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West Bengal: 2 arrested for hiring killer to murder brother over property dispute
15 May

West Bengal: 2 arrested for hiring killer to murder brother over property dispute

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal
Two persons were arrested in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Saturday for hiring a hitman to kill a brother over a property dispute. The murderer strangled the brother and threw the body in the pond. The police recovered the useless body. A police announcement issued through the Srirampur police station said, “The Srirampur police station received a complaint filed on May 12 by Utpal Das that his brother Gautam Das was scheduled at a pond in Bhattacharya Garden. On receiving the information, the police went to the spot and recovered his body. He was sent to Srirampur Walsh (SD) Health…
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SSC Recruitment Scam: Massive irregularities in Bengal school recruitment
14 May

SSC Recruitment Scam: Massive irregularities in Bengal school recruitment

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal, Education
A committee headed by a retired Calcutta High Court judge on Friday submitted a file in the High Court highlighting irregularities in the recruitment of Group C batch of school staff using the West Bengal School Service Commission.The document was submitted to the Calcutta High Court's division bench of Justice Subrata Talukder and Justice Anand Kumar Mukherjee. Justice (Retd.) R.K. Bag was asked to appear in court on charges of irregularities in the recruitment of C group workers by the commission. Arunava Bandyopadhyay, an attorney acting for the Justice Bagh Committee, said the investigation had found major irregularities where 381…
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West Bengal teen dies in tiffin bomb explosion
14 May

West Bengal teen dies in tiffin bomb explosion

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal
A 17-year-old boy died in a steel tiffin box explosion near Kolkata on Saturday. Sheikh Sahil was seriously injured in an explosion when he was trying to open a tiffin field that his grandfather, a rag-picker, had collected from Rahara police station area of ​​North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. He was taken to a government medical facility in Barrackpore, about 30 km from Kolkata. However, he died on impact. Abdul Hamid, Sahil's grandfather, said he picked up the metal tiffin pot and added it inside their house. He also proved that he informed his grandson Sahil to open…
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West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee bats for creation of more districts in state
13 May

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee bats for creation of more districts in state

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stated there is a want to create more districts in the state for expediting development work, but it has been constrained by using lack of manpower and infrastructure. Speaking at a assembly with West Bengal Civil Service officers at the renovated Town Hall here, she said the area of the present 23 districts in the state is vast, so there is a need to divide them and amplify the number. The nation wants more manpower and infrastructure for this purpose. "We need to divide the districts as these are very large. The…
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Seeds of depression over Bay of Bengal, cyclone blips on Bengal radar
05 May

Seeds of depression over Bay of Bengal, cyclone blips on Bengal radar

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal
A cyclone that formed over the South Andaman Sea on Wednesday is set to turn into a depression this weekend. Met officials said it was too early to predict whether the gadget would become a cyclone. But May is a good time for a tropical cyclone and the chance cannot be ruled out now. If the device turns into a cyclone, it will be 0.33 in May for three consecutive years after Amphan in 2020 and Yas in 2021. “Wednesday's cyclone is likely to develop into a low pressure area. In the next 48 hours, it is likely to intensify…
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About 25% of Government Schools in Bengal Do Not Have a Head Master
04 May

About 25% of Government Schools in Bengal Do Not Have a Head Master

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal, Education
Of the total 9,990 authority faculties in West Bengal, about 2,130 faculties do not have a head teacher, according to the School Education Department. This means, 25 percent of faculties in the country do not have a head teacher. This is probably due to not hiring head teachers on a long-term basis. As per rules a head teacher can be appointed for seven years. According to sources in the faculty training department, the state authorities have to start a new recruitment process for the appointment of head teachers. The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) had earlier requested the…
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Amit Shah to embark on 3-day Bengal visit today amid efforts to strengthen BJP’s state unit
04 May

Amit Shah to embark on 3-day Bengal visit today amid efforts to strengthen BJP’s state unit

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal, Political
Home Minister Amit Shah will contact down in West Bengal for a 3-day go to to the state today. The go to - his first to the kingdom after the outcomes of the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections poured in - come amid a slew of defections from the BJP's country unit. The battle between the historical shield and beginners from other parties has additionally intensified in current days. Shah is slated to attend party-related programs over the subsequent few days as nicely as meeting state and neighborhood leader. According to West Bengal Vice President Soumitra Khan, the Home Minister…
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Mamata Banerjee joins Eid prayers at Red Road
03 May

Mamata Banerjee joins Eid prayers at Red Road

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal,
After a gap of two years, people offered namaz of Eid-ul-Fitr on Red Road in Calcutta and Eid prayers were conducted on Tuesday morning. As Covid cases have dipped across Bengal, the state government has allowed the offering of namaz on Red Road for Eid in 2022. Participating in the prayer for Eid-ul-Fitr held on a rain-drenched Red Road here, Banerjee urged the people gathered there not to be scared but to be united for a better future. Addressing a gathering of around 14,000 people for the Eid prayer on Red Road, Banerjee assured them that "neither I nor my party nor my…
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West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh meets Piyush Goyal over ‘jute price capping’
01 May

West Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh meets Piyush Goyal over ‘jute price capping’

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal
Bharatiya Janata Party MP from West Bengal Arjun Singh met Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal in the national capital on Saturday to express concern over the capping of raw jute charges by the central government. The assembly comes a day after the central government intervened in the election of chief ministers of 5 states, including West Bengal MP Mamata Banerjee, over capping raw jute fees. “I met Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal regarding (jute industry). The meeting was once 1.5 hours long. He is fully satisfied that there is some issue and asked me to meet the textile secretary before…
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Why The Long Summer Vacation In Schools In The State of West Bengal: Subhas Sarkar
01 May

Why The Long Summer Vacation In Schools In The State of West Bengal: Subhas Sarkar

editor0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal
Union Minister of State for Education, Subhash Sarkar on Friday wondered why colleges in West Bengal have been given long summer vacations this 12 months when offline instructions are in place in states where heat wave conditions are worse. States, where the weather conditions are hot, have not declared any summer holidays so far, he told reporters here. “The heat wave conditions are more acute in many different states but they have no longer taken any step like Bengal. Then why are faculties being closed for summer time vacation for such a long time from May two to mid June?”…
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