The West Bengal government on Monday extended the lockdown until September 30 in the wake of the coronavirus disease outbreak, authorities said. Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said there will be a full shutdown in West Bengal on September 7, 11 and 12. In accordance with the Center’s ‘Unblock 4’ guidelines, …
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Calcutta: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said on Sunday that the Center’s suggestion to states to borrow to cover the shortfall in goods and services tax (GST) revenue is “totally unacceptable” as it would destroy its financial health and would lead to the “raw power of centralism. At the …
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Trinamool Head of Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently ordered some investigations and audits into allegations of corruption or that may lead to it and has asked top bureaucrats to address all complaints that have reached your office immediately. While she has already ordered an investigation into …
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Authorities at a state university in West Bengal filed a complaint with the police on Saturday after a false provisional list of the university’s merits, allegedly with names of Bollywood actors and adult stars, circulated on social media. On Saturday, the names of Sunny Leone, Mia Khalifa and Dani Daniels …
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New Delhi: Amid the ongoing dispute over holding multiple exams in September, West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that senior exams at the state’s colleges and universities will be held in October, before Let Durga Puja begin on October 22. Also Read – West Bengal News: Will Mamata …
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The fellow applicants were divided on what was clearly a joke (Representative) Calcutta: A candidate named ‘Sunny Leone’ wants to obtain a BA in English Literature and has applied to enter two universities in West Bengal to enter the undergraduate course. Authorities at the venerable Ashutosh College in Kolkata were …
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The West Bengal government on Friday asked the railway board to resume local train and subway services in the state on a limited basis, maintaining physical distance between passengers. The state secretary of the interior, Alapan Bandyopadhyay, sent a letter to the ministry late Friday in which he hinted at …
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NEW DELHI: Ending the Suspense for Seniors and Postgraduate students, the Supreme Court said on Friday that final exams are mandatory for degrees, but ruled that in a pandemic situation, states had power under the Disaster management law postpone exams beyond the September 30 deadline established by the Commission for …
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NEW DELHI: State Cabinet Ministers from Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, not governed by the BJP, west bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the postponement of JEE (Main) and NEET-UG to protect more than 25 lakh of students from serious health risk, given the increasing number of …
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NEW DELHI: while the July monsoon was 10% lower normal in the country, August will be one of the wettest in decades. Rainfall during the month has been 25% in excess so far (through August 28), biggest deviation from normal in 44 years, with monsoon rains hitting the center and …
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