for the sho... Read More


PML-N's Najeeb Naqi elected as PoK 'Prez'

Islamabad, Sept. 24 -- Najeeb Naqi of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was on Thursday elected as the "President" of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). He secured 32 votes, while his cha... Read More


Sensex slumps 1,248 points on selling in financial, metal, auto and oil stocks

Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- Stock markets tumbled on Thursday with the benchmark index Sensex tanking nearly 1,248 points to settle at an over three-month low due to across-the-board selling, led by financial... Read More


Government starts consultation to develop indigenous chips, modules for power grids

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The government has started a consultation process to explore the development of indigenous power semiconductors and modules for power grids. The Ministry of Electronics and IT ... Read More


West Bengal allots land to Websol for 4 GW solar cell, module facility

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Websol Energy System Ltd said the West Bengal government has allotted about 54.20 acres at Falta Industrial Park, Kolkata, for its planned greenfield solar manufacturing facility.... Read More