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Sealdah-Bangaon services to be cancelled, curtailed on Feb 21

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- Train services on the Sealdah-Bangaon section in Eastern Railway's Sealdah division will be regulated from 10.45 pm on February 21 to 7.45 am on February 22 for construction of a L... Read More


WBSSC bans shoes, boots for Gr C, D exams; Slippers, sandals allowed

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has barred candidates from wearing shoes or boots inside examination centres for the upcoming Group C and Group D recruitment test... Read More


Ruby Hosp performs tumour removal through interventional pulmonology

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- The Department of Pulmonology & Respiratory Medicine at Ruby General Hospital have been performing emergency advanced interventional pulmonology procedures for quite sometime. Adva... Read More


TMC dubs SC direction on SIR 'victory for people of Bengal'

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) described the Supreme Court's intervention in West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as a "huge victory for the people of Be... Read More


El-Rufai and the burden of proof, By Jacob Edi

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has re-emerged on the national stage with his familiar intensity, and in a recent interview on Arise Television, the former Governor of Kaduna State made asse... Read More


'Yuba Saathi' online applications limited to two-hour window

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- The state government has fixed a two-hour daily window - from 7 pm to 9 pm - for submitting online applications under the Yuba Sathi scheme. The online application facility was in... Read More


SIR: 7 plaints filed against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- In a major development over alleged harassment of people during the SIR procedure, seven complaints were filed at the Jibantala Police Station against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, alleging t... Read More


Eight West Bengal universities get permanent vice-chancellors after Supreme Court nod

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- Appointment letters were issued on Thursday to the permanent vice-chancellors of eight state universities, weeks after the Supreme Court cleared their names after recording a conse... Read More


Truck hits bike, 14-year-old killed

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- A 14-year-old boy was killed and another seriously injured when their bike was hit by a truck on Friday morning. The incident occurred on National Highway 16 at Ankurhati area in H... Read More


Bengal urges Centre to include Rajbanshi, Kurmali in VIII Schedule

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- The West Bengal government has once again urged the Centre to include the Rajbanshi and Kurmali languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. In a separate communication, t... Read More